Burl Ives was a beloved balladeer who sang so convincingly of being a Wayfaring Stranger that he instead became a longtime friend. The rotund folk singer, Academy Award-winning actor and concert hall ...

After Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Willy McBean and His Magic Machine, Larry D. Mann left Canada for Hollywood and got ...

“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” has been a fixture on national TV every year since 1964. But not many people know that the animated narrator of the show has a direct connection to the Northwest. Burl ...

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 ...

Yes, for decades, it's the late Ives who has been wishing us a "Holly Jolly Christmas." If I didn't grow up with a dad who loved folk music I never would have known Ives for anything more than his ...

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 ...

Fans of the classic Christmas special "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" may not realize star Burl Ives is an Illinois native.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American singer and actor of stage, screen, radio and television. Ives began as an itinerant singer ...

Actor-balladeer Burl Ives slipped into a coma Wednesday and was not expected to regain consciousness, his agent said. Ives, 85, was at home-“that’s the way he wanted it,” said Marjorie Schicktanz ...