Background
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 Unmelancholy Danes.
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 Unmelancholy Danes.
He was popular in Europe, and had a wider international hit in 1961 with his version of "Apache". 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 popular singles chart, #9 on the Billboard Rhythm & Blues chart, #4 on Cashbox, and #6 in Germany. He remade Silvana Mangano"s "Anna" with moderate United States chart success.
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). Billboard magazine reported that he charted at northern
2 on the Denmark popular singles chart with his recording of "Marchen Til Drina" on 7 December 1963.
His recording reached northern 1 on 17 December 1963. 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).
Jørgen Ingmann died on 21 March 2015, aged 89.