FRANK IFIELD

Frank Ifield these days lives in Australia (where he did most of his growing up) and still works in the business but no longer performing. If you want to know more about him check out www.frankifield.com

Back in the 50s he yodelled on a lot of his records and you might want to seek out "The Yodelling Cowboy Years" on the UK Jasmine label at www.jasmine-records.co.uk or the 3CD budget set "The Complete A & B Sides" on EMI Gold. The former is early Australian material with lots of actual yodelling, the latter presents his EMI UK recordings and some Nashville cuts from the 60s when he yodelled less but had one of the best voice-break voices in the business. He did a lot of amazing falsetto breaks on his records.

Frank was the first artiste to have 3 consecutive No 1 hits in the UK pop charts ("I Remember You", "Lovesick Blues" and "The Wayward Wind" in 1962) and gave the Beatles their first break outside Liverpool.

KEITH MANIFOLD

Keith Manifold was a country fan as well as a singer and he loved yodelling. He made several albums (vinyl) - mainly on the UK Westwood label and you can probably find some of them if you search www.gemm.com. He was a real gentleman and lived in Matlock Bath in Derbyshire, England.

YODELLERS ON RADIO

By the way, I am now presenting a 3 hour country show every 2 weeks on a Sunday from 6pm-9pm UK time. I am playing all types and styles of country music from the 20s to the modern day but the emphasis is on the more traditional sounds. I always try to include some yodellers as few stations seem to play them these days.

Next show is Sunday 6th March and you can find the show and listen live on www.uckfieldfm.co.uk. I have played a lot of yodellers including this thread's own seamus Kennedy!!

If you can listen I would welcome your comments and requests. Send to studio@uckfieldfm.co.uk

Best regards to all

PAUL