Kerry Christensen

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Kerry Christensen is an American yodeler (born October 6, 1954, in Grace, Idaho). He yodels in both western and Alpine styles. He also plays the accordion, the zither and the alphorn.

Christensen was born in 1954 and was raised on a potato farm in Grace, Idaho. A performer from the age of three, he has sung everything from western ballads to barbershop music. While living in Austria from 1974 to 1976, he discovered the folk music that would be his life.

Kerry's first yodeling performance was in 1977, at a Brigham Young University orientation assembly where he received a standing ovation from 15,000 students. In 1984, Disney World in Orlando, Florida hired him to work at the German Pavilion of the Epcot Center in 1984. He was the Disney World Yodeler from 1984 to 1990 and the leader of the night band for the last four of those years.

In 1990, Christensen became a freelance yodeler and performs worldwide. He has recorded 12 albums, including "U 2 Can Yodel", a course for people wanting to learn yodeling techniques.