Where Is ’60s Music Icon Engelbert Humperdinck Now & Where You Can Meet Him

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THE ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK SHOW, Engelbert Humperdinck, 1969. — Everett Collection

What To Know

Singer Engelbert Humperdinck continues to tour internationally and release new music as he approaches his 90th birthday.
He credits karaoke for keeping his songs popular and fresh.
He recently reunited with producer Joel Diamond to release a new track, “I’ve Got You,” as part of an upcoming album.

After nearly six decades in showbiz, Engelbert Humperdinck says karaoke has kept his music alive “all these years.” The India-born, U.K.-raised singer, who celebrates his 90th birthday on May 2, recently performed more than 60 concerts worldwide in 2025 after realizing he needed to keep singing following his The Last Waltz farewell tour in 2024, and he continues to tour in 2026.

Speaking to Britain’s PA news agency, he said: “Most of my songs are on karaoke because people love to sing them.” That, he added, is what keeps them sounding “as fresh today as they were when I recorded them. … I’m very big with karaoke.”

Born Arnold George Dorsey, he found fame after adopting the name of German composer Engelbert Humperdinck as his stage name, with the ballad “Release Me” topping the U.K. charts in 1967 and reaching No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. His follow-up hits “There Goes My Everything” and “The Last Waltz” had critics describing him as a “crooner.” Humperdinck angrily responded, “No crooner has the range I have. I can hit notes a bank could not cash. What I am is a contemporary singer, a stylized performer.”

Fans, particularly in America, where he wowed sold-out audiences at the Riviera Hotel and top Las Vegas venues, agreed.

Humperdinck was heartbroken in 2021 when he lost his wife of 56 years, British actress Patricia Healey, due to complications related to COVID-19. They had four children together.

Now, ahead of his monumental birthday, the four-time Grammy nominee and Golden Globe winner reunited with his long-time friend and collaborator, multi-platinum producer Joel Diamond , to release a new track called “I’ve Got You.” Humperdinck says of the song, “After all these years in music, there’s still nothing quite like the feeling of a new song finding its way into the world.” He recently shared that it will be part of a new upcoming album.

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Fans wishing to meet the icon can do so at the upcoming Hollywood Show in Burbank, California, on Saturday, May 30.

This article originally ran in the July/August 2025 Where Are They Now – Music Legends Issue of ReMIND Magazine and has been updated. You can purchase it at the link below.