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[Raul-02]

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I remember him being popular in the late 50's and early 60's.

 

[Torvy]

My 90 year old parents listened to him some. He was also into some Christmas movies.

 

[jaxs]

It's a toss up which I enjoy more,his songs or acting. East Of Eden with James Dean was a classic that showcased Ives'.

 

[Raul-02]

He was also into some Christmas movies.

Not to mention the cameo in Animal House

 

[Yander]

"So dear to my heart" Classic Disney, one of my favorite Disney movies.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Wasn't he in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"? Big Daddy?

 

[scaredychicken]

I'm pretty sure that in about 1972 when I was 8, I received a Captain Burl Ives Greatest Hits vinyl album. It was my FIRST album that was personally mine, and I kinda cherished it.

 

[MossRoad]

 

[KennyG]

Ives was a very complex, interesting person that the public didn't really see. He was born in a small town in central Illinois near where I grew up. He was college football player, a WW2 veteran, a dedicated communist (until he flipped during the red scare hearings in the 1950's). He's best known for simple folk songs that almost seem like kids songs, but he was a much more sophisticated composer and musician.