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Engelbert Humperdinck said this week that he and Tom Jones were friends for a “long time” before their decades-long rift, and he doesn’t know what tore them apart.
“To this day, I still think that Tom is probably one of the best singers the world has ever known, you know, and we don’t speak to each other,” the “Release Me” singer told Raymond Arroyo on his “Arroyo Grande” podcast on Wednesday.
He continued, “I don’t know. Something happened and it just went.”
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Engelbert Humperdinck and Tom Jones appeared together on “The Engelbert Humperdinck Show” special in December 1969. (Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
He denied that it had anything to do with another woman, as some rumors have suggested.
“I don’t know what it is, you know, it just happened after my manager died,” Humperdinck said. “He died of cancer, and then right after that, because I left Gordon [Mills] before he passed away, and he took umbrage to that, I guess, for some reason, but I can’t tell you, I don’t know why.”
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Mills, who died in 1986, also managed Jones at the same time.
“To this day, I would embrace him if he ever put his hand out to me,” he continued. “There’s no point, there’s no — I don’t like animosity. I don’t hate the man. As a matter of fact, I love his singing, you know, and I think he’s been a great asset to the world of music.”
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Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck are seen together on “This Is Tom Jones,” which came out in March 1969. (Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
As someone who was successful before him, Humperdink said the “It’s Not Unusual” singer taught him a lot about the business.
The legendary ’60s crooners were even roommates in London for a time when their careers were starting.
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“We had a good relationship in the early years, and what has happened now is something I can’t put my finger on, but I really hope that one day, like Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, we’ll be together again.”
Jones and Humperdinck pose for a photo in 1969. (Redferns)
Fox News Digital has reached out to Jones’ reps for comment.
Jones, 86, told The Sun in 2024, Humperdinck “has tried, but I don’t want to talk.”
