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Howard Carpendale

Howard Carpendale (January 14, 1946) is a South African-born singer who enjoyed great popularity as a Schlager music performer in the 1960s. Born in the city of Durban, he moved to Europe in 1966 after a series of unsuccessful attempts to make it as an Elvis impersonator in his native South Africa. He first settled in England, where he played small venues with a short-lived beat group, and then relocated to Germany. There, he was signed by the Cologne-based Electrola label and made his debut with the album Lebenslänglich, which sold over 60,000 units. In 1969, he scored his first...