Sarasota News Leader
January 17, 2014
Page 122
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK TO PLAY THE VAN WEZEL
Internationally known performer Engelbert
Humperdinck will appear at the Van Wezel
Performing Arts Hall on Sunday, Jan. 19, at 8
p.m., the Van Wezel has announced.
adds. The song spent 56 weeks in the Top 50 in
a single chart run. Release Me was believed to
have sold 85,000 copies a day at the height of
its popularity, and it is one of the best known
of his songs, the release continues.
During his 40-year career, Humperdinck has
sold more than 150 million records, a news Moreover, he has completed tracks with
release points out, and he "remains a constant Elton John, Willie Nelson, Smokey Robinson,
force in the music industry."
Neil Sedaka, Dionne Warwick, Kenny Rogers,
The release continues, "[R]omance serves as Beverly Knight and Gene Simmons, among
the core of Engelbert Humperdinck's music," others. Additionally, Humperdinck has earned
with his number one hits including Release such accolades as four Grammy nominations,
Me, The Last Waltz, After the Lovin, and A a Golden Globe for Entertainer of the Year
(1988), 63 gold and 24 platinum records and
Man Without Love.
a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the
In 1967, Humperdinck's version of Release release notes.
Me, "recorded in his well-known suave ballad
style," made the Top 10 on both sides of the Tickets are priced from $35 to $80. For more
Atlantic and was No. 1 in Great Britain, taking information, call the box office at 953-3368 or
away that slot from The Beatles, the release visit www.VanWezel.org.
Engelbert Humperdinck will take the Van Wezel stage on Jan. 19. Contributed photo by Sotres
