Burel Yves

Burl ives was one of six children born to a scottish irish farming family.

Burel yves. He dropped out in 1930 and wandered. Readers with a penchant for folk music might recall ives better for his work as a folksinger in the mid 20th century. He won the oscar for best supporting actor for his role in the movie the big country. Readers of a certain age might know burl ives best for his work narrating the 1964 television program rudolph the red nosed reindeer.

In high school he learned the banjo and played fullback intending to become a football coach when he enrolled at eastern illinois state teacher s college in 1927. Burl ives biography by william ruhlmann follow artist. Singer and actor born june 14 1909 hunt ill died april 14 1995 anacortes wash was the portly goateed entertainer whose mellifluous renditions of such folk ballads and popular songs as the blue tail fly big rock candy mountain holly jolly christmas and frosty the snowman endeared him to both children and adults and whose stage. Folk troubadour oscar winning actor and a christmas icon whose career spanned seven decades.

Burl icle ivanhoe ives june 14 1909 april 14 1995 was an american singer musician actor and author. Ives began as an itinerant singer and banjoist and launched 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 then became a major star of cbs radio. Burl icle ivanhoe ives 14 june 1909 14 april 1995 was an academy award winning american actor and acclaimed folk music singer and author. Burl ives burl icle ivanhoe ives u s.