Show Engelbert EngelbertH n e ert H um er inc Now beginning a tour of the United States is one Engelbert Engelbert Engelbert Engel Engel- bert no b bod body o d y eighteen months ago At that time Engelbert was Gerry Dorsey Dorsey Dorsey Dor- Dor sey a struggling singer who couldn't seem to make it THEN HE CHANGED his name to that to never gotten Engelbert and cut a record called Release Release Release Re lease Me As is the sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times case in show business and the music world overnight overnight overnight over over- night he became a sensation Now Engelbert is earning a week The interesting part is that success hasn't spoiled him not yet He still lives in a Blackpool flat where he lived in the lean days with his wife and three children And he remembers the thirteen years he struggled and waited for success HE AND IllS HIS family often had only 75 cents for food he recalls His wife stuck by him His parents never criticized him when he left them after a visit he invariably invariably invariably ably found three or four pound notes in a bag of food they forced on him Success has not made him forget the hard years or those who stood by him My ly wife kept me going through the hard times he admits Remembering Remembering Re Re- Remembering how his parents helped he says Now I would do anything for them r ITS IT'S A NICE story with the elements of family loyalty hard days and happiness and success And while too wholesome or comey to rate Hollywood I treatment a lot of normal i 4 people appreciate it and wish I Engelbert well |