Frank Ifield (born November 30, 1937) is an Australian/English easy listening country music singer. November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... Easy listening music is a style of popular music which emerged in the mid-20th century. ... Country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the Southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, Celtic Music, Blues, Gospel music, and Old-time music. ...

Early Years

Frank Ifield was born in Coventry, England. He moved with his Australian parents to Dural, 30 miles from Sydney, in about 1958. It was a rural district and he listened to Hillbilly music (now called Country) while milking the cows. He learned how to yodel in imitation of country stars like Hank Snow. At the age of 13 he recorded "Did You See My Daddy Over There?", and by the age of 19 was the number one recording star in Australia and New Zealand. He returned to the UK in 1959. For alternative meanings see: Coventry (disambiguation) Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ... Sydney is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian state of New South Wales, as well as Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yodeling (or yodelling) is a form of singing that involves rapidly switching from the chest voice to the head voice making a high-low-high-low sound. ... Clarence Eugene Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999), better known as Hank Snow, was a Hall of Fame country music singer and songwriter. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The hits

He first record in Britain was "Lucky Devil" (1960) which only got to number 22. His next six records were less successful, but he finally broke through with "I Remember You" in 1961. It has been said this was the first record to sell one million copies within the UK alone. It reached #1 in the US country charts (and was top 5 in the pop listings). It had a slight yodel on it. His next single was a double A-side: "Lovesick Blues" and "She Taught Me How To Yodel". "Lovesick Blues" was originally sung by Hank Williams and was treated in an upbeat "Let's Twist Again" style. The other song is a virtuoso piece of yodelling with the final verse - entirely yodelling - sung at double-speed. It reached number 44 in the USA. His next hit, "Wayward Wind", made him the first person to reach number one three times in succession. His other recordings include "Nobody's Darling but Mine", "Confessin'", "Mule Train" and "Don't Blame Me". In 1963 he sang at the Grand Ole Opry, introduced by one of his heroes, Hank Snow. Many of his records were produced by Norrie Paramor. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Yodeling (or yodelling) is a form of singing that involves rapidly switching from the chest voice to the head voice making a high-low-high-low sound. ... Hank Williams Sr. ... The Wayward Wind is a popular song. ... Im Confessin that I Love You (also known as Confessin, Im Confessin, and Confessin that I Love You) is a popular song which has been recorded many times. ... Mule Train is a popular song written by Johnny Lange, Hy Heath, and Fred Glickman. ... The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Saturday night country music radio program broadcast live on WSM Radio in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Clarence Eugene Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999), better known as Hank Snow, was a Hall of Fame country music singer and songwriter. ... Norrie Paramor is best known as a record producer, but was also a composer, arranger, and orchestral conductor. ...

Frank Ifield was the first artist to score a hat-trick of (consecutive) #1 singles in the UK charts.

Jolly What!

Ifield toured the UK, supported by The Beatles. While Vee-Jay Records temporarily had the rights to a number of The Beatles recordings, they released an album called "Jolly What" England's Greatest Recording Stars: The Beatles and Frank Ifield on Stage" on February 26, 1964. This consists of four studio recordings of the Beatles plus eight live on-stage recordings of Ifield. The original pressing has a drawing of a chubby old man with a moustache, and is itself quite rare. However, just before Vee Jay's publishing rights were about to expire on October 10th 1964 they changed the sleeve cover to a drawing of the Beatles. Probably less than 100 copies were pressed. It is the rarest Beatles album. Three sealed stereo copies were discovered in 1976. The first copy sold for 600 dollars, the second for 900 and the third for 1,800 dollars. One of the three was sold in 1995 for 22,000 dollars. The Beatles were a British rock/pop group from Liverpool, England. ... Vee-Jay Records was a record label, specializing in blues, rhythm and blues and rock and roll. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Stereophonic sound, commonly called stereo, is the reproduction of sound, using two independent audio channels, through a pair of widely separated speaker systems, in such a way as to create a pleasant and natural impression of sound heard from various directions as in natural hearing. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Frank Ifield with autograph seekers, 1962

• Frank Ifield's official website