Francis Edward Ifield OAM ( born 30 November 1937 , Coundon ) is an English-Australian country music singer and guitarist who often incorporated yodelling . After living in Australia , Ifield returned to the United Kingdom in November 1959 where he had four number-one hits on the UK Singles Chart with his cover versions of " I Remember You " ( May 1962 ) , " Lovesick Blues " ( December ) , " The Wayward Wind " ( March 1963 ) and " Confessin ' That I Love You " ( September ) . In 2003 , Ifield was inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown . Ifield was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame at the ARIA Music Awards of 2007 . In 1986 he contracted pneumonia , which resulted in removal of part of a lung and damage to his vocal cords . He relocated to Sydney in 1988 and was unable to sing or yodel for years as he recovered . In June 2009 he was presented with the Medal of the Order of Australia , " For service to the arts as an entertainer " . He was first married to Gillian Bowden ( 1965 – 88 ) and the couple had two children . His second marriage was to Carole Wood ( 1992 – present ) . In 2005 he co-wrote his autobiography , '' I Remember Me : the First 25 Years '' , with Pauline Halford . Frank Ifield was born in 1937 in Coundon , Warwickshire , England , to Australian parents Richard Joseph Ifield ( 1909 – 1982 ) and Hannah Muriel Ifield ( c. 1916 – 2012 ) , as one of seven sons . His parents had travelled to England in 1936 , where his father was an inventor and engineer who created the Ifield fuel pump , for Lucas Industries , which was used in jet aircraft
ARIA Music Awards of 2007
ARIA Music Awards of 2007
Frank Ifield