Born in Coundon, Coventry, England but largely raised in Australia, the
personable, clean-cut Frank Ifield grew up listening to country singers like
Hank Snow. This proved a major influence later on when he imitated the singers
he heard in his youth and introduced yodelling into his 1960s pop hits. A child
prodigy, he was just 13 and still living in Australia when he released his first
record, “Did You See My Daddy Over There,” and by his late teens, he was one of
the biggest stars in Australia and New Zealand. Moving to the UK, his single
“Lucky Devil” reached number 22 in the B...