Burl Ives Sings... For Fun
Encyclopedia
Burl Ives Sings... For Fun is a 1956 album by American
folk singer Burl Ives
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United States
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folk singer Burl Ives
Burl Ives
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was an American actor, writer and folk music singer. As an actor, Ives's work included comedies, dramas, and voice work in theater, television, and motion pictures. Music critic John Rockwell said, "Ives's voice .....
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Reception
In his Allmusic review, critic Bruce Eder wrote of the album "The mood is lighthearted, but it's not all wafting innocuous melodies, as "Goober Peas" calls up some serious echoes."Track listing
| Side | Track | Song Title |
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| 1. | 1. | The Fox The Fox (folk song) The Fox is a traditional folk song. It is also the subject of at least two picture books, The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night: an old song, illustrated by Peter Spier and Fox Went out on a Chilly Night, by Wendy Watson... |
| 1. | 2. | The Three Jolly Huntsmen |
| 1. | 3. | The Erie Canal |
| 1. | 4. | My Good Old Man |
| 1. | 5. | Old Dan Tucker Old Dan Tucker "Old Dan Tucker", also known as "Ole Dan Tucker", "Dan Tucker", and other variants, is a popular American song. Its origins remain obscure; the tune may have come from oral tradition, and the words may have been written by songwriter and performer Dan Emmett... |
| 1. | 6. | Wooly Boogie Bee |
| 1. | 7. | Blue Tail Fly Blue Tail Fly "Blue Tail Fly", "De Blue Tail Fly", or "Jimmy Crack Corn" is thought to be a blackface minstrel song, first performed in the United States in the 1840s that remains a popular children's song today.... |
| 2. | 1. | The Boll Weevil Boll Weevil (song) "Boll Weevil" is a traditional blues song, also known by similar titles such as "Boweavil" or "Boll Weevil Blues." Although many songs about the boll weevil were recorded by blues musicians during the 1920s, '30s and '40s, this one has become well known, thanks perhaps to Lead Belly's rendition of... |
| 2. | 2. | Let's Go Hunting |
| 2. | 3. | Goober Peas Goober Peas "Goober Peas"is a traditional folk song mostly known in the Southern United States. It was popular with Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War, and is still sung frequently in the South to this day. It is frequently covered by pop singer Elton John during live shows, though has yet to... |
| 2. | 4. | Aunt Rhody |
| 2. | 5. | Killigrew's Soiree Kelligrews Soiree The Kelligrews Soiree is a popular Newfoundland folk song. It was written by Johnny Burke , a popular St. John's balladeer... |
| 2. | 6. | Big Rock Candy Mountain Big Rock Candy Mountain Big Rock Candy Mountain, first recorded by Harry McClintock in 1928, is a song about a hobo's idea of paradise, a modern version of the medieval concept of Cockaigne... |
| 2. | 7. | I'm Goin' Down the Road (with The Andrews Sisters The Andrews Sisters The Andrews Sisters were a highly successful close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews , soprano Maxene Angelyn Andrews , and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie "Patty" Andrews... and Vic Schoen's Orchestra Vic Schoen Victor "Vic" Schoen was an American bandleader, arranger, and composer whose career spanned from the 1930s until his death in 2000... ) |