Burl Ives
- MatchBurl Ives
- 100%Gene Autry
- 92%Bing Crosby
- 77%Darlene Love
- 68%Andy Williams
- 67%Johnny Mathis
- 63%Bobby Helms
- 44%Perry Como
- 35%Brenda Lee
- 32%José Feliciano
- 31%Elmo & Patsy
Biography
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives, 14 June 1909, Hunt Township, Jasper County, Illinois, USA, d. 14 April 1995, Anacortes, Washington, USA. One of the worlds most celebrated singers of folk ballads, with a gentle, intimate style, Ives was also an actor on the stage and screen, and an anthologist and editor of folk music. The son of tenant farmers in the Bible Belt of Illinois, he was singing in public for money with his brothers and sisters when he was four years old. Many of the songs... Read more