Engelbert Humperdinck - 20th Century Masters: The Best Of Engelbert Humperdinck (2005)

Universal International's 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Engelbert Humperdinck may not be the definitive set of highlights from the crooner's 50-year career -- that honor goes to Hip-O's sprawling 44-track Gold anthology -- but its 12 classic and remastered cuts represent the cream of the crop. Humperdinck -- the man was bold enough to choose the stage name, over Arnold George Dorsey -- was a master interpreter of ballads, and while standards like "Release Me (And Love Again)" and "There Goes My Everything" had enjoyed popularity years before, his versions stand as the most recognizable. The Millennium Collection is a great entry point into this legendary singer and showman's long and celebrated career.