At last! a comprehensive collection from Burl Icle Ivanhoe IVES "The Wayfaring Stranger". Burl's abiding love, was folk music. A simple, bearded troubadour performing unsophisticated songs without tricks or embellishments, he single-handedly filled concert halls on both sides of the Atlantic. He toured Britain in 1949 and 1952, and played the Festival Hall in London on his 44th birthday in 1953 in a Coronation Concert, excerpts from which make a fitting finale to this collection. Burl recorded for Asch and Columbia Records but all the titles included here are from his days at Decca, with much of the second disc being taken up with extracts from Bing Crosby's 'Philco' and 'Chesterfield' radio shows. Burl himself was regularly on the air with his own Philco show at the same time as Crosby. See also: JASMCD3524 - Lavender Blue - Songs Of Charm, Humour And Sincerity
Given his range as an entertainer, it is no surprise that the offerings here show Burl Ives as a versatile singer across the musical spectrum. The folk repertoire is well represented with material like "The Riddle Song" and "Sweet Betsy From Pike", both from the earliest part of Burl s recording career, as is the charming "I Know My Love". From a few years later come the well-known "Blue Tail Fly", "Big Rock Candy Mountain" and "Foggy, Foggy Dew", and even later "Mr. Froggie Went A-Courtin ". With the unfulfilled prospect of becoming a Singing Cowboy (the genre was over-subscribed by then), in 1947 Burl recorded two Western-type songs, "It Makes No Difference Now" and "I m Thinking Tonight Of My Blues Eyes". Danny Kaye s version of "The Little White Duck" is perhaps better known than Burl s, but both did the children s song justice. Other children s songs here include "The Goat" and "The Rabbit", although the last has a macabre finale. By contrast, and on a very serious note, the conscripted songwriter Frank Loesser, a private in the U.S. Army, was asked by the Infantry Corps to write a song celebrating their war-hero Rodger Young, a young man who had recently died in the Pacific campaign. Burl Ives was the first to record the song in February 1945, oddly at the same time recording just one other, disparate number, "Foggy, Foggy Dew".Burl was only a spasmodic visitor to the singles charts, scoring his biggest hit in 1961 with "A Little Bitty Tear". In the late 1940s, he had some success with the gentle "Lavender Blue", also with "Riders In The Sky". Here you have a very listenable cross-section of songs by Burl Ives, each one treated by the master as of equal merit, whatever its origins. Incidentally, the busy guitarist who adds so much to some of the numbers is Tony Mottola, the highly respected jazz and session musician. See Also: JASBOX14/4 - The Golden Years Of - The Wayfaring Stranger
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Known for his beloved performance as narrator Sam the Snowman in Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, which featured the hit song, "A Holly Jolly Christmas", Academy AwardŽ-winning actor Burl Ives has been a household name for over a span of over 8 decades. Favorites For Children is a collection of songs and stories told by Burl Ives (written by author Barbara Hazen). Originally released in 1969 as "Burl Ives: 4 Folk Songs and 4 Stories" on Columbia Records and Children's Records of America, this is the first time this release has been made available on CD.
At last! a comprehensive collection from Burl Icle Ivanhoe IVES "The Wayfaring Stranger". Burl's abiding love, was folk music. A simple, bearded troubadour performing unsophisticated songs without tricks or embellishments, he single-handedly filled concert halls on both sides of the Atlantic. He toured Britain in 1949 and 1952, and played the Festival Hall in London on his 44th birthday in 1953 in a Coronation Concert, excerpts from which make a fitting finale to this collection. Burl recorded for Asch and Columbia Records but all the titles included here are from his days at Decca, with much of the second disc being taken up with extracts from Bing Crosby's 'Philco' and 'Chesterfield' radio shows. Burl himself was regularly on the air with his own Philco show at the same time as Crosby. See also: JASMCD3524 - Lavender Blue - Songs Of Charm, Humour And Sincerity
