Hoch, Matthew; ed. (2019). So You Want to Sing World Music: A Guide for Performers', p.16 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9781538112281. "Derived from the Middle and High German verb jôlen', "meaning 'to call', yodeling is thought to have originated as a call between mountain peoples. Whether there was a practical use for yodeling is unclear, but its popularity as a folk music endures."' The transformation of Rodgers' blue yodel to the cowboy yodel involved a change in both rhythm and a move away from Southern blues-type lyrics. Some yodels contained more of the Alpine type of yodel as well. Most famous of the singing cowboy film stars were Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, both accomplished yodelers. The popularity of yodeling lasted through the 1940s, but by the 1950s it became rare to hear yodeling in country and western music. [6] History of Alpine yodeling [ edit ] Ankeny, Jason. "Cliff Carlisle – Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic . Retrieved 24 September 2012. In 1996, Rimes also recorded " The Cattle Call", a "singing cowboy" song written by cowboy yodeler Tex Owens, with legendary singer Eddy Arnold. "The Cattle Call" was Arnold's signature song, but it has been recorded by many artists including Emmylou Harris and even Elvis Presley. [67] "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" [ edit ]

Wise, Timothy (2013). From the Mountains to the Prairies and Beyond the Pale: American yodeling on early recordings (PDF). Manchester, UK: University of Salford. doi: 10.1002/batt.201800148 . Retrieved 7 April 2018. Cannon, Hal (5 December 2010). Who Were the Cowboys Behind 'Cowboy Songs'?. NPR Music (audio). National Public Radio. Jimmie Rodgers' Life & Time. University of Illinois Press. 1992. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008.

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Without question the most famous singing cowboys are Gene Autry and Roy Rogers the King of the Cowboys. In the 1930s Rogers founded and sang in the group the Sons of the Pioneers "who through well-crafted romantic songs of the American west—often featuring three-part harmonized yodeling—created a new genre in early country music that was quite distinct from that of the so-called hillbillies." [9] "Down the Old Cattle Trail" c. 1934 Janet McBride grew up in Maine where she began to yodel while still a child. She continued to sing and record, writing some of her own music, for over 40years. She has toured in the U.S. and in Austria. McBride was awarded Western Music Association’s Female Yodeler of the Year in 1991. [80] 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. a b c "George P. Watson (vocalist: yodeling)". Victor Library. Victor.library.ucsb.edu. Discography of American Historical Recordings. University of California – Santa Barbara . Retrieved 24 September 2012.Top 20 Cowboy & Cowgirl Songs". Great American Country. Scripps Networks Interactive . Retrieved 11 January 2015. See video #18 of 20 Takeo Ishii ( 石井 健雄, Ishii Takeo, born 1947), Germanized as Ischi, is a Japanese yodeler active in Germany. While in college Ischi taught himself to yodel by listening to the recordings of Franzl Lang and he began to perform on Japanese television. While studying in Germany Lang took him "under his wing" and he began to sing at a beer hall in Zurich. Ischi met his wife Henriette in 1981 and proposed to her at an onsen (hot spring) in Japan, where he yodeled his proposal to her. It looks just like a generic gherkin, but with the push of a button, you can make it yodel like you have never heard before. Inside The Music Industry – Chronology – Technology and the Music Industry | The Way The Music Died | FRONTLINE". PBS . Retrieved 24 September 2012. In Switzerland and the other Alpine countries, yodeling developed into song in the 19th century. The yodel song, now with a two, three and four-part harmony, and usually accompanied by a "Schwyzerörgeli" (accordion) is the genre most favoured by yodelers in associations. In 1910, these merged into the Swiss Yodeling Association. Each year they perform in front of the jurors in regional and cantonal yodeling festivals and every three years in a national yodeling festival. The songs are about the mountains, nature and home, and also include issues such as freedom and independence. Since 1971, spiritual yodeling songs have also been sung at festivals. Today there are about 2,000 compositions of Swiss yodeling songs, mainly in German, but also in French. Yodeling is now no longer really practiced in the Italian and Romansh-speaking areas of the country, and if so, predominantly German-language songs are sung.

The first musical recordings were made on wax cylinders, simply known as "records" in their era of greatest popularity (1896–1915). These hollow cylindrical objects had an audio recording engraved on the outside surface, which could be reproduced when played on a mechanical cylinder phonograph. Entertainer J.K. Emmet (1841–91) was probably the most well-known yodeler of his time. He did make recordings but died before the recording industry was firmly established. Many future yodelers recorded songs he had either written or made popular, including "Sleep, Baby, Sleep". In the 1910s, the competing disc record system triumphed in the marketplace to become the dominant commercial audio medium. Well, a few years ago, I discovered a treasure. I was looking for a silly Yankee Swap gift for a Christmas party and boy-oh-boy did I find it! In England, Edith Sitwell featured a "Jodelling Song" as part of her series of poems Façade, set to music by William Walton. [95] Betts, Stephen L. (28 July 2008). "Jewel Introduces Fans to Lost Art of Yodeling". The Boot . Retrieved 24 September 2012. a b Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010.a b "Do they yodel in India? Kishore Kumar". Mademoisellemontana.wordpress.com. Mademoiselle Montana's Yodel Heaven. 27 April 2008.

a b Pelletier, Paul (2002). Liner notes, Yodeling Mad! The Best of Country Yodel, Vol. 1. Jasmine Records. JASMCD 3552.When a solo yodeler starts to sing a slow sequence of notes, the other yodelers hum along with the appropriate tone, and provide a spontaneous melody – resulting in natural yodel singing. In this primitive way, in the various mountain regions of Switzerland, one-to five-part yodeling songs are sung without words. In the Muota Valley, the "Jüüzli" is sung with two or three voices, while the Appenzell "Zäuerli" and "Ruggusserli" are polyphonic natural yodels that are often spontaneously improvised. During festivals and special occasions polyphonic natural yodels are often accompanied by talerschwingen or bell shaking (small Alpine bells). What makes the natural tones of the natural yodel so special is the eleventh tone, the natural tone, or alphorn Fa. This unique tone in C major is neither heard as "F" nor as "F sharp" but is somewhere in between. For many people, this "Fa" can be hard to get used to because since the 18th century, when "well-tempered" tuning was introduced, this sound has disappeared from the usual tone series. Use italics (lyric) and bold (lyric) to distinguish between different vocalists in the same song part But this feels inadequate, too. So we send cards, or flowers, or fruit baskets, or we bake meals. We send those I-don’t-want-to-bother-you-with-a-phone-call-but-please-know-I’m-thinking-of-you text messages.