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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".
"Apache" is a song written by Jerry Lordan and first recorded by Bert Weedon. Lordan played the song on ukulele for the Shadows while on tour and, liking the song, the group released their own version which topped the UK Singles Chart for five weeks in mid-1960. [1]
On 24 February 1963, "Dansevise" performed by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann competed in the 7th edition of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, winning the competition. As the festival was used by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) to select its song and performer for the 8th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest , the song became the Danish ...
Grethe Ingmann became the first Eurovision winner to die, which was because of cancer on 18 August 1990 in Denmark and Jørgen Ingmann died on 21 March 2015 in Denmark. [ 1 ] The US success of Jörgen Ingmann's version of Jerry Lordan's instrumental " Apache " (which hit no 1 in US Singles' list in 1961) was largely due to EMI's omission to ...
Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 with the song "Dansevise", composed by Otto Francker, with lyrics by Sejr Volmer-Sørensen, and performed by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann. The Danish participating broadcaster, Danmarks Radio (DR), organised the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1963 in order to select its entry for the contest.
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Jørgen Ingmann (1925–2015), Danish musician; Jørgen Jahre (1907–1998), Norwegian shipowner and sports official; Jørgen Jalland (born 1977), Norwegian footballer; Jørgen Jensen (disambiguation) Jørgen Jersild (1913–2004), Danish composer; Jørgen Jørgensen (1780–1841), Danish adventurer