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Danish musician (1925–2015)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
Denmark
Active from
1925
Active to
2015

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
5,152
Total plays
23,571

Tags

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Jørgen Ingmann (born April 26, 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 Jørgen Ingmann and his guitar. Under this name he recorded "Apache" in 1961, which charted at #4 in Canada and #2 in the United States. He remade Silvana Mangano's "Anna" with moderate US chart success. Songs of his included "Tequila" (which he also recorded during the 60s <a h

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan
1925–2015
Nationality
DK
Language
dan
Gender
Male

Recorded by 10 libraries

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Key facts

Born
Jørgen Ingmann Pedersen , ( 1925-04-26 ) 26 April 1925, Copenhagen, Denmark
Died
21 March 2015 (2015-03-21) (aged 89), Holte , Denmark
Occupation
Musician
Years active
1944–1984

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Encyclopedic overview

Jørgen Ingmann (born Jørgen Ingmann Pedersen; 26 April 1925 – 21 March 2015) was a Danish jazz and pop guitarist from Copenhagen. He was popular in Europe and had a wider international hit in 1961 with his version of "Apache". He and his wife Grethe Ingmann won the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Dansevise".

Career

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