#OnThisDay in 1995, #BurlIves, American folk singer ("A Little Bitty Tear"; "Silver And Gold"), actor (Cat On A Hot Tin Roof), and snowman (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), died from complications of mouth cancer at 85. ོ
#RIP

Picked this up for a song on eBay, so to speak. Ives was a frequent visitor to the UK and a popular performer here, so it's no surprise that there was a British printing of this music collection. Circa 1952, although no printing date appears. The tunes are arranged for ukulele tuned in D (ADF#B), which was more common then than it is now. Gives sopranos especially a bright, snappy sound.

A Holly Jolly Christmas
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOwXRp1JK1A

"A Holly Jolly Christmas", also known as "#HaveAHollyJollyChristmas", is a #ChristmasSong written by #JohnnyMarks and most famously performed by #BurlIves. The song has since become one of the top 25 most-performed "holiday" songs written by #ASCAP members, for the first five years of the 21st century.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgdAcUFUl_M

Are you related or connected to Burl Ives? Ives-676 on WikiTree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34cc9u6omNg&list=PLEqK4ICkQWXRAd3T3hEAch0yAO9UL8plB
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#CollaborativeGenealogy
#ConnectionFinder #FamilyHistory #RelationshipFinder

Oh Mary Don't You Weep
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https://youtu.be/FmWK-Foqzpo

André De Toth's Day of the Outlaw (1959), a fine intelligent complex 50s western. Starts as a typical "ranchers against farmers" story with a romantic triangle and becomes something quite different. Fine performance by Tina Louise.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/06/day-of-outlaw-1959.html