The Yodel Hall of Fame recognizes a select group of artists and persons who have made significant contributions to the advancement, and development of yodeling. Nominees should have contributed as a yodeler, writer, broadcaster or advocate to the genre of yodeling. The nominee will have changed or expanded the discipline.
THE YODEL HALL OF FAME
Peter Lim
The Korean Lim Choong Hyon alias Peter Lim, founder of World Yodel Day and the "World Yodel Ambassador", looks after the global yodeling community with an almost Olympic zeal: “I dream of one every year, a big global-cultural yodeling reunification that is taking place, that's why I started the yodel festival and the yodeling World Day stamps in 2013." Peter Lim's Facebook Page Inducted 4th Class 
Kenny Roberts
1926 - 2012
Kenny Roberts was raised in Greenfield, Mass. Influenced by Yodelin’ Slim Clark, he made his radio debut at 15 and was named the Eastern States Yodeling Champion when he was 17. He went on to star in radio shows in New Hampshire, Iowa, Indiana and Ohio. In 1962, he began appearing regularly on the Wheeling Jamboree in West Virginia. Inducted 3rd Class 
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Kishore Kumar
1929 - 1987
Kishore Kumar was a Indian singer and Bollywood actor famous for singing upbeat light songs, and light comical acting roles. Among Kishore Kumar’s manifold talents was yodeling. A unique musical feature that originated from the Alpine region of central Europe, yodeling became more than just a musical device for Kumar. Short Biography Inducted 4th Class 
Takeo Ischi
1947 -
Ischi was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. In high school, he was a loner, but it was during this time that he first heard yodeling on the radio. Following his father, Ischi went to university for mechanical engineering. Using Franzl Lang's records, he taught himself to yodel, and began performing on Japanese television. Visit his website Inducted 3rd Class 
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Bart Plantenga
1950 -
"It’s safe to say that Bart Plantenga — writer, editor, translator, deejay for pirate radio stations, beer mystic, flaneur, and taker of photographs with an unloaded camera — is, like most of the yodelers he admires, both an artist and a freak." Plantenga wrote the extensively researched The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World. Visit his website Inducted 4th Class 
Melanie Oesch
1987 -
At the tender age of five Melanie appeared on stage for the first time and was already thrilling the audience with her unique tonguing. She is incredibly proud and happy of the fact that she has now been able to make her favorite hobby into a career. Visit her families website Inducted 3rd Class 
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Peter Hinnen
1941 -
b. 19 September 1941, Zurich, Switzerland. Hinnen displayed musical talent at an early age. He studied bass and piano at music school and at 14, he had also appeared in three films. He learned guitar and became interested in traditional Swiss folk music (Volksmusik) and especially in yodeling. Here he is in his prime: Eine Rose Blüht in Colorado World Record Attempt 1991 Inducted 2nd Class |
Maria Hellwig
1920 - 2010
Maria Neumaier was born in 1920 to Heinrich Neumaier, an electrician, and his wife, Maria, in Reit im Winkl, Bavaria, Germany. At the age of five, she performed for the first time at Bauer Theatre in Reit im Winkl. After leaving school, she took an apprenticeship as a shop assistant. In her spare time, she acted in the theater and took voice lessons. Here is a link to her daughter, Margot Hellwig's Facebook page. Inducted 2nd Class |
Mary Schneider
1932-
Mary Schneider is Austrailia's Queen of Yodeling. She is best know for her yodeling of music standards with a yodeling flair. When the New York papers wrote "Mary Schneider, Australia's Queen Of Yodeling, takes New York by storm" it was an amazing development in the career of this legendary singer. Her latest album "Yodeling the Big Bands" was released in October 2016. Inducted 2nd Class |
Jimmie Rodgers
1897 - 1933
Jimmie Rodgers, described by many as “The Father of Country Music.” Rodgers had two other nicknames during his career, “The Singing Brakeman,” which referred to his work on trains, and “America's Blue Yodeler,” which described one of his distinctive contributions to country music. Blue Yodel #1 Inducted 1st Class |
Franzl Lang
1930 - 2015
Known as the "Yodelking", Franzl Lang recorded over 40 albums featuring the best in alpine yodel music. Among is best selling records are "Der Königsjodler", and "Das Kufsteiner Lied". He is "often copied but never a Franzl". Full Live Show Inducted 1st Class |
Roy Rogers
1911 - 1998
Roy Rogers was an American singer and cowboy actor who was one of the most popular Western stars of his era. Known as the "King of the Cowboys", he appeared in over 100 films and numerous radio and television episodes of The Roy Rogers Show. Yodel Sample Inducted 1st Class |