List of works by Burl Ives


Burl Ives was an American musician, actor, and author with a career that spanned more than six decades. He began as an itinerant singer and guitarist, eventually becoming a major star of CBS Radio. Ives was a film actor in the 1940s and 1950s, and in the 1960s had hits in country music. His voice-over work in Christmas specials contributed to his association with the Christmas season.

Albums

Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger The Wayfaring Stranger The Wayfaring Stranger BBC Presents The Martins and the Coys Lonesome Train: A Musical Legend Sing Out, Sweet Land! A Collection of Ballads and Folk Songs Ballads and Folk Songs, Volume 2 A Collection of Ballads, Folk and Country Songs, Volume 3 The Wayfaring Stranger Animal Fair: Songs for Children Mother Goose Songs The Return of the Wayfaring Stranger The Wayfaring Stranger Hymns Sung by Burl Ives More Folksongs Burl Ives Sings The Lollipop Tree, The Little Turtle, And The Moon Is The North Wind's Cookie Tubby The Tuba /Animal Fair: Songs for Children Sing Out, Sweet Land! Historical America in Song Christmas Day in the Morning Folk Songs Dramatic And Humorous Women: Songs About The Fair Sex Coronation Concert The Wayfaring Stranger The Wild Side of Life Men: Songs For And About Men Down to the Sea in Ships Women: Folk Songs About The Fair Sex Burl Ives Sings In The Quiet Of The Night Burl Ives Sings... For Fun Children's Favorites Burl Ives Sings Songs For All Ages Christmas Eve With Burl Ives Songs Of Ireland Captain Burl Ives' Ark Old Time Varieties Australian Folk Songs A Lincoln Treasury Cheers Burl Ives Sings Little White Duck and Other Children's Favorites Ballads Return Of The Wayfaring Stranger Burl Ives Sings Irving Berlin Manhattan Troubadour The Best Of Burl Ives The Versatile Burl Ives! Songs Of The West It's Just My Funny Way Of Laughin' Burl Country Style Spotlight On Burl Ives And The Folk Singers Three Sunshine In My Soul Songs I Sang In Sunday School Burl Ives Burl Ives and the Korean Orphan Choir Sing of Faith and Joy Singin' Easy The Best Of Burl's For Boys And Girls Walt Disney Presents Summer Magic Burl Ives Presents America's Musical Heritage Walt Disney Presents Burl Ives' Animal Folk Walt Disney Presents Burl Ives' Folk Lullabies Scouting Along with Burl Ives True Love Burl Ives Sings Pearly Shells and Other Favorites Chim Chim Cher-ee And Other Children's Choices Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer My Gal Sal And Other Favorites On The Beach At Waikiki Have a Holly Jolly Christmas Shall We Gather At The River? The Lollipop Tree The Daydreamer Burl's Choice Something Special I Do Believe Burl Ives Sings Greatest Hits Burl's Broadway The Big Country Hits Sweet, Sad And Salty The Times They Are A-Changin' Christmas Album Burl Ives Sings Softly And Tenderly Hymns & Spirituals Got The World By The Tail Burl Ives Folk Songs And Stories Time How Great Thou Art A Day At The Zoo With Burl Ives Christmas at the White House Payin' My Dues Again Song Book Little Red Caboose And Other Children's Hits The Best Of Burl Ives, Vol. 2 Hugo The Hippo Christmas by the Bay We Americans: A Musical Journey With Burl Ives Live In Europe The Special Magic Of Burl Ives Burl Ives Twelve Days Of Christmas
  • ''Best of Burl Ives: 20th Century Masters/The Christmas Collection''

Hit singles

Holiday 100 chart entries

Since many radio stations in the US adopt a format change to Christmas music each December, many holiday hits have an annual spike in popularity during the last few weeks of the year and are retired once the season is over. In December 2011, Billboard began a Holiday Songs chart with 50 positions that monitors the last five weeks of each year to "rank the top holiday hits of all eras using the same methodology as the Hot 100, blending streaming, airplay, and sales data", and in 2013 the number of positions on the chart was doubled, resulting in the Holiday 100. Two Ives recordings have made appearances on the Holiday 100 and are noted below according to the holiday season in which they charted there.

Other singles (selected)

  • "Foggy, Foggy Dew / "Rodger Young"
  • "Grandfather Kringle" / "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
  • "Great White Bird" / "Brighten The Corner Where You Are"
  • "That's My Heart Strings" / "The Bus Stop Song"
  • "We Loves Ye Jimmy" / "I Never See Maggie Alone"
  • "A Little Bitty Tear" / "Shanghied"
  • "Funny Way of Laughin'" / "Mother Wouldn't Do That"
  • "Call Me Mr. In-Between" / "What You Gonna Do, Leroy?"
  • "Mary Ann Regrets / "How Do You Fall Out Of Love?"
  • "The Twelve Days of Christmas" / "Indian Christmas Carol"
  • "I'm The Boss" / "The Moon Is High"
  • "True Love Goes On And On" / "I Wonder What's Become Of Sally"
  • "On The Front Porch" / "Ugly Bug Ball"
  • "Four Initials On A Tree" / "This Is Your Day"
  • "Pearly Shells" / "What Little Tears Are Made Of"
  • "Salt Water Guitar" / "The Story of Bobby Lee Trent"
  • "A Holly Jolly Christmas" / "Snow for Johnny"
  • "Evil Off My Mind" / "Taste of Heaven"
  • "Lonesome 7-7203" / "Hollow Words"
  • "That's Where My Baby Used To Be "/ "Bury The Bottle With Me"
  • "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" / "Maria, If I Could"
  • "Santa Mouse" / "Oh, What A Lucky Boy I Am"
  • "Gingerbread House" / "Tumbleweed Snowman"
  • "One More Time Billy Brown" / "Tied Down Here At Home"
  • "The Best Is Yet To Come" & "Stayin' Song" / "Blue Tail Fly"
  • "Mrs. Johnson's Happiness Emporium" / "Anytime You Say"
  • "The Tail Of The Comet Kohoutek" / "A Very Fine Lady"
  • "It's Gonna Be A Mixed Up Christmas" / "The Christmas Legend Of Monkey Joe"
  • "The Night Before Christmas" / Instrumental

Radio work (selected)

Back Where I Came From, CBS The Wayfarin' Stranger, CBS & WOR Burl Ives Coffee Club, CBS The Columbia Workshop, CBS
  • * "Roadside"
  • * "The Log Of The R-77," second installment Of Twenty-Six By Corwin
  • * "The People, Yes," third installment of Twenty-Six By Corwin
  • * "A Child's History Of Hot Music" GI Jive, military radio Columbia Presents Corwin, CBS
  • * "The Lonesome Train"
  • * "El Capitan And The Corporal" The Theatre Guild On The Air, ABC
  • * "Sing Out, Sweet Land" Hollywood Star Time, CBS
  • * "The Return Of Frank James" The Burl Ives Show, Syndication Hollywood Fights Back, ABC The Kaiser Traveler, ABC Burl Ives Sings, Syndication

Theater appearances (selected)

Pocahontas Preferred I Married An Angel The Boys From Syracuse Heavenly Express This Is The Army Sing Out Sweet Land She Stoops To Conquer Knickerbocker Holiday The Man Who Came To Dinner Paint Your Wagon Show Boat Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
  • ''Dr. Cook's Garden''

Filmography (selected)

Television

Playhouse 90: The Miracle Worker – Captain KellerZane Grey Theater "The Ox" – Jonathan J. DwireRudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer – Sam The Snowman O.K. Crackerby! – O.K. CrackerbyPinocchio – GeppettoDaniel Boone "A Tall Tale Of Prater Beasely" – Prater BeaseleyThe Bold Ones: The Lawyers – Walter NichollsAlias Smith and Jones "The McCreedy Bust" – Big Mac McCreedySesame Street – guest starNight Gallery "The Other Way Out" – Old Man DoubledayThe First Easter Rabbit – Old Stuffy Captains and the Kings – Old SyrupThe Muppet Show – guest starLittle House on the Prairie ''"The Hunters" – Samuel ShelbyRoots The Bermuda Depths – PaulisThe New Adventures of Heidi – GrandfatherCaravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure'' – Narrator

Films

Smoky – Willie Green Grass of Wyoming – GusStation West – Hotel ClerkSo Dear to My Heart – Uncle Hiram DouglasSierra – LonesomeEast of Eden – Samuel The SheriffThe Power and the Prize – George SaltA Face in the Crowd – Himself Desire Under the Elms – Ephraim CabotWind Across The Everglades – CottonmouthCat on a Hot Tin Roof – Big Daddy PollittThe Big Country – Rufus HannasseyDay of the Outlaw – Jack BruhnOur Man in Havana – Dr. HasselbacherLet No Man Write My Epitaph – Judge Bruce Mallory SullivanThe Spiral Road – Dr. Brits JansenSummer Magic – Osh PophamThe Brass Bottle – FakrashEnsign Pulver – Captain MortonThe Daydreamer – Father Neptune Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon – Phineas T. BarnumThe Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde – Narrator The McMasters – McMastersThe Heart Farm Hugo the Hippo – Narrator Baker's Hawk – Mr. McGrawJust You and Me, Kid – MaxEarthbound – Ned AndersonWhite Dog – CarruthersUphill All the Way – Sheriff John CatledgeTwo Moon Junction – Sheriff Earl Hawkins

Theme parks

America Sings – Sam

Concerts (selected)