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Engelbert Humperdinck reveals he 'went through hell' over casting couch advances

Engelbert Humperdinck rejected unwanted advances from agents

Engelbert Humperdinck "went through hell" fending off unwanted advances from agents early in his career.

The 90-year-old crooner has reflected on travelling to London in the late 1950s to try and establish himself as a singer, but finding representation proved to be a "very difficult task" because of the "casting couch" propositions he received.

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