How big was Frank Ifield? At one point the Beatles played as his support act.
Frank Ifield, the Australian singer who became a household name in Britain before the Seekers, the Bee Gees and the Easybeats, died at age 86 on Saturday night.A long-time resident of the Sydney suburb of Dural, Ifield had the distinction of achieving four number one UK hits; three of them before the rise of the Beatles, whom he allowed to support him in concert after the personal intervention of manager Brian Epstein.
He twice entered Eurovision, coming in second in the 1962 heat. He sang at the Grand Ol’ Opry in Nashville, introduced by his hero Hank Snow., a remake of his former number oneAdvertisementBack in Australia, Frank contracted pneumonia. Surgery in 1986 affected his ability to sing. However, he remained active in Australian music and actively supported a range of young singers in the country field.
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