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Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American musician, singer 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.
The Best Of Burl Ives, Vol. 2 (1975, MCA 4089, 2 records) Hugo The Hippo (1976, United Artists LA-637-G) Christmas by the Bay (1977, United States Navy Band) We Americans: A Musical Journey With Burl Ives (1978, National Geographic Society NGS 07806) Live In Europe (1979, Polydor 2382094) The Special Magic Of Burl Ives (1981, MCA MSM 35043)
Burl Ives Presents America's Musical Heritage, released in 1963 by the Longines Symphonette Society, is a six-album box set by folk singer Burl Ives. [1] It is subtitled 114 Best Loved Songs & Ballads for Listening, Singing, and Reading and includes a 168-page book, titled The Burl Ives Sing-Along Song Book, which presents the lyrics for all of the songs and historical background about some of ...
Historical America in Song, released in 1950 by Encyclopædia Britannica Films, is an album set by folk singer Burl Ives. Each of the six albums consists of five 12-inch vinylite records, for a total of thirty 78 rpm records. [1] Each album has its own cover with a drawing of the Washington Monument on it (see the illustration).
The Times They Are a-Changin' is a 1968 album by Burl Ives, produced by Bob Johnston. It was probably recorded at Columbia Studios in Nashville, with local session musicians . It features songs by Bob Dylan , Paul Simon , and Johnny Cash (all of whom had previously worked with Johnston), songs by Johnston's friend Charlie Daniels , plus other ...
A version of the song, titled "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)", was featured in the 1948 Walt Disney film So Dear to My Heart, where it was sung by Burl Ives. This version was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1949. This version of the song was credited to Eliot Daniel (music) and Larry Morey (lyrics).
9. "Holly Jolly Christmas" by Michael Bublé. Year released: 2011 Streams: 483,865,973 Estimated royalties: $3,870,928 Look who cracked the list twice simply by re-crooning a Yuletide classic.
It has been recorded by many artists and is included in the Songs of Expanding America recordings in Burl Ives' six-album set Historical America in Song. The verses mentioning "Birmingham Jail" refer to the Birmingham, Alabama, City Jail which was well-known in the mid-1920s, although the reference was often omitted in later versions.