Grethe og Jørgen Ingmann
(Grethe og Jorgen Ingmann)
Grethe Clemmensen, born 17 June 1938 in Copenhagen, Denmark, was a vocalist who
began performing at age 14 and later joined the cabaret circuit in 1954. After
training as a seamstress, she entered the music scene as a chorister and joined
the quartet The Malihini Hawaiians, eventually recording with Jørn Grauengaard’s
trio. In 1955 she met guitarist Jørgen Ingmann, who had begun his career in jazz
orchestras and later achieved a solo hit with "Apache" (1961). The couple
married in 1956 and formed a duo, signing with Metronome Records. Their
breakthrough came with the 1957 single ...
