{"id":2934,"date":"2024-10-06T09:08:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T08:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=2934"},"modified":"2024-10-06T09:08:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T08:08:23","slug":"frank-ifield-a-music-icon-who-helped-the-beatles-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=2934","title":{"rendered":"Frank Ifield, a music icon who helped the Beatles has died\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AN iconic musician who helped The Beatles make their start has died aged 86.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g g-3\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-26\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Frank Ifield, who took the UK by storm in the \u201960s, peacefully died in his sleep on Saturday, a pal confirmed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.ie\/tvandshowbiz\/12999031\/frank-ifield-dead-the-beatles\/#\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/singer-frank-ifield-performs-television-903089418.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960\" alt=\"Singer Frank Ifield has died aged 86\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Singer Frank Ifield has died aged 86Credit: Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.ie\/tvandshowbiz\/12999031\/frank-ifield-dead-the-beatles\/#\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/photo-frank-ifield-photo-gab-903089920.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=676\" alt=\"The star became a household name in the UK in the '60s\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.ie\/tvandshowbiz\/12999031\/frank-ifield-dead-the-beatles\/#\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2007-melbourne-australia-years-event-903089578.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=640\" alt=\"Frank Ifield with his wife Carole Wood\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.ie\/tvandshowbiz\/12999031\/frank-ifield-dead-the-beatles\/#\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/photo-frank-ifield-photo-gab-903089443.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960\" alt=\"He died peacefully in his sleep\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The UK-born artist, who grew up in Australia, moved back to England in 1959 and quickly became a household name.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b-r b-r--after_p_1\">\n<div id=\"container-84dda175b9a6473da45cb7bb69c5f8e7\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g g-4\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-27\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He had four number-one hits on the UK singles chart \u2013 I Remember You, Lovesick Blues, The Wayward Wind, and Confessin\u2019 That I Love You.<\/p>\n<p>Ifield\u2019s friend, music historian, and journalist Glenn A. Baker announced his death.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g g-5\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-28\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The star was gifted a guitar at the age of 13, taught himself how to play and started writing songs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g g-8\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-29\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He was said to have always had a love for country music and yodelling.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g g-6\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ifield made his way to the top and in just six years released 44 records and was the top recording artist in Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania.<\/p>\n<p>After moving to the UK, he introduced his fans to The Beatles who opened for him.<\/p>\n<p>He also performed in front of the late Queen in 1965 \u2013 at Royal Variety Show.<\/p>\n<p>In 1986 Ifield was diagnosed with pneumonia and was rushed into surgery to remove part of a lung.<\/p>\n<p>His vocal cords were damaged during the surgery \u2013 putting his musical career on hold for years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005 the star wrote his autobiography.<\/p>\n<p>Four years later he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the arts as an entertainer.<\/p>\n<p>Ifield leaves behind his wife Carole Wood and two children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AN iconic musician who helped The Beatles make their start has died aged 86. Frank Ifield, who took the UK by storm in the \u201960s, peacefully died in his sleep on Saturday, a pal confirmed. Singer Frank Ifield has died aged 86Credit: Getty The UK-born artist, who grew up in Australia, moved back to England [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-random-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2935,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2934\/revisions\/2935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}