Burl Ives - Greatest Hits (1996) [gnodde]

Burl Ives - Greatest Hits (1996) [gnodde]



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 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), as well as Rufus Hannassey in The Big Country (1958), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Ives also did voice-over work as Sam the Snowman, narrator of the classic 1964 Christmas television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which continues to air annually around Christmas.

Tracks:
01. Big Rock Candy Mountain
02. Blue Tail Fly
03. Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
04. One Hour Ahead Of The Posse
05. On Top Of Ol' Smokey
06. True Love Goes On And On
07. Polly Wolly Doodle
08. A Little Bitty Tear
09. Royal Telephone
10. Home On The Range
11. Funny Way Of Laughin'
12. Call Me Mr. In-Between
13. Pearly Shells (Popo O Ewa)
14. It Never Happens
15. My Heart Stood Still
16. By The Light Of The Slivery Moon
17. Beautiful Brown Eyes
18. This Is All I Ask

All in MP3 @ 320kbps