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Announcement posted by Markson Sparks! 05 May 2016

FRANK IFIELD TELLS STORIES AND SINGS HIS HIT SONGS INCLUDING I REMEMBER YOU

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It’ll be a show packed with stories about the stars as well as him performing his own hit songs when Australian singing legend Frank Ifield presents his Frank Ifield Remembers shows this weekend  in Sydney and Penrith. I Remember You was the first of 4 UK number one hits in 1962/63 and  his stories about Satchmo, The Queen and Queen Mother, Little Richard, The Everly Brothers , The Beatles and Buddy ( Holly, not Franklin) will be front and centre for the packed 2 hour showbiz spectacular. Pack up your mum and give her some Mothers Day weekend entertainment she’ll remember forever!

 

“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

 

 

  • Frank Ifield’s weekly show Campfire Favourites in 1956 was one of the first shows on tv and was broadcast from the Channel 9 studio which was a church hall in Surry Hills.

  • Frank used to yodel to the cows to calm them down when he milked them as a kid.

  • 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.

 

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”.

 

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.

 

TO INTERVIEW FRANK IFIELD email max@marksonsparks.com or call Max Markson on 0412501601