Yodeling

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Yodeling (also jodeling) is a form of singing which involves repeated and rapid changes of pitch between the low-pitch chest register (or "chest voice") and the high-pitch head register or falsetto. The English word yodel is derived from the German word jodeln, meaning "to utter the syllable jo" (pronounced "yo"). This vocal technique is used in many cultures worldwide.
Alpine yodeling was a longtime rural tradition in Europe, and became popular in the 1830s as entertainment in theaters and music halls. In Europe, yodeling is still a major feature of folk music (Volksmusik) from Switzerland, Austria, and southern Germany and can be heard in many contemporary folk songs, which are also featured on regular TV broadcasts.
In the United States, traveling minstrels were yodeling in the 19th century, and, in 1920, the Victor recording company listed 17 yodels in their catalogue. In 1928, blending Alpine yodeling with African American work and blues music styles and traditional folk music, Jimmie Rodgers released his recording "Blue Yodel No. 1". Rodgers' "blue yodel", a term sometimes used to differentiate the earlier Austrian yodeling from the American form of yodeling introduced by Rodgers, created an instant national craze for yodeling in the United States.
When sound films first became available in the 1930s the industry began to turn out numerous films to meet the nation's fascination with the American cowboy. The singing cowboy was a subtype of the archetypal cowboy hero of early Western films, popularized by many of the B-movies of the 1930s and 1940s. The popularity of yodeling lasted through the 1940s, but by the 1950s it became rare to hear yodeling in country and western music.
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== Links To Peel ==
 "The boss (of Ö3) assured me that there was a radio station in your country which was devoted entirely to the playing of yodelling records, and I was much impressed by that, and rather anxious to hear it, but a week or so ago, I was speaking to somebody else from Austria, and they said, "No, no, there's no such thing", and this disappointed me a great deal."
(John Peel, 03 June 1991 (Ö3))
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Longtime Peel listeners couldn’t fail to notice the DJ’s recurring fixation with yodeling across the decades. Favourite tracks included Depression-era song ‘Will There Be Any Yodelers In Heaven?’ by Girls Of The Golden West, while the much-anticipated fourth session of German new wave band FSK was in the Pennsylvania Dutch Folk style of American singer George Britton, who combined yodeling with acoustic guitar, including a cover of Elton Britt's 'Cannonball Yodel'.
On 08 September 1987, a promised "Tyrolean night in the Peelman Bierkeller" featured repeated bursts of unidentified yodeling between standard programming. A few months later, airtime was given to the Karl-Heinz Bandosz song ‘Die Perle Vom Borsigplatz', which happily united Peel obsessions in a “yodel football record”, made for supporters of German team Borussia Dortmund. In a 1998 on-air interview, the DJ even asked PJ Harvey if she could yodel (disappointingly, she’d never tried).
Peel's unlikely enthusiasm continued into his final years, including plays of multiple tracks from Trikont's 'American Yodeling 1911 - 1946' compilation and selections for the Pig's Big 78. After the DJ's death, 'The Yodelling Whistler' by Ronnie Ronalde appeared on the The Pig's Big 78s: A Beginner's Guide CD; on 05 September 2002, the DJ had aired a demo remix of the song by the Beatbox Saboteurs. 
== Songs ==
(Yodeling songs played by Peel. List created from database of this site. Please add more information if known.)
Artist | Track | First Known Play
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*Trio Alpengruss, Anny, Nelly Und Willy: Fröhlichi Schlittefahrt 08 October 1986
*Alpine Yodelling Choir: Song Of The Emmenthaler Valley 18 September 2003
*Karl-Heinz Bandosz: Die Perle Vom Borsigplatz 19 January 1988
*George Britton: Unser Saiwi 18 April 1988
*Erich Edlinger: Wenn Ich Auf Mein Almen Geh 04 December 1987 (BFBS)
*Dezurik Sisters: The Arizona Yodeller 16 September 1998 
*Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle: Blue Yodel Für Herbert Wehner 19 May 1985 (BFBS)
*Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle: Blue Yodel Für Lino Ventura 17 November 1987
*Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle: Cannonball Yodel (session) 19 April 1988
*Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle: Die Englishchen Frauleins (session) 19 April 1988
*Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle: In Lauterbach (session) 19 April 1988
*Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle: Stalinbart Jodler (session) 19 April 1988
*Girls Of The Golden West: Will There Be Any Yodelers In Heaven? 30 January 1984
*Hans Hauser Und Seine Trachtengruppe: Sing Mir Ein Jodellied 12 October 1991
*Maria Hellwig: Kuhstallg'stanzl'n 18 November 1987
*Maria Hellwig: Maria's G'stanzln 2 27 November 1987 (BFBS)
*Maria Hellwig: Wenn Du Mal Ferien Hast 17 January 1988 (BFBS)
*Hillbillies: Lilly Lucy Lane 20 March 1992
*Frank Ifield: She Taught Me How To Yodel 29 May 1979
*Franzl Lang: Der Kuckucksjodler 21 March 1988
*Franzl Lang: Klarinettenmuckl-Jodler 18 September 1987 (BFBS)
*Franzl Lang: Mei Vata Is A Appenzeller 16 September 1987
*Franzl Lang: Schwyzer-Jodel-Ari 01 March 1988
*Bill Monroe (and his Bluegrass Boys): Blue Yodel No.4 18 September 2002
*Bill Monroe (& His Blue Grass Boys): Mule Skinner Blues 22 October 1998
*Patsy Montana: I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart 13 October 1998
*Tex Morton: Big Rock Candy Mountain 01 March 1992
*Mystics: Rockin’ Yodel 26 May 1991
*Penguin Cafe Orchestra: Prelude & Yodel 21 April 1987
*Goebel Reeves (The Texas Drifter): The Yodelin' Teacher 01 October 1998
*Minna Reverelli: Cuckoo In The Wood 01 March 1992
*Jimmie Rodgers: Anniversary Blue Yodel 01 February 2001
*Jimmie Rodgers: Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On The Corner) 27 September 1988
*Ronnie Ronalde: The Lonely Goatherder 07 March 1992
*Ronnie Ronalde: The Yodelling Boy 05 June 2001
*Ronnie Ronalde: The Yodelling Whistler 13 December 2000
*Mary Schneider: Yodelling Mozart 05 February 2002
*Sekiri (赤痢): Yodel-Ay-Hee 23 June 1991
*Waltraud Steidl: Heut' Bin Ich So Jodelverlieb 14 September 1987
*Bert Terrell: Dairy Fairy 21 November 2001
*Cilly Weber, Die Original Tiroler Musikanten: Ein Jodler Macht Alles Gut 07 September 1988
*Slim Whitman: Chimebells 29 February 1992
*Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: T For Texas (Blue Yodel No.1) 03 November 1998
== Pig's Big 78 ==
（Yodeling songs played as the Pig's Big 78.)
*Pig's Big 78 2000: 13 December 2000: Ronnie Ronalde: The Yodelling Whistler
*Pig's Big 78 2001: 01 February 2001: Jimmie Rogers: Anniversary Blue Yodel
*Pig's Big 78 2001: 21 November 2001: Bert Terrell: Dairy Fairy - “the Dutch yodeling star”
*Pig's Big 78 2002: 18 September 2002: Bill Monroe (and his Bluegrass Boys): Blue Yodel No.4 (Columbia)
*Pig's Big 78 2003: 18 September 2003: Alpine Yodelling Choir: Song Of The Emmenthaler Valley (Regal Records)
*Pig's Big 78 2003: 08 January 2004: Bert Terrell: Dairy Fairy
== Compilations ==
(Plays by Peel of various artist (v/a) compilations with a yodeling theme.)
	
	
(2xLP - Jodler Gold) Philips
*14 September 1987: Waltraud Steidl: Heut' Bin Ich So Jodelverlieb 
*16 September 1987: Franzl Lang: Mei Vata Is A Appenzeller 
*27 October 1987: Waltraud Steidl: Heut' Bin Ich So Jodelverliebt 
(CD - Yodelling Crazy) EMI
* 29 February 1992: Slim Whitman: Chimebells 
* 01 March 1992: Tex Morton: Big Rock Candy Mountain
* 01 March 1992: Minna Reverelli: Cuckoo In The Wood
* 07 March 1992: Ronnie Ronalde: The Lonely Goatherder
* 20 March 1992: Hillbillies: Lilly Lucy Lane
(CD - American Yodeling 1911 - 1946) Trikont
*16 September 1998: Dezurik Sisters: The Arizona Yodeller
*23 September 1998: Girls Of The Golden West: Will There Be Any Yodelers In Heaven?
*30 September 1998 (BFBS): Girls Of The Golden West Will There Be Any Yodelers In Heaven?
*01 October 1998: Goebel Reeves (The Texas Drifter): The Yodelin' Teacher
*22 October 1998: Bill Monroe (& His Blue Grass Boys): Mule Skinner Blues
*13 October 1998: Patsy Montana: I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart
*03 November 1998: Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: T For Texas (Blue Yodel No.1)
== Mentioned in Shows ==
*15 April 1985: JP: 'Always a joy to hear a bit of yodelling'.
*09 February 1987: Peel mentioned a year ago when he was "tussling with puberty" he went on a skiing holiday in Switzerland and bought many yodelling 78's and wishes he still has them.
*17 November 1987: Peel says that he advised Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle to do a yodel session for his show next time.
*04 December 1987 (BFBS): JP: "Next time they (FSK) come to Britain to do a session for my programme, they're going to do an all yodelling session, and I look forward to that."
*19 April 1988: Peel says that one of his few ambitions is to yodel.
*23 September 1998: Before playing a yodelling record from the Girls Of The Golden West, Peel asks PJ Harvey do you yodel, she says she hasn't tried -- and he would like her to do it in 1999.
== See Also ==
*Cover Versions: FSK: Cannonball Yodel (Elton Britt) 19 April 1988
== Links ==
*Wikipedia
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