Burl Ives
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.
In the 1960s, he successfully crossed over into country music, recording hits such as A Little Bitty Tear and Funny Way of Laughin . Ives was a popular film actor through the late 1940s and 50s. His film roles included parts in
So Dear to My Heart (1948) and