Last year's entry, Love Will Set You Free by Engelbert Humperdinck, finished second from last with just 12 points.

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For example, in the music industry there are Engelbert Humperdinck (born Madras), Peter Sarstedt (Delhi) and Cliff Richard (Lucknow).

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Every one of them conveyed the excitement of the choice, but refused to name Engelbert Humperdinck until it was official.

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On Tuesday, farmer Engelbert Bergmann, 55, from Frankfurt, received a letter written by soldier Emil Adam, a neighbour of his grandfather.

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Some of the finest Japanese books and manuscripts to reach the West, however, were collected by a German, Engelbert Kaempfer, who was employed as a doctor by Dutch traders on Dejima.

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