Engelbert Humperdinck
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“in the meantime, everybody's forming into ranks of three.”
Engelbert Humperdinck · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-19
He noted that while he paused to tie his shoelace, other soldiers were already forming into ranks of three.
“unbelievable that I wasn't in that batch”
Engelbert Humperdinck · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-19
He said it was unbelievable that he narrowly missed being in the group sent to Cyprus.
“all of a sudden I looked down and my bootlace had came undone.”
Engelbert Humperdinck · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-19
He recalled that when it came time to line up for army assignments, he noticed his bootlace had come undone.
“So I ran after I tied my shoelace and stood where I possibly could in the front line, and they started counting Malaya, Cyprus, and I was the next one. Germany. I went to Germany. I was just I just missed Cyprus by one.”
Engelbert Humperdinck · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-19
He described how after tying his shoelace he joined the front line and was assigned to Germany instead of Cyprus by just one count.
“I think God was watching over me because, later on, I found out all the people that went to Cyprus never got there. They got killed in an ambush on the way to Nicosia.”
Engelbert Humperdinck · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-19
He believed God was watching over him because the soldiers assigned to Cyprus were killed in an ambush on the way to Nicosia.
“an interesting couple of years.”
Engelbert Humperdinck · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-19
He described his time serving in Mulheim, Germany, as an interesting couple of years.
“If you don’t put out material that’s going to last, you’re not going to last. Over the years, I sold over 150 million records. My music has been my passport to the world, and it’s been amazing for me.”
Engelbert Humperdinck · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-19
He told Billboard in June 2017 about the importance of releasing lasting material and his career record sales of over 150 million.
“It was always a question in my head about how long it was going to last.”
Engelbert Humperdinck · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-19
He told Billboard in June 2017 that he had always wondered how long his success would last.
“I never thought that. I was just happy to have success at that time,”
Engelbert Humperdinck · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-19
He told Billboard in June 2017 about celebrating 50 years in the music industry.
“The way they choose people and when you're in training, you form a rank of threes and the adjutant goes around with the sergeant major, and he goes counts out 24 people, and they'll say hit Cyprus, Germany, Belgium or whatever it is, wherever you're going to.”
Engelbert Humperdinck · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-19
He explained how the British Army chose soldiers for their overseas assignments during training.