The MJ Show #70 (Engelbert)
When I was a radio jockey, I got a chance to do a lot of really cool things and meet a lot of really cool people and talk to them...and interview them for my show. I also did a lot of interviews for various newspapers and magazines in the last few years.
Of all the people I met and spoke with...nothing was more thrilling than when I met and interviewed Engelbert when he came to Mumbai. I remember every minute of that meeting. It was without a doubt the highest point of my career as a RJ or a journalist or simply as a music fan.
I mean...this guy is MASSIVE and is probably one of the only legends who's still singing and entertaining audiences since the time Elvis was doing his thing!
This was as close as I was going to get to meeting Elvis...but don't get me wrong. I was incredibly kicked about meeting Engelbert too :)
Now I had another high point in my career when I interviewed him. Halfway through the interview he stopped me and said "You've really done your research haven't you?" and he seemed really happy with my interview. I was blown away! I mean this is a man who has done atleast a million interviews and to stop a young kid (I was about 23 back then) and tell him that he's doing good...that's something eh?
And after that...there was a party that night. At the Taj. Tons of reporters, cameramen and Mumbai elite were there. In walks Engelbert with a few people. I was just happy to be there and was peacefully standing by the side while the photographers went nuts. As he walked by me, he stopped, looked at me, said "Hey! How are you?" smiled and me and moved ahead. Then when I went up to me...he put his arm around me and we took this photo.
See some of them here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=94291&id=55903081384
Oh yeah, I also got 3 LPs and a couple of cds signed by the man and then watched him play live at the NCPA. He is incredible...even now! Would you believe...he's almost 70 and the aunties sitting in the front rows were going nuts everytime he looked at them or threw a hanky at them. :) It was a thrill to watch the man. Without a doubt, it's a gig I'll never forget! :)
What I have for you today is a comprehensive list of pretty much all his hit singles since 1967!!
There are a LOT! And I've added a few bonus songs too. Hope you like em.
January 1967 - Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)
Bonus Song - Engelbert & Ray Charles - Release Me
May 1967 - There Goes My Everything
August 1967 - The Last Waltz
January 1968 - Am I That Easy to Forget
April 1968 - A Man Without Love (Quando M'Innamoro)
September 1968 - Les Bicyclettes de Belsize
February 1969 - The Way It Used To Be
August 1969 - I'm A Better Man
November 1969 - Winter World Of Love
May 1970 - My Marie
September 1970 - Sweetheart
May 1971 - When There's No You
September 1971 - Another Time, Another Place
March 1972 - Too Beautiful To Last
August 1972 - In Time
December 1972 - I Never Said Goodbye
October 1973 - Love Is All
February 1974 - Free As the Wind
November 1975 - This Is What You Mean To Me
October 1976 - After the Lovin'
April 1977 - I Believe In Miracles
June 1977 - Goodbye My Friend
October 1977 - Lover's Holiday
April 1978 - The Last of the Romantics
December 1978 - This Moment In Time
July 1979 - A Much, Much Greater Love
March 1980 - Love's Only Love
June 1981 - Don't You Love Me Anymore
July 1983 - Til You And Your Lover Are Lovers Again
March 1988 - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You
June 1989 - Red Roses For My Lady
July 1996 - Lesbian Seagull
January 1999 - Quando Quando Quando
May 2000 - How To Win Your Love
May 2002 - Once in a while
Bonus Songs
Spanish Eyes
My Way
Strangers In The Night
Somebody Like You
Everything I Do
You're My Heart, You're My Soul
A Whole New World
Just The Two Of Us
And here's the finale! :)
Engelbert Humperdinck - Medley 2007
This one was for all you Engelbert fans and I know that there are a LOT of you out there :)
A MASSIVE thanks to Sunday Midday for featuring The MJ Show in today's paper.
Check out the article here.
It's in an album on The Musicman Mihir Fan Club on facebook along with a few other photos :)
Right then...it is now time for me to say...take care...and have a nice day! :)
This is your Musicman Mihir...signing off!
