Franzl Lang
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 Franzl Lang (with Schwarz Ferdl, right) in 1988. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Franz Lang |
| Also known as | Yodelking (Jodlerkönig) |
| Born | 28 December 1930 Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Genres | Folk music (yodeling) |
| Instruments | Vocals, accordion, guitar |
| Years active | 1957–present |
| Labels | Universal Music GmbH |
Franz "Franzl" Lang (born December 28, 1930), known as the Yodelking (German: Jodlerkönig), is a famous yodeler from Bavaria, Lang also sings and plays the guitar and the accordion; he has further authored several books on yodeling. Lang's genre is German folk music; he typically sings in Bavarian dialect of the rural Alpine regions and its inhabitants. He inevitably breaks into yodeling at some point within each song. Now retired as a performer, he still occasionally records.
By general consensus, Lang is considered to be the best Alpine yodler in the world; he is certainly the best-selling.
[edit] Career
Raised in Munich, Lang trained as a toolmaker. He started playing his trademark accordion at the age of nine. His greatest hit was his 1968 composition "Kufsteinlied." For many years in the 1970s, he was a permanent feature of musical variety shows on West German television, especially on the ZDF program Lustige Musikanten.
Lang has sold more than 10 million recordings; he has earned 20 gold records and one platinum record within the German recording industry. He is known as one of the most famous yodelers to have ever lived.
[edit] Personal life
He has been married to his wife Johanna since 1954; he has one son (Franz Herbert Lang) and one daughter (Christl).
