Why did this nobody change his name; and what did he change it to, to become a celebrity? The first to answer both questions gets my vote!
2006-08-05 12:15:03 · 8 answers · asked by Jimbo 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
ted_armentrout : Well researched and fast and you shall have my vote as promised, in due time however, I was hoping to get a spontaneous answer as the first. You have 10 points!
2006-08-05 12:34:33 · update #1
Engelbert Humperdinck came into this world as Arnold George Dorsey, one of ten siblings. His father served in the British military, and his mother taught violin and had an operatic voice. They all lived in Leicester, England and the young lad from Leicester developed strong and enduring family values imparted by his parents. At the age of eleven, Arnold George Dorsey began to study saxophone.
When he was seventeen, Engelbert found himself playing at a pub that sponsored a singing contest. Goaded by his friends to enter, he put down his sax and for the first time revealed another vocal talent: impersonations. Arnold George Dorsey gave the worlds finest impersonation of Jerry Lewis- Jerry Lewis still thinks so-and was quickly dubbed Gerry Dorsey by his fans. It became his professional stage name. Furthermore, he never picked up the sax again. To this day, Engelbert continues to include a bit with impersonations in his shows as reference to how he got started.
Gerry Dorsey was very popular on the UK music circuit until he contracted tuberculosis, which silenced him for six months and nearly snuffed out his rising star. Many people assumed his career was finished. Upon regaining his health, Gerry Dorsey knew he had to bury his old, somewhat tainted image to make a comeback as a strong, dynamic performer, still tall, dark handsome and somewhat mysterious. His manager suggested the new name Engelbert Humperdinck. It was just outrageous enough to be memorable. It would take a man with a secure self-image and sense of humor to pull it off. And thus was born the soon-to-be legend, Engelbert Humperdinck.
2006-08-05 12:19:06 · answer #1 · answered by ted_armentrout 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-03 23:22:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Englebert Humperdink. To gain attention.
2006-08-05 12:18:48 · answer #3 · answered by badbear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Engelbert humperdink
2006-08-06 10:27:47 · answer #4 · answered by jean c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
englebert humperdink...because gerry dorsey was already a 17th century horse thief.
2006-08-05 12:19:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Englebert Humperdinck. He changed his name so that when he became famous it would not be forgotten He wanted a name that everybody would remember
2006-08-05 22:50:53 · answer #6 · answered by moesha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Engelbert Humperdinck, why I have no idea, and why did he take the name of the composer of Hansel and Gretel?
2006-08-05 12:17:25 · answer #7 · answered by Mightymo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who??
2006-08-05 12:17:08 · answer #8 · answered by leabrown12 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋