Born June 14, 1909, Jasper county, Ill., U.S. Died April 14, 1995, Anacortes,
Wash. U.S. singer and actor. Ives began performing at age four and learned
Scottish, English, and Irish ballads from his grandmother. He left college to
hitchhike around the U.S., collecting songs from hoboes and drifters. Soon after
his postwar concert debut in New York City, he was hailed by
Carl Sandburg as “the mightiest ballad singer of this or any other century.”
He recorded more than 100 albums and had hits with “I Know an Old Lady (Who
Swallowed a Fly),” “The Blue Tail Fly,” “Big Rock Candy Mountain,” “Frosty the
Snowman,” and “A Little
Bitty Tear.” He appeared in many films-including
East of Eden (1955), Desire Under the Elms (1958),
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), and The Big Country
(1958, Academy Award)-and on Broadway
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