AUSTRALIAN TV’S OLDEST LIVING STAR, FRANK IFIELD, FROM THE CLASS OF 1956 PERFORMS AGAIN!
Announcement posted by Markson Sparks! 02 May 2016
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AUSTRALIAN TV’S OLDEST LIVING STAR FROM THE CLASS OF 1956 PERFORMS AGAIN!
- Yodelling Frank Ifield’s weekly show Campfire Favourites was broadcast from the CH 9 studios in a church hall in Surry Hills.
- Frank Ifield was so big a star that The Beatles were his support act! He fired them for being too loud!
- Ifield had 4 number 1 hits in the UK in 1962/3 including I Remember You.
- Ifield performed with the world’s biggest stars in Las Vegas.
With the Logies celebrating 60 years of Australian television this week, Australia’s oldest living TV star from when the medium first started in 1956, singer Frank Ifield from Dural,NSW will take to the stage again for two Mothers Day weekend shows, Frank Ifield Remembers, this Saturday 7th May at 4.30pm at Sydney’s Seymour Centre and at 2.30pm on Sunday 8th May at the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in Penrith. Tickets are $65 from www.frankifield.com
Ifield, whose iconic I Remember You was one of his 4 Number 1 hits in the UK in 1962/63 , had a TV show in the early days of Channel 9 called Campfire Favourites. It went out live from the St Davids Church Hall in Surry Hills every Thursday evening at 6.15pm . “ When I got home my mum would tell me what a great show it was. Because we didn’t have a television I asked her how she knew? She said she went to the local electronics shop and watched it through the window. There weren’t ratings in those days but I would know how popular it was when she told me how many people were watching outside the shop each week! “says Ifield.
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FROM DURAL TO PERFORMING FOR THE QUEEN AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM! The boy from Dural on the outskirts of Sydney, Frank Ifield’s four number ones in a row on the UK charts were “I Remember You”, “Lovesick Blues”, “Wayward Wind” and “I’m Confessin”. His trademark yodelling was copied by everyone ….badly! He performed at two Royal Command Performances for the Queen and Queen Mother and starred in his own full length feature film, “Up Jumped a Swagman”. At one stage he even had The Beatles as his support act until he kicked them off his show because they were too loud!
Frank has not performed his songs on stage for nearly 30 years after having his throat damaged during a medical emergency in the 1980s but he returns to the stage now in this two-hour extravaganza where he will tell stories of his time at the top of the charts, he will perform half a dozen of his hit songs and will introduce some guest artists who will sing other songs from the era when pop was grand. “We are presenting the shows earlier in the evening and in the afternoon so we can all get home at a reasonable hour” says Frank.
Despite not performing for 30 years, Mr Ifield has spent a great deal of time recently working with emerging artists in Australia. His Frank Ifield International Spur Award has been presented each year since 1998 and has led to artists such as Nicki Gillis and Wayne Horsburgh getting opportunities to perform in the UK and Europe.
“Frank Ifield Remembers” will be appearing:
| Saturday 7 May 2016 4:30pm | Mothers Day Sunday 8 May 2016 2:30pm |
| The Seymour Centre | The Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre |
| City Rd, Chippendale NSW 2008 | 597 High St, Penrith NSW 2750 |
Tickets are $65 each from www.frankifield.com
TO INTERVIEW FRANK IFIELD email max@marksonsparks.com or call Max Markson on 0412501601
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