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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.
Actor: The Big Country. Burl Ives was one of six children born to a farming family in Hunt City, Jasper, Illinois, the son of Cordellia "Dellie" (White) and Levi Franklin Ives. He first sang in public for a soldiers' reunion when he was age 4.
Apr 15, 1995 · Burl Ives, the beloved balladeer who sang so convincingly of being a wayfaring stranger that he instead became a longtime friend, died Friday.
Burl Ives was the voice of Sam the Eagle, the narrator of the classic Disneyland attraction "American Sings" (1974-1988) in Tomorrowland. He died from complications of mouth cancer at his home in Anacortes, WA.
Burl Ives (1909–1995) was an American musician, actor, and author with a career that spanned more than six decades. He began as an itinerant singer and guitarist, eventually becoming a major star of CBS Radio. Ives was a film actor in the 1940s and 1950s, and in the 1960s had hits in country music. His voice-over work in Christmas specials ...
Apr 30, 2018 · Burl Ives - A Collection Of Folk Songs And Ballads - Complete LP (1946). Recorded 1945/1946 Decca Recording Studio Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th. St., New York City - Burl Ives (vcl solo/gt...
Jul 25, 2014 · The boy performed a rendition of the folk ballad "Barbara Allen" and impressed both his uncle and the audience. Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was an American actor, writer, and folk music singer. As an...