Frank Ifield Presented Lifetime Achievement Award @ Canberra Country Music Festival

Frank Ifield Presented Lifetime Achievement Award @ Canberra Country Music Festival

Country music million seller Frank Ifield was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Canberra Country Music Festival. As the first performer to have 3 consecutive number 1 chart hits in Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand, as well as numerous other Top 40 hits across Europe and North America in the 1960s. Frank will always be associated with the songs “I Remember You”, “Lovesick Blues” and “She Taught Me How To Yodel” amongst many others.

Born in Coventry, England to Australian parents, Frank relocated when he was 11 years to a farm just west of Sydney. Growing up he listened to country music while milking the cows and imitating the vocal and yodel style of country stars like Hank Snow. At the age of thirteen won a live radio talent competition, scored a contract with EMI and recorded "Did You See My Daddy Over There?". By the age of 19 was the number one recording star in Australia and New Zealand and had his own country music television show “Campfire Favourites” from when he returned to Britain.

Frank was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by Canberra Country Music Festival Director Kelvin Fahey. Upon receiving the award Frank elaborated on his early days promoting his records on radio and television during the times of emerging Beatlemania, as well as his approach to selecting and recording new songs.

The Lifetime Achievement Awards is in addition to his Medal of the Order Of Australia for services to the arts as an entertainer, Country Music Roll of Renown in Tamworth, TIARA for services to Australian country music, Best British Male Vocalist International Country Music Awards and Male Entertainer of the Year by the International Country Music Association of America. These days Frank is active in promoting emerging country music artists as patron of the Music & Arts Talent Search as well as the International Spur Award given to Australian Country Music artists who have international potential.

Mr Frank Ifield we salute you in your lifetime of service to country music!

Very classy man - and a great speech he gave as well

Now I understand how this system works Here is a pic of Frank receiving the award.