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Jørgen Ingmann (26 April 1925 – 21 March 2015) was a jazz and pop guitarist from Copenhagen, Denmark. He was popular in Europe, and had a wider international hit in 1961 with his version of "Apache". ==Career== Jørgen Ingmann Pedersen was born in Copenhagen, and first performed as a guitarist with Svend Asmussen, the jazz violinist, during the 1940s and early 1950s, in a group known as the Swe-Danes.〔( Biography by Mark Deming, ''Allmusic.com'' ). Retrieved 23 March 2015〕 He was influenced by American guitarist and recording studio pioneer Les Paul. In the mid-1950s he set up his own studio where he developed techniques of multi-tracking and distortion, using his own accompaniment on bass and drums, and began recording under the name Jørgen Ingmann & His Guitar.〔 Under this name he recorded a version of "Apache", originally recorded by British group, the Shadows. Ingmann's 1961 cover version charted at #1 in Canada on the CHUM Chart, #2 in the United States on the ''Billboard'' pop singles chart, #9 on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart, #4 on ''Cashbox'', and #6 in Germany.〔(1961 Chart.tsort.info. )〕〔(1961 ''Cashbox'' Year End Chart. )〕 He remade Silvana Mangano's "Anna" with moderate US chart success.〔The single reached #54; Joel Whitburn: ''Top Pop Singles 1955–1993''. Menomonee Falls / Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd. 1994, p. 290〕 In the first half of the 1960s he had many hits in Germany, including "Pepe" (1961 #15), "Anna" (1961 #19), "Violetta" (1962 #16), "Drina Marsch" (1964 #5) and "Zorba le Grec" (1965 #14).〔Günter Ehnert (ed.): ''Hit Bilanz. Deutsche Chart Singles 1956–1980''. Hamburg: Taurus Press 1990, p. 105〕 ''Billboard'' magazine reported that he charted at no. 2 on the Denmark pop singles chart with his recording of "Marchen Til Drina" on 7 December 1963.〔(''Billboard'', December 7, 1963. )〕 His recording reached no. 1 on 17 December 1963.〔(Danish Top 20 Chart. )〕 Other recordings of his included "Tequila" (which he also recorded during the 60s, with the Champs) and a version of Pinetop Perkins' "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" (from 1962). He also worked as a member of the duet, Grethe og Jørgen Ingmann, together with his wife Grethe Ingmann. After winning the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix competition in 1963, they went on to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 where they won with the song "Dansevise" (Dance Ballad), music by Otto Francker and lyrics by Sejr Volmer-Sørensen. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jørgen Ingmann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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