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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.
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- Burl Ives collection, 1919-1965
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Ives, Burl Icle Ivanhoe. ( b. 14 June 1909 in Hunt, Illinois; d 14 April 1995 in Anacortes, Washington), popular folksinger of the 1950s and 1960s and Academy Award—winning actor. Ives was the youngest of six children of Frank Ives and Cordella White, tenant farmers in Illinois. Although they could trace their roots to Revolutionary America ...
Apr 15, 1995 · Burl Ives, the beloved ... He was born Burle Icle Ivanhoe Ives to English-Irish tenant farmers in Illinois. Frank and Dellie Ives often sang to their son, acquainting him with music that sometimes ...
Apr 15, 1995 · Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was born in Jasper County, Ill., the youngest of six children. Most of his ancestors had been farmers in Illinois or Kentucky, and one or two were preachers. Whatever they ...
Apr 1, 2024 · Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was born on June 14, 1909, in Hunt City, Jasper County, Illinois. He was one of seven children. Burl’s father, Levi, was a farmer and a contractor, while his mother, Cordelia, was a housewife and a devout Christian. At a young age, Burl developed a love for singing, and he started performing in his local church choir.
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Burl Ives. 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. In high school, he learned the banjo and played fullback, intending to become a football ...
Apr 14, 1995 · Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was born in Hunt Township, IL on June 4, 1909 to a poor family of tenant farmers. Ives gave his first public performance at age four, when he was asked to sing at an Old ...
