On 26 Les Humphries died in December († 67) in his English home to Basingstoke. Hardly anyone got anything with the death of the great band leader - until now.
Humphries led in recent years, a crazy recluse. So crazy that he had already declared himself to be dead.
"Mama Loo", "Mexico", "Kansas City" - mega hits! All of the Les Humphries Singers. Only on Saturday night millions of viewers saw at RTL, as the group landed at number 3 on the eternal top-list of the "Ultimate Chart Show" by Oliver Goats (38). These ex-singer Jürgen Drews sang Humphries (62), a new version of "Mama Loo". Les Humphries had been there long ago succumbed to a heart attack after a lung infection.
Popstar for Drews EXPRESS: "On Friday the show was recorded. Some of the old gentlemen had heard the news of his death already, but I said nothing because they were afraid I would get confused at the gig. It was not until the next morning, over breakfast at the Savoy Hotel in Cologne, they told me. Shortly thereafter, Humphries called me `ex-wife to Dunya Rajter. I could not believe how true it still does not. "
For Drew recalled in an oblique story: "1998 was announced by the radio station Bayern 3 death by Les Humphries. Shortly thereafter, I gave a live interview as an obituary. It later turned out to be a hoax everything. Les Humphries had himself declared dead and spent on the phone as his twin brother. Which there was not at all! "
Now Les Humphries really is dead and Drew, who sang from the beginning until 1975 in his band, mourns: "He was a genius, a fantastic musician, a gifted pianist. Without him I would have never had so much fun in life. We were Sex, Drugs & Rock `n` Roll, a Chaos force against the establishment. "
But Drew also saw the other personality of the great Humphries: "Behind the stage, he was strict as a general. He called me even once reviled as a Nazi. Later, when I sang the old hits at big concerts, I received threatening letters from him. No idea what got into him. "
