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...