Jørgen Ingmann • Vintage Jazz No. 153 - EP Guitar, Latin Accent

 

Jorgen Ingmann (born 26 April 1925) is a musician from Copenhagen, Denmark.
He worked with Svend Asmussen, the jazz violinist, during the 1940s and part of the 1950s.

During the late 1950s he changed his stage name to Jorgen Ingmann and his guitar. Under this name he recorded “Apache” in 1961, which charted at #4 in Canada, #2 in the United States and #6 in Germany. He remade Silvana Mangano’s “Anna” with moderate US chart success.

In the first half of the 1960s he had many hits in Germany like “Pepe” (1961 #15), “Anna” (1961 #19), “Violetta” (1962 #16), “Drina Marsch” (1964 #5) and “Zorba le Grec” (1965 #14). Billboard magazine reported that he charted at no. 2 on the Denmark pop singles chart with his recording of “Marchen Til Drina” on 7 December 1963. His recording reached no. 1 on 17 December 1963.

Songs of his included “Tequila” (which he also recorded during the 60s, with the Champs) and a version of Pinetop Perkins’ “Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie” (from 1962).

He worked as a member of the duet, Grethe og Jørgen Ingmann, together with his wife Grethe Ingmann. After winning the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix competition in 1963, they went on to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest where they won with the song “Dansevise” (Dance Ballad), music by Otto Francker and lyrics by Sejr Volmer-Sørensen.

Jørgen Ingmann died on 21 March 2015, aged 89.

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Jorgen Ingmann (26 de abril de 1925), es un músico de Copenhague, Dinamarca.
Trabajó con Svend Asmussen, la violinista de jazz, en la década de los 40 y parte de la de los 50.

En 1955 Jorgen Ingmann conoció a Grethe Ingmann, con la que contraería matrimonio un año después.
El 1956 compusó una ópera, Tre farger Blå, que sólo sería grabada en 1965, tras el éxito de Eurovisión.

A finales de los 50 Jorgen Ingmann cambió su nombre por el de “Jorgen Ingmann and his guitar” (Jorgen Ingmann y su guitarra). Con este nombre grabó el tema Apache en 1961, con el que alcanzó el nº4 en Canadá y el nº2 en Estados Unidos.

Trabajó como miembro del dúo Grethe og Jorgen Ingmann junto a su mujer Grethe Ingmann. El dúo ganó el Melodi Grand Prix danés en 1963 con el tema Dansevise (Melodía bailable). Con esta victoria conseguían el pasaporte a Luxemburgo, donde representaron a Dinamarca en Eurovisión, consiguiendo la primera victoria en Eurovisión para dicho país.

Jørgen Ingmann murió el 21 de marzo de 2015.

Tracks:
01 Frenesi
Artist: Jorgen Ingmann
Songwriter: Domínguez
    
02 Gingando
Artist: Jorgen Ingmann
Songwriter: Silva, Zanhoto
    
03 Quizás, Quizás, Quizás
Artist: Jorgen Ingmann
Songwriter: O. Farrés
    
04 Camondongo
Artist: Jorgen Ingmann
Songwriter: Azevedo, Pandeiro

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