Visiting the Grave of Burl Ives: The Voice of Christmas

[@thomaslawson801]

I heard the Bells on Christmas Day. Love that song By Burl Ives. Rip Burl Ives. ❤❤

[@leeanne1418]

I love Burl Ives. It’s not Christmas til I hear some of his Christmas songs ❤️

[@JoshuaWaltz-fj4rg]

Burl Ives was such a great singer and actor. Such a legend.

[@kimberlylegacy4190]

Silver and Gold!!! 55 Years old here! Grew up loving his music. Silver and Gold is my all time favorite!

[@leesashriber5097]

Mine too!! 🥰

[@janet20257]

55 here too and I agree ❄️🔔

[@karolinesmail489]

60here and I agree

[@jackbest6677]

Have a Holly Jolley Christmas. He was a classic. 😊❤

[@denisesmith2745]

He was a man who made you feel like you knew him personally. He was my favorite part of Rudolph. The intro with him singing and that electric razor gave me goosebumps. Just such a crucial part of my childhood. I’m so glad you showed this. Thank you! I’m 8 again!!❤

[@jeffreyallen9626]

Loved his music rip friend 🙏❤️😞

[@AnthonyAnton-bo9od]

I loved the song Holly jolly Christmas. He sang it so well.

[@Cavallaro2376]

Burl Ives was my grandparents' favorite singer. He is buried in Mound Cemetery, located in Newton, Illinois. Rest in eternal peace, Burl.

[@TerriZezza]

We loved Burl Ives. We remember him on Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. He was a wonderful singer 😍

[@jeanketten4119]

Such a great voice!

[@chrisclodfelter6930]

This video popped up and I watched carefully for the graves of my Great Grandparents. My grandma went to school with Burl Ives and was the same age. My grandma told me that his family was very poor and would not accept charity. Instead my grandma's family would visit the Ives after church and bring food and play music. My great grandpa was a very good fiddle player according to her and they played and sang together. My great grandparents are buried in the same cemetery as Burl in Hunt City. I used to visit that cemetery with my mom and grandma every Memorial Day weekend. Their names are Ludlow and Minnie Shacklee. My grandma died the year before he did and is buried in nearby Olmey and I have not been back there to see his grave.

[@BackRoads1]

That’s a awesome story. Thanks for sharing. I hope I was able to get the markers in the video for you

[@Wayman_Simmang]

Beautiful country and thank you the tribute!😊

[@djor316]

I need to find a DVD of Holly Jolly Christmas.I loved his voice. Good to see you again. God Bless and be safe out there. My love to the Family.

[@leesashriber5097]

I absolutely love Burl Ives. He was a huge character in the good old Christmas movies. Loved when he sang Silver and Gold. Thank you my friend. Much appreciated.😊 🕊️🙏❤️ What a beautiful headstone.

[@BackRoads1]

Thank you for watching! He was a legend.

[@stevencohn922]

Like Bing his voice is an American tradition at Christmas time!

[@clintkeene1146]

One of my all time favorite singers. Rip. 🪦

[@richardsobieck9660]

I was a fan of Burl even as a child. I believe Capt Kangaroo played his music many times on that show. Thanks Burl! We miss you!

[@MrSomethingElse]

I'm gonna spin "Big Rock Candy Mountain" after this in memory of Burl

[@Cat-Privilege]

Now we know the story of Burl Ives, but just imagine, the occupant of every other grave in that little cemetery has a story to and our Awesome God knows every one of them right down to the last detail. Just something to think about, God bless and Merry Christmas.

[@luannestrickland4199]

Glad you mentioned this truth. God know every detail of us.

[@petersilecchio4417]

Loved Burl Ives. He was a part of me growing up I am 67.

[@Brace67]

A very fine video about a wonderful entertainer. I loved his song that I remember from childhood "A Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night." I you haven't heard it please listen to it. I also recall him in the movie "East of Eden," with James Dean.

[@brianhumphrey6791]

I’ve been there twice I like Burl Ives. I don’t live very far from there. Holly Jolly Christmas is my favorite song. Love Rudolph where he played Sam the snowman. Thanks for the great video! 👍👍

[@BackRoads1]

Thanks for watching! I’m glad you enjoyed the video.

[@jeffwalker8101]

My favorite song he sung is Have Holly Jolly Christmas. Enjoyed him also as an actor. RiP

[@michael61985]

I like all of his Christmas music Holly Jolly Christmas is the first one that comes to mind though

[@brendakenjevari9411]

I love Holly Jolly Christmas ☃️ & the Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer movie. His music is part of a Christmas Tradition 🦌🎄

[@DaleKalk]

For me it is a tie between silver and gold and holly jolly Christmas. Love him as Sam the snowman.

[@Mr100741]

As a young boy growing up in Northern Indiana two of my favorite Ives songs were The Blue Tail Fly and the Big Rock Candy Mountain. But today, every once in a awhile, I still enjoy listening to "Pearly Shells".

[@BuddyBlackburn]

Love Burl Ives. Everytime I hear him sing it brings me back to when I was a little kid. So many memories when he sang Christmas 🎁 songs and being a part of Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer. Thank you Burl. God bless ❤

[@NoName-zb1gm]

My "aunt" who was born and raised in Indiana said she was a relative of Burl Ives.

[@louispontecorvo6209]

Awesome Video!!! Thank you for sharing!!! Christmas is Burl Ives!!

[@Mrs.BackRoads]

Thanks for watching!! ❤

[@TheSassy777]

Lavender Blue, a little Bitty tear and many more. Great one that can’t be replaced….

[@adampainter9948]

I’m new to your videos and burl Ives is from my home in jasper county Illinois I try to make it out to his grave at least once a year I can’t believe that I just started watching your videos and three days ago you were in my home county thank you for your videos

[@BackRoads1]

Thanks for watching! It is such beautiful country out there where that is.

[@anjoleeeickhoff6800]

Burl Ives was great in every movie he made! Summer Magic was a great film that he was in but Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is my favorite!❤

[@bobbieandrews7032]

Thank you for showing this video he was so wonderful and loved by us all and he had a wonderful voice and this is a beautiful cemetery.

[@ChiefThundermoon]

also did a movie called SO DEAR TO MY HEART at a local park here in Visalia,Ca. Mooneys Grove Park

[@tammywilliams7381]

Thanks Jason I love Burl Ives and all of his Christmas songs. My favorite is Silver and Gold ❤❤❤

[@jaytrace1006]

I think of the commercials Ives did for tea every so often.

[@wandapender4180]

Loved this. ❤ I'll be 63 in January and for me, Burl Ives will always be 'Mr. Classic Christmas', remembering him as the voice of all of those Christmas shows that I grew up with and still watch to this day. He's a legend. ❤

[@prophetesskathrynbrown]

Holly Jolly Christmas was my favorite of his song. I liked some of his folk songs also. And when he did Rudolph the red nose reindeer. I didn't know he played on that show I forgot.

[@Corgis175]

Look forward to his TV holiday specials

[@denniswarren]

He played big daddy in cat on a hot tin roof... I still enjoy watching it what a great movie❤

[@huricane5184]

Burl was one of my favorite actors back in the day. When he talked you knew who it was and i always waited for him to just bust out in a song..

[@robertsonsteven189]

A holly jolly Christmas

[@davidmckinney6577]

Loved the video it wouldn't be Christmas without burl Ives

[@Stephen1234-co8cj]

I always enjoyed hearing him do Rudolph and if i remember right they had a cartoon character of him on that show

[@DeborahIsaacs-nx4dw]

Burl Ives was a huge part of my Christmas 🎄 as a kid. What a beautiful cemetery and story. Thank you. Lovely ❤video and Merry Christmas 🎅 to you and your family❤

[@BackRoads1]

Thanks for watching. Merry Christmas to you as well!

[@ronniewatkins]

Thanks for taking us where we may never get to. Brother Ives was cut from different cloth, may he rest in peace!

[@friedafranklin2989]

Loved everything he did ❤❤🥰

[@marlenepearson3936]

I've never seen his grave before. Amazing 😮 He had alot of fun songs 🎵

[@janet20257]

Thanks for this. Very nice video about a great American entertainer.

[@wmjeffkahrs]

Thank you for this video. My family loves the works of Burl Ives.

[@arborscout]

Usually cemeteries stand alone, graveyards are next to churches.

[@CathyHendrix1]

I was just thinking of him today!! Thanks for taking us along to visit his grave and pay respects to him. He is a part of all our childhoods! Where is Mrs. Backroads? I hope she will still be on some of the videos. She always has good info to add! Hope ya'll had a great Thanksgiving!

[@Mrs.BackRoads]

Thanks for watching! I was behind the scenes on this one with the kids. They enjoy exploring too when we stop. ❤

[@shannon4106]

Awesome! I appreciate you sharing his story! I truly loved him as Sam the Snowman ☃️ singing "A Holly Jolly Christmas" & I continue to keeping the tradition of watching the holiday animated classic - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer. 🦌 Fun Fact --> Most probably don't know this, but he also appeared in the movie "Summer Magic" by Walt Disney. 😊

[@BackRoads1]

Thanks for sharing that fun fact. I'm going to have to check that movie out!

[@carolriley5867]

One More Time Billy Brown!! You'll Find This Song On You Tube. Silver & Gold, Holly Jolly Christmas!! I still Love him, & his music!! On the flip side of One More Time Billy Brown Is Tied Down Here at Home!! Another Classic!! Carol Riley, Pittsburgh, Pa.❤❤❤❤

[@denisehibbs9576]

That was interesting ! I only knew Burl Ives from Rudolph. He had a very long and illustrious career. I always think of Burl Ives as the snowman riding the norelco razor thru the snow. Thank you for sharing !

[@jamesmaroon6161]

What a great thing you are doing. Yes I am a big Burl Ives fan. I even keep Rudolph the red nosed Reindeer in recording. I usually keep it that way all year. My favorite song of his was the one about the big snow man. I don't remember the name of it. But thank you for what you do.

[@BackRoads1]

Thanks for watching. The kind comments are always appreciated

[@rickengen5249]

Thank you

[@dpw9768]

A little bit of tear let me down. Mockingbird Hill.

[@MarkJones-qn1eg]

A friend of mine owns a late fifties 4 door blue and white pontiac that once belonged to burl ives .

[@BackRoads1]

That is really cool!

[@bobbysmela3942]

I just watched Rudolph the Red Nose Raindeer tonight.

[@LucasLinda-lm7sb]

Our family always watched well tried to watch Talented man

[@marksmith9637]

Great video such a beautiful cemetery

[@copper88]

Holly jolly Christmas song

[@jennifernorth4110]

My memories of him of course include watching Rudolph! I like all the songs but my favorite from Rudolph is Silver and Gold! I'm also a Little House on the Prairie fan but I don't recall seeing that episode right now. I'll have to go back and watch it! Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!

[@BackRoads1]

Happy thanksgiving and merry Christmas to y’all as well.

[@gailreese4102]

"Little White Duck," a song Burl Ives sang during my early childhood years. Remember it still!

[@Thegogoyears]

Thanks for the great video. I love his music but didn’t know that much about his life. Love anything he did related to Christmas. He sang the Ugly Bug Ball in Summer Magic as well.

[@ABBA1966]

I went to school with his granddaughter and graduated with her.

[@StephanieBowman-n7n]

He spent his last years in Anacortes, Washington, just a few miles from where I live.

[@csrothlisberger852]

Good actor too. Who can forget his role as Big Daddy in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof?

[@sharonobryan9713]

I love his version of Silver and Gold.

[@CarlTMontano]

Thank you for sharing because I'll never get to see another person

[@impalaman9707]

This looks like the kind of humble, country cemetery Burl Ives would be buried in, next to a humble country church on an old prairie field---just like the one my grandpa was buried in Oklahoma

[@Maxwell-x1m]

A Holly Jolly Christmas

[@arnoldhillbillygrizzlyputm1493]

He was great in everything . McMasters was a great film , some great tunes along with pearly shells an little bitty tear is mary ann regrets , the long black veil an one of my fav comedy like songs 'goober peas ' .

[@pegschwalbach2500]

"Silver and Gold" from "Rudolph, the Red-nosed Reindeer."

[@manorguys6995]

I've been wanting to visit here.

[@sheilableeks2030]

Hope you and your wife had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I didn’t get around too good. I broke my pinky toe so I’ve been in a medical boot and now Wednesday morning. I go in the hospital for surgery for something else.

[@djor316]

I will be saying some prayers for you.

[@MARLONdaman]

Ouch! As much as I stomped my toe it is a wonder I didn’t break my toes plenty of times with these size 12 feet.

[@MARLONdaman]

I hope you heel up good and well 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@BackRoads1]

When I was younger I broke my pinkie toe on my left foot. It was painful and that’s the toe that keeps you upright. Best of luck and hoping for a quick recovery.

[@sheilableeks2030]

@ they got me in a walking boot and then tomorrow morning Wednesday I go into surgery for something else

[@bobosorio3473]

MY FAVORITE SONG THAT BURL IVES SANG WAS "DOWN IN THE VALLEY"

[@toddgilbert2485]

Excellent Video!

[@BackRoads1]

Thank you very much!

[@toddgilbert2485]

@BackRoads1 You're very welcome!

[@SHUB281]

Silver and Gold

[@lisahendrix396]

❤❤❤❤

[@johnrichardson1917]

Favorite song hate to pick one but gun to my head ,.. Okeechobee Ocean, Written by ... Mel Tillis , how bout dat!

[@DaveFreeland-s4o]

He was the nicest guy. He's from Jasper cou ty

[@carlprutzman8517]

What about his part he played in the movie, The Brass Bottle…he played a Jeanie…..with Tony Randal.

[@jkd863]

I saw your piece on Burl Ives and I was disappointed to say these. In Newton, Illinois there is a life size statue of Burl Ives at the corner of Route 130 and Route 33. The library has a museum of hundreds of things of his life copies of his sheet music. That is what you should add to his story of his full wonderful life.

[@charlesoquin7367]

Ugly Bug Crawl from Summer Magic is one of my favorites

[@lisad476]

Cool guy..

[@BillySharpe-rl1rq]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@talkswithhandswhisper649]

down in the valley just learned it for uke

[@kevinschilt133]

Was he in the miniseries “Roots”?

[@Donsantana9489]

A little bitty tear and Pearly Shells. Be save sir.

[@arnoldhillbillygrizzlyputm1493]

That possibly my top 2 favs of his .

[@RobertMauksr-gp4tj]

There so many songs

[@cynthiacronin2794]

The sheriff in East of Eden.👍

[@thepozfromoz5166]

I read somewhere that if it wasn't for Owen Bradley and the Decca label,his singing career was all but dead. I also read that he certainly did not like kids which shocked the hell out of me but it is what it is I guess??

[@thepozfromoz5166]

You should listen to his early decca recordings before Rudolph...there really quite good

[@PHILIP3096]

i loved the song the ugly bug ball

[@lovebuzz1979]

❤

[@mark-wn5ek]

Mendacity! Can you smell it Brick? That’s the smell of mendacity! “Yeah, I think I do Big Daddy!”

[@MARLONdaman]

Backroads always says we. I be wondering if Ms Backroads is filming quietly while Mr. Backroads himself is talking? 🤔 Or is Mr. Backroads is talking about him and us as the audience?

[@BackRoads1]

It’s a lot of all the above. We all wear many hats in this KZbin world. She is the mortar that hold everything together.

[@MARLONdaman]

@ ok

[@Josh31287]

Big rock candy mountain 😊