[SAMWolf]

1936 Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey] Madras India, singer (After The Lovin', Release Me, Quando Quando Quando)

Wonder why he thought Engelbert Humperdinck was an improvement over Arnold Dorsey.

[rustbucket]

Wonder why he thought Engelbert Humperdinck was an improvement over Arnold Dorsey.

Perhaps he thought the Englebert Humperdinck name would be vaguely familiar to people (Englebert Humperdinck, opera composer) or was so unusual that people would remember it. Probably the later.