Popular Songs that Yodel

[davewerden]

This is a little offbeat for the forum, but here goes...

I'd like as many of you as possible to speak up and tell me what songs come to mind that have actual yodeling or even simulated yodeling in them. By "simulated" I mean in the manner of Julie Andrews in Sound of Music when she sings the Lonely Goatherd song - it's not real yodeling, but sounds close.

If you would, please limit the input to songs in the "popular" realm, including country/western, musicals, etc. I know there are TONS of fun yodeling examples on YouTube and elsewhere from Swiss/German sources and such, but I'm thinking more of songs that might have been heard by average USA listeners.

This is a very loose kind of poll. Thanks in advance for the input!

[bbocaner]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ouPGGLI6Q

[Snorlax]

The remake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91tkkJ3LRRY
The original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JX50rZae2M

My stepfather NEVER ventured south or west of Brooklyn, Queens, or Manhattan. Why he loved Eddy Arnold is beyond my comprehension. He played this constantly.
Eddy Arnold was a major country star before country was cool and did a LOT of yodeling.

[RickF]

Almost a yodel, or she hints at it.

Patsy Cline singing "Crazy"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QEDb3xzdec

[davewerden]

Interesting stuff so far, but I'd like more!!!! Keep 'em coming.

Rick, thanks for suggesting Crazy. It's not for the same reason as this post, but I'm going to be playing that in March as part of a recital at the U of IA. Nice song! Patsy comes closer to a yodel (fully there, I think, but not elaborate) in this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO4BIFcIUHs

I also like the Eddy Arnold idea, although it too is not what I'm secretly hoping to find. (When I find it I'll share the secret) I've always found Eddy's voice relaxing; I think he had a tune in the top 40 when I young, which is the first I remember hearing him.

[tampaworth]

OK I'll have a go at it. As a fan of hard rock there was a Dutch band named Focus in the early 70s that did a song called Hocus Pocus which had something akin to yodeling intermixed with great guitar jam and riffs. Also Jewel does a song called The Yodel Song with some high speed yodeling in the mid 2000s. Oh and the Ricola guy.....

[dsurkin]

How about "The Creator Has a Master Plan," sung (and yodeled) by Leon Thomas on Pharoah Sanders's Karma album (and before anyone pounces on this, yes, the possessive form of Sanders is Sanders's, pronounced sand-ers-ez; that's because Sanders is a singular noun that ends in an s).

Okay, it wasn't a pop hit, but it may have been the closest thing to a pop hit that avant-garde jazz produced in the late 1960s early 1970s.

[carbogast]

Heres a classic Hank Williams yodel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqfqbcJHsO4

[Rodgeman]

There was one in the movie "Mars Attacks" by Slim Whitman:

http://youtu.be/-MhgnMX73Pw

[Rodgeman: the audio is not clear on that one, so I am adding this link with Slim's original. I did not know this song in its yodel form. Thanks!]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBuk1HXcz1k

[Garcky]

There was one in the movie "Mars Attacks" by Slim Whitman:

http://youtu.be/-MhgnMX73Pw

[Rodgeman: the audio is not clear on that one, so I am adding this link with Slim's original. I did not know this song in its yodel form. Thanks!]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBuk1HXcz1k

Somewhere in my house, I have the Slim Whitman Christmas Album CD. Yodeling Christmas carols. It's a great way to clear the house of guests when they've stayed too long during the holidays.

[Garcky]

Interesting stuff so far, but I'd like more!!!! Keep 'em coming.

Rick, thanks for suggesting Crazy. It's not for the same reason as this post, but I'm going to be playing that in March as part of a recital at the U of IA. Nice song! Patsy comes closer to a yodel (fully there, I think, but not elaborate) in this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO4BIFcIUHs

I also like the Eddy Arnold idea, although it too is not what I'm secretly hoping to find. (When I find it I'll share the secret) I've always found Eddy's voice relaxing; I think he had a tune in the top 40 when I young, which is the first I remember hearing him.

The yodeling thing always seemed a bit to me like octave lip slurs, except with the vocal cords. I never could get the hang of the sudden switch for getting my vocal cords vibrating in two node mode. When I was younger, I sang a lot of falsetto parts, and could make a smooth transition between the two modes, but could never manage the yodel thing.

[John Lebens]

http://youtu.be/FuVqEpmflc0 Here is one of the finest yodelers in world. Mr. Ronny Tippelt of The Walbug Boys from Walburg Texas. He was born in Bavaria and came to Texas and opened a restaurant. Check out all of The Walburg Boys videos on You Tube. He's fantastic!

[davewerden]

Thanks for all the input earlier! My first output is now on my blog. Check it out! (More to come later)

[bbocaner]

That's one of the coolest uses of the double bell I've ever seen, Dave. Really effective. Great job!

[davewerden]

That's one of the coolest uses of the double bell I've ever seen, Dave. Really effective. Great job!

Thank you! I'm not quite out of ideas yet, but right now I only have a couple left. I will do a more showy yodel at some point (I already own the music, but dang it's hard!). Then I have one other idea to use a more conventional db technique, but in a way I think is more creative. But first I have some other items in the queue to take care of.