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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)
"A Holly Jolly Christmas", also known as "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas", is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and most famously performed by Burl Ives. The song has since become one of the top 25 most-performed "holiday" songs written by ASCAP members, for the first five years of the 21st century.
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas is a Christmas album by American folk singer Burl Ives, first released by Decca Records in October 1965 (recorded in 1964).It peaked at #32 on Billboard's Best Bets For Christmas album chart on December 2, 1967.
Fellow songwriter Eden Ahbez sent the song to Burl Ives, who recorded his own version in early 1949. Burl Ives recorded the song on February 17, 1949, and the song was released by Columbia Records as catalog No. 38445. The recording first appeared on the Billboard charts on April 22, 1949, lasting six weeks and peaking at No. 21. [8]
It became one of Burl Ives' signature songs, included on his 1944 album The Wayfaring Stranger. Ives used it as the title of his early 1940s CBS radio show and his 1948 autobiography. [2] Paul Robeson performed this song in his acclaimed 1945 and 1947 New York concerts. The son of a slave, Robeson performed the selection in a style reminiscent ...
Frosty The Snowman (CBS, 1969) Directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin. Written by Romeo Muller. Here, Jimmy Durante (like his cartooned colleagues Burl Ives and Fred Astaire before him) serves ...
Christmas Day in the Morning (Decca DL 5428, 1952) is the first of several Christmas albums by the folk singer Burl Ives. Subtitled Yuletide Folk Songs, this album includes seven traditional Christmas carols, from the well-known "What Child Is This?" to the little-known "Down in Yon Forest" and "The Seven Joys of Mary."