Burl Ives

Birth Name:

Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives

Birth Place:

Hunt City, Illinois, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Actor

In 1986, he was given the DeMolay Legion of Honor
Received the Silver Buffalo Award from the Boy Scouts of America
Was taught at Indiana State Teachers College and The Juilliard School
Was jailed in the 1930s for singing "Foggy, Foggy Dew" in Mona, Utah, where authorities deemed the song too bawdy
Quote: "I would change the words when I knew I had better ones․ I would change the tune when I knew it would help the song․"
Cooperated with the House Unamerican Activities Committee to avoid being blacklisted himself, and his friend Pete Seeger felt that Ives had sold him out
Widely regarded for his folk tunes, he is best known for voicing Sam the Snowman in "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer․"
Was drafted into the U․S․ Army during World War II

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