Burl Ives
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American musician and actor with a career that spanned more than six decades. Ives began his career as an itinerant singer and guitarist, eventually launching his own radio show, The Wayfaring Stranger, which popularized traditional folk songs. In 1942, he appeared in Irving Berlin's This Is the Army and became a major star of CBS Radio. In the 1960s, he successfully crossed over into country music, recording hits such as "A Little Bitty Tear" and "Funny Way of Laughin'". Ives was also a popular film actor through the late 1940s and '50s. His film roles included parts in So Dear to My Heart (1948) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), as well as the role of Rufus Hannassey in The Big Country (1958), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Ives is often associated with the Christmas season. He did voice-over work as Sam the Snowman, narrator of the classic 1964 Christmas television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Ives also worked on the special's soundtrack, including the songs "A Holly Jolly Christmas" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", both of which continue to chart annually on the Billboard holiday charts into the 2020s. |
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Recordings (Results 426-449 of 449 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 13903 | 1/21/1966 | It never happens | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13904 | 1/21/1966 | High on the hill | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13905 | 1/21/1966 | September song | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 14115 | 6/16/1966 | Evil off my mind | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 14116 | 6/16/1966 | Lonesome 7-7203 | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 14117 | 6/16/1966 | Hollow words (Empty phrases) | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 14118 | 6/16/1966 | A taste of heaven | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 14505 | 2/13/1967 | Scarlet ribbons (for her hair) | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 14506 | 2/13/1967 | Help yourself to roses | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 14507 | 2/13/1967 | Green, green grass of home | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 14508 | 2/13/1967 | That's where my baby used to be | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 14509 | 2/13/1967 | Yesterday | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16801 | 6/7/1972 | The best is yet to come | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16802 | 6/7/1972 | Stayin' song | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16803 | 6/7/1972 | Anytime you say | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16922 | 9/20/1972 | The way of a rose | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16923 | 9/20/1972 | Big blue diamonds | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16924 | 9/20/1972 | Big Daddy, big Mummy | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16925 | 9/21/1972 | Paying my dues again | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16926 | 9/21/1972 | Mrs. Johnson's happiness emporium | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16927 | 9/21/1972 | All aboard | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16928 | 9/22/1972 | My Santa Fe | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16929 | 9/22/1972 | Miss Pauline | Burl Ives | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 16930 | 9/22/1972 | When she cries | Burl Ives | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ives, Burl," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/204836.
Ives, Burl. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/204836.
"Ives, Burl." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Ives, Burl, 1909-1995 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85135241
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MusicBrainz: Burl Ives - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/086c1936-9eaa-4091-b140-ad33a51a3b71
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