[Willie Green]

Next time you see the smug face of a 60s veteran, utter these two words: Englebert Humperdinck.

Why is this supposed to rattle me?
Humperdinck wasn't a Boomer. He was born in '36.
When his songs hit the pop-charts in '67, it was a clear vindication of the axiom "don't trust anybody over 30".
Jonathan Freedland has absolutely no idea what he's talking about.
Humperdinck was more popular with the Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Dean Martin generation of music fans. Same with Ed Ames.

[weegee]

What's more, Englebert Humperdinck toured with Jimi Hendrix. Jimi even sat in with Humperdinck's band one night.

Englebert still tours, not so Jimi. Excess takes its toll.

[foreverfree]

Same with Ed Ames.

1967 was the last full year my parents were together before divorcing. I (an only child) turned 6 (and both my folks 30 fwiw) that summer of love. We always had the local MOR station on in our house. On which I remember hearing songs such as Ed Ames's "My Cup Runneth Over" and Al Martino's "Mary in the Morning". Plus Petula Clark's "Don't Sleep in the Subway". I always associate songs like those with '67 than "Sgt. Pepper", which I didn't hear for the first time until around 1970.

foreverfree

[the OlLine Rebel]

Hey, these are great singers!!!! >:(