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Franz "Franzl" Lang (28 December 1930 – 6 December 2015), known as the Yodel King (German: Jodlerkönig), was an alpine yodeller from Bavaria, Germany. Lang's genre is German folk music; he typically sang in the Bavarian dialect of the rural Alpine regions.[1]

Franz Lang
Background information
Birth name	Franz Lang
Also known as	Yodelking (Jodlerkönig)
Born	(1930-12-28)28 December 1930 Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic
Died	6 December 2015(2015-12-06) (aged 84) Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Years active	1957–2000
Labels	Universal Music GmbH

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 recording of Karl Ganzer's composition "Das Kufsteiner Lied". Throughout 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.

On his 70th birthday, he performed for the final time.[2]

Personal life & death

He was married to his wife Johanna since 1954; he had one son (Franz Herbert Lang, 1966–1995) and one daughter (Christl). He died at a Munich nursing home on 6 December 2015 from Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. On January 11, 2016, he was buried in a forest cemetery, with multiple dedications from his family and friends.[1][2]

Discography (Albums)

• 1970: Bergweihnacht (LP: Philips 63 883, Aufnahme: 1970)
• 1977: Urlaub in den Bergen
• 1979: Musik aus den Bergen
• 1987: Schön ist’s auf der Welt
• 1991: Mir geht’s guat
• 1996: Freude am Leben
• Alpen-Echo
• Das original Kufsteiner Lied
• Der Königsjodler
• Die schönsten Volkslieder
• Die schönsten Jodler der Welt
• Echo der Berge
• Freunde der Berge
• Goldene Sonne, goldene Berge
• Himmel, Harsch und Firn mit den Kaiserlich Böhmischen
• Holladaratata
• In Oberkrain
• Jodlerkönig
• Kameraden der Berge
• Komm mit in die Berge
• Lagerfeuer in den Bergen
• Ski Heil
• Stimmung beim Bier
• Stimmung beim Jodlerwirt
• Wir kommen von den Bergen
• Zillertal, du bist mei Freud
• Tirol Heimat der Berge
• 10 Jahre Jubiläum beim Jodlerwirt
• Im Wilden Westen
• Grüß Gott in Bayern
• Zünftig pfundig kreuzfidel
• Das Bayernland
• Der weißblaue Hammer

Filmography

• 1956: Salzburger Geschichten
• 1961: Drei weiße Birken
• 1961: Der Orgelbauer von St. Marien
• 1961: Schlagerrevue 1962
• 1962: Tanze mit mir in den Morgen
• 1962: Drei Liebesbriefe aus Tirol

References

External links

• Franzl Lang at Find a Grave

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