Artist	Song
Tod Whittemore	Intro: What is a Yodel
Johnny Weissmuller	Tarzan Yodel
Hubert Von Goisern	Koa Hiatamadl
Gary Haleamau	(Hawaiian) Yodel
Bezo's Hawaiian Orchestra	Pame Sti Honoloulou, early `30s
Mme Riviere's Hawaiians	E Mama Ea
Makaha Sons & Friends	Ka Loke, 2001
Rustavi Choir	Ali-Pasha, 1989
Rustavi Choir	Shvindkatsa (Guria)
Ba-BenzTlT Pygmies	Lullaby
Kishore Kumar	Main Hoon Jhoom Jhoom Jhuroo
"Cambodian Funk Yodeler"	Unknown Title
George van Dusen	The Yodeling Chinaman
Old and in the Way	Land of the Navajo (live)
Shawnee Tribe	Shawnee Stomp Dance
Slim Whitman	Indian Love Call
Roy Rodgers	Cowboy's Night Herd Song, 1937
Carolina Cotton	Yodel, Yodel, Yodel
Jodel Jerry & Prairie Roosjes	Cowboy Jimmy
Harry Torrani	Honeymoon Yodel, 1932
Sepp Mollinger	Der Kuckuck, 1937
Lisa Ward-Rieder	Auf der Alp
Randy Erwin	Leona's Kind of Fool, 1989
Bob Wills	I Ain't Got Nobody
Goebel Reeves	H.O.B.O Calling
DeZurik (Cackle) Sisters	Checker Board Time Intro (Ralston Purina Farm Products)/Old Dan Tucker/The First Whipporwill Song

Comment:

After I posted The Joy of Yodeling back in January, Joey de Vivre posted his comprehensive If I Could Only Learn to Yodel Mix that covered a lot of American yodeling. This mix will focus a bit more on other countries and other cultures.

3. Von Goisern, an Austrian self-taught multi-instrumentalist-singer-yodeler (his trademark instrument is the accordion) has fused alpine influences with music from other parts of the world.

4.-7. Falsetto singing and yodeling are very popular in Hawaiian music. How yodeling came to Hawaii is unclear; some think it was introduced by missionaries.
8.-9. The Rustavi Ensemble, a popular polyphonic ensemble, performs Georgian folk music. From the liner notes: "An unusual feature (.) is the krimanchuli, a high-register, sustained yodel that embellishes the lower voices with striking melodic leaps and bold rhythmic motives."
10. The musical tradition of the Pygmies includes a form of yodeling.
11. Bollywood star Kishore Kumar was an accomplished yodeler, too.

12. I first learned about this mysterious recording from Joey de Vivre. Then I discovered that it is available on the Internet as part of the 365 Days Project. Is the singer really Cambodian? Is he singing in Thai, but with a distinctly Khmer/Lao accent? Read about it here.
13. Thanks to menghsindy for this yodel treasure. Not much is known about George van Dusen.

14. Ever since I heard Peter Rowan perform this song live in a spellbinding performance, I was trying to get a recording of it. The studio version doesn't include much yodeling though, but finally I got this great live recording. I had an Internet discussion with someone who claimed that Rowan does not really yodel here, but "'uvulate,' which uses the uvula, that little soft tissue where the roof of your mouth ends, to vibrate and produce a high pitched vibrato." Well, maybe there is a difference, but it sure sounds very similar.
19. Yodeling from the Netherlands.

20. Harry Torrani is considered the best yodeler from England.
21. A Swiss yodel song.
22. More Alpine style yodeling. Lisa Ward-Rieder was born in Switzerland, moved to Oregon and now lives in Canada.

23. Randy Erwin both covers classic yodel songs and writes new ones. This is one of his own.

25. Reeves, a middle-class singer/songwriter eschewed his upbringing to become a hobo known as "the Texas Drifter."

26. From the Musicweb Encyclopedia of Popular Music: "Popular in the '30s-40s-50s, working as a duet comprising of Carolyn (b.1919) and sister Mary Jane DeZurik (b. 1917). Noted for sky-high yodels, they could also make their yodels sound like chickens and were later known also as the Cackle Sisters. Appeared as the DeZurik Sisters on the WLS Barn Dance (1936-49) and as the Cackle Sisters on the Grand Ole Opry (1944-48)." This song is available as part of the 365 Days Project here.

I thought a second volume of "The Joy of Yodeling" would be enough to wrap up the story of yodeling, but there is so much more to explore. Australia's yodeling scene with the incredible Mary Schneider, for example. The yodeling-meets-techno stuff, or more contemporary yodeling songs from people like Wylie Gustafson, Randy Erwin, Ranger Doug, to name a few. Hank Williams, whose "Lovesick Blues" has been described as the "Stairway to Heaven" of yodeling, hasn't made it onto a yodel mix yet, neither. And I got a few yodeling files from fellow mixers which I'd like to include, as well. So stay tuned for Volume 3.
BTW, I heard that a "Rough Guide to Yodeling" is in the works, too.

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