Engelbert Humperdinck Trivia

1. What word connects these titles? This Guy's in Love with _____ Light Up My Life

From Quiz Before and After Engelbert Songs II

Answer: You

"This Guy's in Love with You" and "You Light Up My Life" Engelbert didn't record Burt Bacharach and Hal David's 1968 hit "This Guy's in Love with You" till 2003, when it appeared on his "Definition of Love" CD. He covered Debbie Boone's massiv1977 hit "You Light Up My Life" on his 1978 LP "The Last of the Romantics." The song was written by Joseph Brooks.

From Quiz A Little In Love

Answer: In Love with You

Though the song's title "In Love with You" recurs in the verses, it doesn't appear in the chorus. "In Love With You," written by P. van Asten and R. de Bois, has English lyrics by Pamela Phillips Oland. "My World (Il Mondo) is on Engelbert's 1967 album "Release Me." He has recorded songs that have the phrase "loving you" in the title including "Loving You, Losing You," on 1977's "Miracles by Engelbert Humperdinck" and "Loving You Too Long" on the 1979 album "This Moment in Time." "The First time in My Life" also comes from "This Moment in Time."

From Quiz The Impossibly Picayune Engelbert Quiz

Answer: Leicester

The line in question is from the second part of the song. The original lyric reads: "It might have been in County Down Or in New York, in gay Parie, or even London town" When Engelbert sings the line the second time, he substitutes Leicester. The engineering center in England's East Midlands, Leicester, is Engelbert's hometown. With uncharacteristic modesty for a celebrity, he often refers to himself as "a boy from Leicester."

From Quiz Before and After Engelbert Songs

Answer: Beautiful

"You Are So Beautiful" and "Beautiful Baby" Engelbert recorded Joe Cocker's 1974 hit "You Are So Beautiful," written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher, on his 1990 album "Heart of Gold." There is also a song called "You Are So Beautiful" by Dieter Bohlen and Barry Mason on his 1989 album "Step into My Life." "Beautiful Baby" is on "You and Your Lover" released in 1983. Even Stevens and Paul Overstreet wrote it.

From Quiz Love, Engelbert

Answer: I Wish You Love

The enduring favorite "I Wish You Love" is from the 1969 album simply titled "Engelbert Humperdinck." With music by Léo Chauliac and English lyrics by Albert A. Beach, it is a beloved standard that has been recorded by many artists since Kelie Smith introduced it in English in 1957. "Loving You, Losing You" is from "Miracles By Engelbert Humperdinck.", 1977. "How I Love You" is on the 1993 album "Yours," while Engelbert recorded "Victims of Love" on his 1995 album "Magic Night."

From Quiz A Merry Christmas with Engelbert Humperdinck

Answer: Latin

Like many other singers, Engelbert included both English and Latin in his recording of this Christmas hymn. The original composition of "Adeste Fideles" is disputed, with credit most often being given to John Francis Wade, a Jacobite musician and hymnist, who spent much of his life as an exile in France. The English translation was written by Frederick Oakeley, an English Catholic priest, in 1841.

From Quiz Engelbert Songs In Other Words

Answer: Misty Blue

Nowadays, wavelength is measured in nanometers, abbreviated nm. Pure blue is 470 nm. But when Prof. Quent and I were young, wavelength was measured in angstroms. Engelbert recorded "Misty Blue" by Bob Montgomery in 1967. It was issued on the UK release of his first album, "Release Me" and on the US release of his second album, "The Last Waltz." To confuse matters still further, both of these albums came out in the same year, 1967.

From Quiz Return of the King

Answer: Elton John

Sir Elton John was the inspiration for the title of this album. As Engelbert told the American music magazine "Billboard" in 2014, he heard a quote from Sir Elton recalling the days as a struggling songwriter saying, "'You would sit in your flat waiting for the phone to ring - waiting for Engelbert Humperdinck to call.' So, I finally called, and that's why we called the album 'Engelbert Calling.' Elton John was the first to answer. And it was a delight to work in the studio with him." "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" was written by Sir Elton John and Bernie Taupin and first issued in 1997 as a single and on Sir Elton's album "The Big Picture".

From Quiz Fractured Engelbert Songs: Volume III

Answer: Patiently Waiting

Pay + shan't + lee = patiently. Way + ding = waiting. The answer is Patiently Waiting. "Patiently Waiting"is on "You and Your Lover," 1983.

From Quiz All Eyes on Engelbert

Answer: Spanish eyes

Engelbert first recorded "Spanish Eyes" by Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder and Bert Kaempfert on his 1968 album "A Man Without Love." "Angel Eyes" has been recorded by, among others, Frank Sinatra and the great Ella Fitzgerald. It was written in 1946 by Earl Brent and Matt Dennis. "Ebony Eyes" is a 1961 song written by John D. Loudermilk and recorded by the Everly Brothers. Though the record only reached number eight in the U.S., both "Ebony Eyes" and the flip side, "Walk Right Back" topped the British chart. This feat is all the more remarkable since the BBC banned "Ebony Eyes" as having lyrics too upsetting to be played on the radio. I've never come across a song called "Crying Eyes," though several songs have "cry" or "crying" in the title.

From Quiz After the Lovin'

Answer: sing you to sleep

Richard Adams and Alan Bernstein wrote "After the Lovin'".

From Quiz "The Last Waltz"

Answer: should I go or should I stay

"The Last Waltz" was written by Barry Mason and Les Reed.

From Quiz Did He Or Didn't He?

Answer: Planes and Boats and Trains

The Burt Bacharach/Hal David song "Trains and Boats and Planes" was a hit for Dionne Warwick in 1966. Engelbert recorded "Up, Up and Away", Jimmy Web's beloved song about a hot air balloon ride, on "A Man without Love", which came out in 1968. "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize", one of Engelbert's most well-loved songs, is on his 1969 album simply titled "Engelbert. Les Reed and Barry Mason wrote it. The enduring favorite "Red Sails in the Sunset" by Jimmy Kennedy and Hugh Williams is on "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" (1985).

From Quiz Dancing with Engelbert

Answer: "My Wife the Dancer"

"My Wife the Dancer," by Eddie Dutch and Erwin Wenzlaff, first appeared on the 1970 album "We made It Happen" and is a perennial favorite with Engelbert's fans. "The Stripper" is a rollicking instrumental number by British composer and bandleader David Rose. It was first revealed to the world in 1962. "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" is a 1973 hit by Tony Orlando and Dawn. It peaked at Number Three on the Billboard Hot 100 and Number One on the Adult Contemporary chart as well as reaching Number Twelve in the UK and Number Two in Australia. The song was written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown. The ABBA song "Dancing Queen" came out in 1976. It was written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Stig Anderson. It reached Number one on thirteen Pop music charts around the world.

From Quiz An Evening with Engelbert

Answer: "Someday Tonight"

"Someday Tonight" is on the "Released" album (2010). It was written by N. Thrasher, W. Mobley and S. McEwan. "Somewhere in the Night" is by Richard Kerr. Both Barry Manilow and Helen Reddy had hits with it in the 1970s. "Lost in the World" is a 2010 song by American hip hop recording artist Kanye West. It was written by Jeff Bhasker and Vernon & Malik Jones. As far as I can determine, there is no song called "Lost in the Night." It's a good title though.

From Quiz Engelbert Potpourri

Answer: Love Will Set You Free

"Love Will Set You Free" was written by Sacha Skarbek and Martin Terefe. "Love Is All," by Les Reed and Barry Mason who wrote "The Last Waltz," is another favorite that Engelbert has often performed and recorded through the years. It first appeared as a single in 1973 with "Lady of the Night" on the B side. "Love Has Been a Friend to Me" )Hammond and Bettis) is on the 1991 album "Magic Night." "When Love Finds Your Heart" is on "The Dance Album," 1998. Chris Cox and Barry Harris wrote it.

From Quiz Engelbert 2001 and Beyond

Answer: "Definition of Love"

All four songs named in this question are from the 2003 album "Definition Of Love." The title song, by Lindsey, Dorff and Kaz, includes backing vocals by Engelbert's daughter, Louise Dorsey. "Nothing a Little Love Won't Cure" was written by Larry Boone, Rick Bowles and Don Cook. "Love Me," by the prolific American songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, is another of the many Elvis Presley songs recorded by Engelbert, reflecting the King of Romance's enduring respect and affection for the King of Rock and Roll. Elvis recorded "Love Me" in 1956. It was also recorded by Johnny Burnette in 1960. "This Guy's in Love with You" is a standard by the great American songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It was a number one hit for Herb Alpert in 1968. It has since been recorded by artists as diverse as Bobby Sherman, Dionne Warwick and Barry Manilow.

From Quiz Engelbert and Friends II

Answer: Both

"My Cherie Amour" is on the "We Made It Happen" album (1970). "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" is on "My Love" (1974).

From Quiz Engelbert and Friends

Answer: What a Wonderful World

"What a Wonderful World" indisputably belongs to Louie Armstrong. Still, Engelbert's version is lovely and, I think, unfairly overlooked. As well as the "A Man without Love" album, it also appears on "Take My Heart" (1978). Satchmo had a hit with "Hello Dolly" in 1964, when Engelbert was still using the name Gerry Dorsey. "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" is a ballad recorded by Louie in 1951, a couple of years before the young Gerry Dorsey decided to put down his saxophone and try singing. "High Society" is a song recorded by Louie in 1933, three years before the child who would grow up to be Engelbert Humperdink was born. The song was updated for the 1956 movie musical "High Society, starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra, in which Satchmo had a small but important part.

From Quiz Engelbert Humperdinck

Answer: Gerry Dorsey

Engelbert Humperdink's real name is Arnold George Dorsey. When he first started out as a singer he used the name Gerry Dorsey. The Dorsey Brothers, Tommy and Jimmy, were American Swing Band leaders. Tommy played trombone and Jimmy played the clarinet and saxophone.

From Quiz Before and After Engelbert Songs II

Answer: Love

"Talking Love" and "Love Me Tender" "Talking Love" written by Kurt Feltz, Marcel Stellman and Werner Scharfenberger is on the U.S. issue of Engelbert's first album, "Release Me", which came out in 1967. "Love Me Tender" was not only a 1956 hit for Elvis Presley, Elvis also cowrote it with Vera Matson. One of several Elvis songs Engelbert has recorded, "Love Me Tender" is on "The Last of the Romantics", 1978.

From Quiz The Impossibly Picayune Engelbert Quiz

Answer: The third verse

John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind" is the title track on Glen Campbell's 1967 album. Engelbert laid it down for "Engelbert Humperdinck," the second of his two album releases in 1969. For some mysterious reason, when he did so, he left out the third verse which is, of course, my favorite. I was very disappointed the first time I heard the track.. Here is the complete lyric: "It's knowing that your door is always open And your path is free to walk That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag Rolled up and stashed behind your couch And it's knowing I'm not shackled By forgotten words and bonds And the ink stains that are dried upon some line That keeps you in the backroads By the rivers of my memory That keeps you ever gentle on my mind It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy Planted on their columns now that bind me Or something that somebody said Because they thought we fit together walking It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing Or forgiving when I walk along some railroad track and find That you're moving on the backroads By the rivers of my memory And for hours you're just gentle on my mind Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines And the junkyards and the highways come between us And some other woman's cryin' to her mother 'Cause she turned and I was gone I still might run in silence tears of joy might stain my face And the summer sun might burn me 'til I'm blind But not to where I cannot see You walkin' on the backroads By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin' Cracklin' cauldron in some train yard My beard a roughening coal pile, And a dirty hat pulled low across my face Through cupped hands 'round the tin can I pretend to hold you to my breast and find That you're waiting from the backroads By the rivers of my memories Ever smilin' ever gentle on my mind"

From Quiz Before and After Engelbert Songs

Answer: Life

"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and "Life Goes On" Stevie Wonder wrote and performed "You Are the Sunshine of My Life, releasing it in 1972, both as a single and, with a different arrangement, on the album "Talking Books." Paul Anka wrote "Life Goes On" (not to be confused with the Paul Williams, Craig George song of the same name). Engelbert included the Anka song on "In Time," released in 1972.

From Quiz Love, Engelbert

Answer: How to win your love

Engelbert released "How to Win Your Love" by John Robinson Reid, Graham Stack, Gabriel & Ariel Hernandez and Marty Cintron as a single in 2000. The song also appears on "It's All in the Game" (2001), "Engelbert: At His Very Best" (2001), "You Belong to My Heart," a 2000 compilation, "Release Me," a compilation issued in 2003 and "Greatest Hits & More, 2007 as well as the DVD "Engelbert Live at the London Palladium". "How Near Is Love?" is on Engelbert's 1967 album "Release Me". "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" is on the studio album "Love's Only Love" and "Live in Concert and All of Me: A Double Album," both issued in 1980. "Where Is Love?" forms part of a medley with "The Long and Winding Road" on the 2007 disc "The Winding Road".

From Quiz Engelbert Songs In Other Words

Answer: The Last Waltz

"The Last Waltz," Engelbert's second UK Number One of 1967 and the title track of his second album, began his long and fruitful association with songwriting team Les Reed and Barry Mason.

From Quiz Fractured Engelbert Songs: Volume III

Answer: Beautiful Baby

Butte + Eiffel = beautiful, while bay + bee = baby. The answer is Beautiful Baby. "Beautiful Baby" comes from the 1983 album "You and Your Lover."

From Quiz All Eyes on Engelbert

Answer: Can't Take My Eyes off You

"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is from Engelbert's album "A Man without Love" (1968). It was written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. "I Only Have Eyes for You" was written by Harry Warren and Al Dubin in 1934. The song has enjoyed continuous popularity as a Jazz and Pop standard, with perhaps its most recognizable recording being that by the Flamingos in 1959. "The Look of Love" was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It has been recorded by, among others, Dusty Springfield and Sergio Mendez & Brasil 66. "My Eyes Adored You" by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan was a 1974 hit for Frankie Vali. As far as I know, Engelbert has not recorded any of these three songs.

From Quiz After the Lovin'

Answer: "With a song I just wrote yesterday"

Engelbert released "After the Lovin'" as a single in 1976 with "Let's Remember the Good Times" on the B side.

From Quiz "The Last Waltz"

Answer: only one more song to play

"The Last Waltz" was released as a single in 1967 with "That Promise" on the B side.

From Quiz Did He Or Didn't He?

Answer: Volare

The Italian song "Volare", by Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modugno, was Italy's entry in the 1958 Eurovision Song contest. It came in third and went on to become one of the most successful Eurovision songs ever. Modugno's record was Billboard's Number One single of 1958 and it won the first ever Grammys for Song of the Year and Record of the Year that year. With English lyrics by Mitchell Parish, "Volare" was a hit for Engelbert's friend and mentor Dean Martin. Engelbert recorded it on "Definition of Love (2003). "Come Fly with Me" by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusenis the title song of Frank Sinatra's 1957 theme album about various places in the world. "Fly Away" was a hit for John Denver with Olivia Newton John in the mid 1970s, from his 1975 "Wind Song" album. "Fly into the Wind" is on Donny Osmond's 1977 album "Donald Clark Osmond".

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