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Burl Ives

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Also known as Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives

American musician (1909–1995)

Person · Open Library

Born
1909-06-14
Died
1995-04-14
Works
34

Top works

  • Sedelmajr's Relación of 1746
  • Sailing on a Very Fine Day
  • Guitar for Beginners
  • Tales of America
  • The Burl Ives Song Book. American song in historical perspective. Song versions by B. Ives. Text by B. Ives. Arranged for the piano by Albert Hague. Illustrations ... by Lamartine le Goullon and Robert J. Lee

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1909-06-14
Active to
1995-04-14
2008 universal fire victimamericanchristmas musicclassic pop and rockcountryfolk

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1,173,180
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Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives 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 La

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Born
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives , ( 1909-06-14 ) June 14, 1909, Hunt City, Illinois , U.S.
Died
April 14, 1995 (1995-04-14) (aged 85), Anacortes, Washington , U.S.
Burial place
Mound Cemetery, Hunt City Township, Jasper County, Illinois
Occupations
Musician singer actor author
Years active
1929–1993
Spouses
Helen Peck Ehrlich ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. December 6, 1945</span>"}]]}'>1945 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. February 1971</span>"}]]}'>1971 ) ​ Dorothy Koster Paul ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. April 1971</span>"}]]}'>1971 ) ​
Awards
Silver Buffalo Award Order of Lincoln Academy Award
Genres
Folk country blues Christmas traditional pop
Instruments
Vocals guitar banjo

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Official website
www.burlives.com
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Burl Ives
date of birth
1909-06-14
date of death
1995-04-14
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start of work period
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Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American 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. In 1942, he appeared in Irving Berlin's This Is the Army and became a major star of CBS Radio. In the 1960s, Ives successfully crossed over into country music, recording hits such as "A Little Bitty Tear" and "Funny Way of Laughin'". He was also a popular film actor through the late 1940s and '50s. Ives's 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 Ives won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the film noir Day of the Outlaw (1959).

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