In England, there were really only two really great yodellers on the English country scene.

One of course was Frank Ifield. the other was the late Keith Manifold. Keith must have gigged every inch of England in the 1970's and eighties. he did well on the Hughie Greene version of opportunity knocks - only narrowly beaten by Lena Zavaroni. I think every cowboy in England voted for him.

Yodelling always sounded a bit weird to me. i did a gig one night in Oswestry with a bloke who yodelled Abide with Me as the climax of his act. he went down a storm. I sort of felt, which planet have I landed on now.