- Jørgen Ingmann
Jørgen Ingmann (born
April 26 ,1925 ) is amusician fromCopenhagen ,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 Jørgen Ingmann and his guitar. Under this name he recorded "Apache" in 1961, which charted at #4 in
Canada and #2 in theUnited States . He remade Silvana Mangano's "Anna" with moderate US chart success.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 theDansk Melodi Grand Prix competition in 1963, they went on to represent Denmark at theEurovision Song Contest where they won with the song "Dansevise " (Dance Ballad), music byOtto Francker and lyrics bySejr Volmer-Sørensen .He and Grethe met in 1955, were married in 1956, and got divorced in 1975.
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