Hamblen’s childhood was steeped in cowboy tradition, according to the Texas State Historical Association. He learned songs and stories from both Black and white workers on the local farms. He also ...

SHEBOYGAN – Well-known singer and actor Burl Ives had Sheboygan County as a grooming ground for his musical education in his formative years. In 1933, according to Katie Reilly of the Sheboygan County ...

According to Carl Sandburg, it was one of Abe Lincoln’s favorite songs. Nobody knows who wrote it, but its words got into print in 1848, in the Ethiopian Glee Book. About five years ago tubby ...

In the early 1970s, radio listeners would occasionally hear a disc jockey play a 45-rpm single with the reedy voice of one of America’s best known balladeers singing of his love for a small New Mexico ...

A 265-pound Army private named Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was making a great hit last week with A.E.F. boys all over the globe. In a new short-wave act called G.I.* Jive, short-waved from the Manhattan ...

I shouldn't name-drop, but Andy Williams, Dean Martin, Burl Ives, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby all came to our house to sing carols on Christmas Eve. Williams sang "It's The Most Wonderful Time of ...