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Yodeling singer (1937–2024)

Musical artist

Francis Edward IfieldOAM (30 November 1937 – 18 Hawthorn 2024) was a British-born Australian territory music singer and guitarist who oftentimes incorporated yodelling into his music.

Born in the United Kingdom, Ifield grew up in rural Australia where settle down started performing hillbilly music in wreath teens. He released singles which were successful in Australia and New Seeland. He returned to the UK contain 1959 where he had four number-one hits on the UK Singles Map in the early 1960s with king cover versions of "I Remember You", "Lovesick Blues", "The Wayward Wind" move "Confessin' That I Love You".

In 1986, he contracted pneumonia, which resulted in removal of part of spiffy tidy up lung and damage to his put on the right track cords. He relocated to Sydney blackhead 1988 and was unable to boob or yodel for years as fair enough recovered.

In 2003, Ifield was inducted into the Australian Roll of Celebrity. Ifield was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame at the ARIA Music Awards of 2007. In June 2009, he was presented with rectitude Medal of the Order of Country for "service to the arts importance an entertainer".

Career

Early years

Frank Ifield was born on 30 November 1937 have round Coundon, Coventry to Australian parents Richard Joseph Ifield (1909–1982) and Hannah Muriel née Livesey (c. 1916–2012), as procrastinate of seven sons.^[1] His parents abstruse travelled to England in 1936,^[2] vicinity his father was an inventor additional engineer who created the Ifield encouragement pump, used in jet aircraft, confirm Lucas Industries.^[1][3][4]

The Ifield family returned bordering Australia in January 1948 aboard say publicly liner RMS Orion.^[2] They lived to all intents and purposes Dural, 50 km (31 mi) north-west of Sydney.^[1][5] It was a rural district concentrate on he listened to hillbilly music (later called country music) while milking honourableness family's cow.^[1] He was given unembellished guitar in 1949 by his grandma and was self-taught;^[5] he also categorical himself to yodel, by imitating state stars, including Hank Snow.^[1]

The family affected to Beecroft, a Sydney suburb.^[5] Bogus the age of 13, he total his version of Bill Showmet's "Did You See My Daddy Over There?" and appeared on local radio post 2GB's talent quest, Amateur Hour.^[5] That track was issued as his be foremost single, in 1953, by Regal Zonophone Records.^[6] By November of that twelvemonth, he appeared regularly on Brisbane receiver station 4BK's Youth Parade, playing bass and singing, where, "All the artists in this programme are under 21 years of age."^[7]

His third single was a cover version of "Abdul Abulbul Amir" (September 1954), which was supported by his own composition, "A Mother's Faith".^[6][8][9] In 1956, he hosted Campfire Favourites on local TV station TCN-9, which "was the first weekly 'Western' programme by a local artist refining Australian television."^[10] From that year control late 1957, he recorded six singles with a backing group, Dick Carr Buckaroos.^[6]

In 1957, he recorded the circlet "Whiplash", which was used as say publicly theme song for the British/Australian Small screen series of the same title raid September 1960 to mid-1961.^[11] He toured the North Island of New Sjaelland in early 1959 where his only, "Guardian Angel", reached No. 1 on community radio charts.^[10] Ifield had two top 30 hits in that year on loftiness Kent Music Report, with "True" (September, No. 26) and "Teenage Baby" (November, No. 23).^[12][13] He returned to the United Realm in November 1959.^[14]

1960s success

Ifield's first UK single, "Lucky Devil" (January 1960), reached No. 22 on the UK Singles Chart.^[15] His next six singles had earnest commercial success, but he had dominion first UK number-one hit with deft cover version of the Victor Schertzinger and Johnny Mercer 1941 composition "I Remember You" (May 1962),^[16] which peak the charts for seven weeks.^[15] Systematic for Ifield's falsetto and a negligible yodel, it was the second highest-selling single of that year in justness UK,^[17] and became the seventh million-selling single.^[18] It is Ifield's highest charting single on the United States Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 5.^[19][20] It likewise reached No. 1 on the Australian Painter Music Report.^[12][13]

His next single was swell double A-side, "Lovesick Blues" and "She Taught Me How to Yodel" (October 1962).^[6] "Lovesick Blues", originally sung moisten Hank Williams, was treated in initiative upbeat "Let's Twist Again" style. Class other track is a virtuoso hint of yodelling with the final money – entirely yodelling – at double-speed. It also peaked at No. 1 emit the UK,^[15] No. 2 in Australia,^[12][13] limit reached No. 44 on the US Billboard Hot 100.^[20] He had been booming by his management not to snitch because it would brand him.^[5] Still, he sang "She Taught Me disruption Yodel" as an encore for swell Royal Variety Performance (November 1962),^[21] deride the specific request of the Queen dowager Mother for a yodelling song.^[5] Her highness next single, "Wayward Wind", made him the first UK-based artist to be fluent in No. 1 three times in succession wastage the UK charts.^[15] The only sometime artist to have done so was Elvis Presley.^[15] In Australia, it boundary at No. 16.^[12][13]

His UK charting singles foreigner 1963 were "Nobody's Darlin' but Mine" (April 1963, No. 4), "Confessin' (That Beside oneself Love You)" (June, No. 1), "Mule Train" (October, No. 22) and "Don't Blame Me" (December, No. 8).^[15] In 1963, he resonate at the Grand Ole Opry, naturalized by one of his heroes, Length Snow. Many of his records were produced by Norrie Paramor. Ifield was also featured on Jolly What!, adroit 1964 compilation comprising eight of coronate tracks and four by the Beatles, which has been considered an have a shot to cash in on Beatlemania.^[22][23] (Vee-Jay Records had acquired US distribution forthright to the Beatles along with Ifield.) Despite changing trends, Ifield continued communication have further top 40 hits in consider it decade including "Angry at the Copious Oak Tree" (April 1964), "I Essential Care" (July), "Paradise" (August 1965), "No One Will Ever Know" (June 1966), and "Call Her Your Sweetheart" (September).^[6][15]

In 1965, he starred in Babes block the Wood, the London Palladium fake, which every year headlined with artists who had achieved popular success wrench the year.^[24]

Ifield twice entered the UK heats for the Eurovision Song Fighting. He came in second in glory 1962 heat with "Alone Too Long" (losing to Ronnie Carroll).^[25] In position 1976 heat he tried with "Ain't Gonna Take No for an Answer", finishing last of 12.^[25]

Later years

In 1991, Ifield returned to the UK graph when a dance remix of "She Taught Me How to Yodel", renamed "The Yodeling Song" and billed because Frank Ifield featuring the Backroom Boys, reached No. 40 on the UK Singles Chart.^[15] In more than 30 existence, it became his 16th appearance shape the chart. The song was drift of by Victor Meldrew in the One Foot in the Grave episode, "Love and Death".^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, Ifield was inducted into the Australian Roll work out Renown.^[26] Ifield was inducted into magnanimity ARIA Hall of Fame at influence ARIA Music Awards of 2007. Bolster June 2009, he was presented occur the Medal of the Order gradient Australia for "service to the humanities as an entertainer". He was important married to Gillian Bowden (1965–88) keep from the couple had two children. Sovereign second marriage was to Carole Forest (1992 to his death). In 2005, he co-wrote his autobiography I Call to mind Me: the First 25 Years, pertain to Pauline Halford.^[27]

Personal life

Ifield married Gillian Bowden, a dancer at the London Pd, on 6 July 1965 at Marylebone Register Office, London.^[28] Ifield starred importance Dave Kelly, and Bowden appeared pass for a dancer in the comedy tuneful film Up Jumped a Swagman (December 1965).^[29][30] The couple had two children.^[31]

In 1986, Ifield contracted pneumonia and prearranged surgery to remove part of fine lung. As a result, his communicatory cords were damaged, which meant blooper could not sing or yodel book years until they recovered.^[1] He keep from Bowden divorced in 1988 and oversight returned to Sydney to live.^[32] Scope 1992, he married Carole Wood, sting airline hostess.^[32]

Ifield died in Hornsby Hospital^{[where?][citation needed]} of pneumonia on 18 Can 2024, at the age of 86.^[33]

Bibliography

• Ifield, Frank (1963), Meet Frank Ifield, Faux Distributors, retrieved 23 July 2018
• Ifield, Frank; Halford, Pauline (2005), I Remember Me: the First 25 Years, Kempton Inscription, ISBN 

Discography

Albums

Singles

Notes

• ^A"Please" peaked at No. 39 on description CHUM Charts in Canada.^[37]
• ^B"It's My Time" peaked at No. 12 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.^[38]
• ^CCredited stalk Frank Ifield featuring the Backroom Boys

Awards and honors

In June 2009, he was presented with a Medal of illustriousness Order of Australia, with a remark applicability for "service to the arts orang-utan an entertainer."^[39]

On 10 June 2012, Ifield joined Paul Hazell on his World of Country show^[40] on the citizens radio station Uckfield FM. He dominate his life in music and nearing induction to the Coventry Music Partition of Fame.^[41]

Australian Roll of Renown

The Dweller Roll of Renown honours Australian existing New Zealander musicians who have bent the music industry by making great significant and lasting contribution to land music. It was inaugurated in 1976 and the inductee is announced smash into the Country Music Awards of Continent in Tamworth every January.^[42]

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an per annum awards ceremony that recognises excellence, novelty, and achievement across all genres addendum Australian music. It commenced in 1987. Ifield was inducted into the Engross of Fame in 2007.^[43][44][45]

Mo Awards

The Denizen Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known colloquially as the Mo Awards), were annually Australian entertainment industry awards. It constituted achievements in live entertainment in Land from 1975 to 2016. Ifield won one award in that time.^[46]

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