Frank Ifield

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The man who was patron of the Galston Country Music Festival for a decade and was a champion of up and coming country singers was a major star in the UK in the 60s when he gave a young Liverpool band called The Beatles a chance to perform.

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Frank became a household name in Britain before fellow Australians, the Seekers, the Bee Gees and the Easybeats headed to the UK and yet he was always humble. A Rotarian who went out of his way to foster young Australian talent when he returned home to his beloved Hills.

Frank taught himself to play the ukulele before his grandmother bought him his first guitar as an 11th birthday present. After coming second in a talent competition held by a local radio station, Frank made his first broadcasts at the age of 13.

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Frank Ifield

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The man who was patron of the Galston Country Music Festival for a decade and was a champion of up and coming country singers was a major star in the UK in the 60s when he gave a young Liverpool band called The Beatles a chance to perform.

Frank became a household name in Britain before fellow Australians, the Seekers, the Bee Gees and the Easybeats headed to the UK and yet he was always humble. A Rotarian who went out of his way to foster young Australian talent when he returned home to his beloved Hills.

Frank taught himself to play the ukulele before his grandmother bought him his first guitar as an 11th birthday present. After coming second in a talent competition held by a local radio station, Frank made his first broadcasts at the age of 13.

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