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Infobox musical artist|name = Frank Ifield |caption = |background = solo_singer |birth_name = Francis Edward Ifield |birth_date = birth date and age|df=yes|1937|11|30 Coundon, Coventry|Coundon , Coventry , Warwickshire , England |death_date = |instrument = Vocals , guitar |genre = Country music|Country , easy listening |occupation = Singing|Singer |years_active = 1956present |label = Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia / EMI Vee-Jay Records|Vee Jay (US) |associated_acts = Roy Orbison Cliff Richard |website = http://www.frankifield.com/ www.frankifield.com Francis Edward Ifield (born 30 November 1937) is an early Australia n- English people|English easy listening and country music singing|singer . He achieved considerable success in the early 1960s, especially in the UK Singles Chart , where he had four Number 1 hits between 1962 and 1963.
Early years
Born in Coundon, Coventry|Coundon , Coventry , Warwickshire , England , Ifield moved with his Australian parents to Dural, New South Wales|Dural , convert|50|km|mi|abbr=on from Sydney , about 1946. It was a rural district and he listened to hillbilly music (now called country) while milking the cows. He learned how to yodeling|yodel in imitation of country stars like Hank Snow . At the age of thirteen he sound recording and reproduction|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 .citation needed|date=August 2010 He returned to the UK in 1959.
1960s success
His first gramophone record|record in the UK was "Lucky Devil" (1960) which got to number 22 in the UK charts. His next six records were less successful, but he finally broke through with " I Remember You (1941 song)|I Remember You " which topped the charts for seven weeks in 1962. Known for Ifield's falsetto and a slight yodeling|yodel , it was the second highest-selling single of that year in the UKcite web|title=Chart Archive - 1960s Singles|url= http://www.everyhit.co.uk/chart2.html|publisher=everyhit.com|accessdate=30 August 2010 and became the seventh million-selling single.cite web|title=Million-Selling Singles|url= http://www.everyhit.co.uk/awardmill.html|publisher=everyhit.com|accessdate=30 August 2010
His next single was a double A-side and B-side|A-side : " Lovesick Blues " and "She Taught Me How to Yodel". "Lovesick Blues" was originally sung by HankWilliams 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 also reached number 44 in the United States|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 . His next hit, " Wayward Wind ", made him the first UK-based person to reach number one three times in the UK in succession. The only other person to have done so at that point was Elvis Presley .
His other recordings include "Nobody's Darling but Mine", " Confessin' " (his fourth and final UK number one), " Mule Train " and " Don't Blame Me (1933 song)|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 record producer|produced by Norrie Paramor .
Jolly What!
Ifield toured the UK in 1963. While Vee-Jay Records temporarily had the U.S. rights to a number of The Beatles' recordings, they released an album called ''Jolly What& #33; England's Greatest Recording Stars: The Beatles and Frank Ifield on Stage'' on 26 February 1964. The LP consisted of four recording studio|studio Beatles songs (all previously released), plus eight 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 10 October 1964 they changed the sleeve cover to a drawing of the Beatles. Probably less than one hundred copies were pressed, making it is one of the rarest Beatles albums. Three sealed stereophonic sound|stereo copies were discovered in 1976, selling for $600, $900 and $1,800. One of the three was re-sold in 1995 for $22,000.cite web|url= http://www.rarebeatles.com/photospg/ifield.htm|title=Beatles and Frank Ifield
Like many of the albums rushed out to cash in on the Beatles success, Jolly What! has been called a "rip-off", due to its intentional misleading of buyers. The album consisted entirely of studio recordings (not live, and thus not "on stage"), and all the Beatles material had been previously released. Moreover, while Ifield was a moderate success in his own country he was hardly a "great recording star".cite web|url= http://www.snopes.com/music/hidden/ifield.asp |title=A Bloody Bad Album |publisher=snopes.com |date= |accessdate=13 January 2012 The album is also known for a mistake in the liner notes: "It is with a good deal of pride and pleasure that this copulation has been presented" -- presumably "copulation" should have been "compilation". (One person commented that "copulation" was appropriate, since the makers of the album were "trying to screw the fans out of their money.") The album, however, was significant in that, until the release of the Beatles' 1973 compilation album, 1962-1966|The Beatles/1962-1966 , Jolly What! was the only American Beatles album to include " From Me to You ".
A Song for Europe
Ifield twice entered the UK heat of the Eurovision Song Contest . He came second in the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962|1962 heat with "Alone Too Long" (losing to Ronnie Carroll ). In the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976|1976 heat he tried with "Ain't Gonna Take No For An Answer", finishing last of 12.
"She Taught Me to Yodel"
In 1991, Ifield returned to the UK chart when "She Taught Me to Yodel", billed as 'Frank Ifield featuring The Backroom Boys', reaching #40 in the UK Singles Chart. In over thirty years, it is his sixteenth appearance in that list.
"She Taught Me How to Yodel"B (Tom Emerson/ Paul Roberts/ Van Esther Sciver)
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Notes
A"It's My Time" peaked at #12 on the RPM (magazine)|RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.
BCredited to Frank Ifield featuring The Backroom Boys
References
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External links
http://www.frankifield.com/ Frank Ifield's official website
http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3095255 Frank Ifield with autograph seekers, 1962
http://www.music-city.org/Frank-Ifield/discography/ Frank Ifield discography from Music City
http://www.discoogle.com/wiki/Ifield%2C_Frank_Discography Frank Ifield's Official Discography at Discoogle
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UK best-selling singles (by year) 19521969 Persondata | NAME =Ifield, Frank | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australia n- English people|English easy listening and country music singer | DATE OF BIRTH =30 November 1937 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Coundon, Coventry , England | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Ifield, Frank Category:1937 births Category:Living people Category:English country singers Category:English male singers Category:ARIA Award winners Category:ARIA Hall of Fame inductees Category:Australian people of English descent Category:People from Coventry Category:Yodelers Category:English emigrants to Australia Category:Vee-Jay Records artists
