Johnny Cash and Burl Ives (medley)

[onebaud1]

Burl Ives is like the grandfather we all wished we had singing to us when we we seven or eight years old. That soothing voice is just wonderful.

[ejp42]

these two guys could sing the phone book and make it sound good

[jordanissilly]

My grandfather went to college with Burl Ives, I don't think my grandpa knew him personally, but you know, mutually. I heard that Burl also worked for WBOW radio.

[Trakka10001]

OldReaver your first mistake is making the statement "modern music", modern music is a furphy

it's generated by fuckwits in studios why do you think live concerts are mimed. Your second mistake is breathing.

[xena500]

@techdeckdude245  seriously?

[techdeckdude245]

burl ives is my great grandpa.

[OldReaver]

Fucking fed up with people insulting modern day music its GREAT! not saying old music isnt, just stupid how people steryotype people as bad as they do you

[harberguk]

@OldReaver Most of what you call GREAT modern music if written down, isn't suitable to wipe the backsides of the old "real great artists" , you know, the ones with a real voice, the ones who love and loved singing purely for the joy it brought millions of people not for the millions it brings them. Most, but not all modern music is purely for commerce!

[hippiepuz]

this is great, waited for long for song live of Burl, then I found it

[johnnydistortiontrio]

Excellent!

[okswagg60]

Big Daddy 

[joeycbr600]

What a great man ...some voice ...

[Kitkat4077]

This video brings back so many great memories. Two great performers.

[blancmel21]

Before you say that there aren't performers like this around any more, they didn't have guys like this then too. Magic...

[houtcalt]

Just a wonderful man. I still listen to him on my iPod. May he rest in peace.

[UpchurchEric]

Johnny Cash + Burl Ives = Santa Claus wearing all black.

[Ulysses61]

Nowadays all we get is rap. Now these two men are giants and sang beautiful songs.

[porkinwitz]

Just so y'all know, "Goober Peas" are boiled peanuts.

[terrapin227]

Great video! Thank you for posting!

[iseebluepeople]

He loved his gum.

[drunkelf]

two of the best voices that i have ever heard in this life i have lived one of them would become the voice of Christmastime for me and the other would become the voice for my soultime i am on my own now left to discover my own voice now and have some metime

[MrNikodemus2]

What legends! RIP both! Loves Ives, love Cash!!!!

[tnarg541]

my my my my my do these bring back old memories... wheeeeeeeeeeew.. great, goose bumps and some tears... blessings to all... Gant in Hershey Pennsylvania

[johnmorris008]

This song reminds me of 1961 when I was stationed in

This song reminds me of 1961 when I was stationed in Whidbey Island,

Washington. I was the best pool player around Oak Harbor. A buddy said

there's lots of great players over Mt Vernon, with lots of action. We went

over there and Burl Ives was on the juke box. The songs relaxed me and

I beat everybody in the joint. Everytime I hear, "A LITTLE BITY TEAR' I think

of that evening and my peak performance. Thanks for posting.

[Wiknwillow]

There are no more balladeers left. My Grandchildren don't know the great songs that this man sang. It is a shame that no one came after him. He is a legend.

[OldReaver]

you know what im going o make this random comment cause every other comments from like a year ago :p

[ssocarebear]

I love his songs. The first time I saw him was in the movie "Summer Magic" and that is when I started to love to listen to him. Did not realize it was him in Frosty and the Rudolph until I was in my 20s and I am 40 now.

[learnitliveittoontow]

burl IVES is my grandma MOM COUSIN :D

[NintendoBmaN]

If Burl Ives had died nearly 7 months later, I would been in this same world as he.

[enlightenedspartan]

Love it, Burl Ives rocks... but his best work is still Frosty the Snowman...

[PhAlecAlec]

‎(◠‿◠)❤♥••.♫♪♫•☆¸¸.•*¨*•♫*•.¸

A little bitty tear let me down ...

[jimbamboozled]

Amen, Burl Ives was great.

[HeidiCarnage]

I wept you could never find two better

[BDOUG23]

His voice will always remind me of Rudolph the Red Nosed reindeer......

[Ulysses61]

Burl Ives' did several beautiful duets with Bing Crosby, who gets my vote as the greatest voice of the 20th century in popular music.

[2ndhandsoul]

Yeah; his voice is awesome: he even can sound like an invisible orchestra, while singing real singing.

[john9944]

You could search the world and never find two better balladers.

[tuxguys]

9/25/10: I'VE GOT TCM on in the background, watching Burl Ives out-act everybody else in "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof," and I go to YouTube to see what some generous uploader has provided for the world to enjoy regarding Ives, and I find this gem.

Iconic.

God Bless YouTube.

God bless the uploader.

God Bless America.

[4freespeech]

His name was Burl Icle Ivanhoe, and he was an American institution.

So much of our culture has passed away, including both these guys.

Can you imagine we learned these songs in grade school back in

the 1950s?

If you hear your grandparents talk about the "Good Old Days" don't

laugh...THEY WERE!

[CRAIGARRR]

Hey it's the Norelco riding Santa Clause guy!!

[BGRBryan]

it is great to hear civil war songs, I was born in Arkansas (just like Johnny) and my grandmother actually carried a confederate $20 bill in her purse that had been in the family....god I wish I had that....my grandmother actually used to babysit Johnny Cash in Dyess, where they all chopped cotton together...

[singingkid]

Burl Ives to me was one of the greatest singers, and actors that there ever was. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful, and rare clip! :))

[bayster912]

Brilliant clip, thanks for uploading. Great to see these two legends singing together particularly 'Goober Peas' which is one of my favourite Civil war-era songs and the haunting 'Lorena'. Burl looks likes he has lost a fair bit of weight since 'Summer Magic' in 1963

[shitbagsmith]

Two of the greatest entertainers at home with each other and their ballad form of music. They had the ability to take us all back into that time and make us feel the spirit felt by those who heard these songs more than a century before us.

[dmackler58]

burl ives is probably my favorite musician

[LilyD1994]

Is Burl Ives chewing gum while he sings? That's kind of neat...

[4freespeech]

@LilyD1994 I'd bet Ives got a sore throat right before he

appeared on the show and had to make do with a cough

drop. This is the only time I ever saw him chewing on

something while singing, and I remember him from

the 1950s.

[hcaliforniagirl]

they sang good together

[brendandawna]

could someone post "That's My Heart Strings"? My mother hasn't heard that in years, and is recouperating from surgery...

[SadSpectacle]

Philip Seymour Hoffman totally looks like Burl Ives.

[billyfury1]

Brilliant,do you have burl ives singing it comes & goes....

[franichevich]

Burl Ives meant so much to my family. His homespun natural delivery really touched the heart of my old granny, Baba. The old farm girl in turn would sing it my brother, Baby Matty. Now Big Matt re-introduces it to me. Thank you, little brother! -Vince Vance

[franichevich]

Burl Ives meant so much to my family. His homespun natural delivery really touched the heart of my old granny, Baba. The old farm girl in turn would sing it my brother, Baby Matty. Now Big Matt re-introduces it to me. Thank you, little brother! -Vince Vance

[barrygioportmorien1]

Great tune by Burl.

[suzie106]

I saw Burl Ives on his last tour of Britain. Brilliant! I bought an LP and there was a song on it called 'How now shepherd'. I can't find it anywhere. It's an old English song apparently. Has anyone else heard this? Has anyone actually got it? Does anyone know where I can find it? Please!

[60Cascade]

@suzie106 Yes, I've heard of this song. It was on Burl's 1953 album "Coronation Concert" which was recorded live in London England and released on the Decca label here in the states. Though this album has never been released on CD most of it was included on the 2005 release by Jasmine Records "Burl Ives - The Golden Years Of The Wayfaring Stranger". How Now Shepherd is included on disc 4 of this boxed CD set.

[suzie106]

@60Cascade. I don't believe it! I have looked up Burl Ives several times on Amazon, but this set didn't come up. I have just asked for it by name, and lo and behold, there it is! I've just ordered it. Thank you so much.

[RogerF337]

Great music!! What a shame singers nowadays don't produce stuff like this, instead of the shouting and screaming that we get.

[Dobes2TBK]

@RogerF337 they do, but ya gotta hunt out the coffee shops and country and/or folk festivals to find'em.

[Birdgirl01]

American musical history captured on film....Thanks!

[Wilkawillfly]

I love Burl Ives voice, grew up listenting to him and many other great singers like him

[captam666]

the history of are country is handed down through songs. cash having burl ives on his show is awesome.great video

[catgumart]

The Johnny cash show is a treasure...look at all the legendary artists that came together there.

[hphdangerzone]

Great video.

[joan106]

Are these old songs what year were they made

[60Cascade]

The first song "A Little Bitty Tear" was written by Hank Cochran (probably in the 1950's) but Burl recorded it in 1961. It was a top ten hit and garnered him a Grammy award in 1962. The other songs originate from the civil war era. "Lorena" was written as a poem in 1857 by a Massachusetts Universalist preacher H.D.L. Webster. Joseph P. Webster wrote the melody. It was very popular among the Southern troops.

[60Cascade]

The author of "Goober Peas" is unknown. It was first published in 1866 by Armand Edwards Blackmar, New Orleans' 'Voice of the South'. The other song "O Mary Don't You Weep" I'm not sure about, but it may have been a spiritual that became popular during the civl war.

[Dobes2TBK]

@60Cascade I first heard "O Mary" as done by the Kingston Trio, in a quicker tempo.

[60Cascade]

@Dobes2TBK Yea, the first time I heard it was on an old album of spirituals by Tennessee Ernie Ford. I'm guessing it's an old negro spiritual from the 1800's.

[candw87]

Burl lves had a 15 minute weekly show on the BBC in 1949 two songs l remember A Little Bitty Tear& Big Rock Candy Mountain

[60Cascade]

@candw87 - I don't think it was "A Little Bitty Tear" that you remember. If it was 1949 it was probably "Blue Tail Fly" and "Big Rock Candy Mountain". Or possibly "Wayfaring Stranger" since that was the theme song of his radio program in the 1940's. He didn't perform "A Little Bitty Tear" until he entered the recording studio in 1961 to cut the album "The Versatile Burl Ives" in Nashville Tennessee with the great Owen Bradley at the helm, engineering the session.

[Pattonfrodo]

My Gram gave me one of her old Burl Ives records when I was a kid..I use to imagine it was Sam The Snowman singing! lol

[tonywalsh69]

includes the classic song lorena.

[whatsupfamousface]

I remember crying when Burl Ives died. He was such magic to me and I was secretly wishing he would live forever. I grew up with all his songs and his voice is still the greatest there ever was. If I ever had a grandpa, I'd totally wish he was it

[BWild82]

Burl Ives. What a treasure. Such a unique voice: so clear and pure, so warm and vulnerable yet so powerful...I will never grow tired of it. Or of the other icon in this video. God, I wish I had seen these shows live, and am so glad you've posted this, abargle!

[tauheke]

Legendary Burl, cuddly grandfather type when I was a kid.

[Robbie6644]

God has some great singers with him now.

[doubletfarms]

This is amazing!!!!!!!! 5 stars : )

[nelsonmc93]

That is a good vioce combination.

And I'm used to Burl singing happy songs. The first song he sang just didn't seem like him. Still liked it though

[byebyelove1944]

What an unexpected but nice voice combination :>) Peter

[TheClockman13]

you sing good.

[Parsa9]

>>THE WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION

In the North we just call you Losers.

[ghostbuster93]

I just watched Cat On A Hot Tin Roof and he reminds me so much of my father. It made me sad. My father and I didn't get on but I miss him none the less. He was a bit like Big Daddy, hard and unapproachable but underneath sensitive and vulnerable.

[4freespeech]

How many here can remember when

there was QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT

like this on television?

[trisky1234]

Before I was born unfortunately..

[kaxxaharra]

Classic! Two legends performing as great as ever. 5*

[Grifiki]

Two for one! I guess? There's hope for the rest..

[Kelhibbert]

I have loved Burl's music sinse i was a little five year old, he had such a soothing voice. But man i prefered him when he was like a big bear! He shouldn't have lost weight haha.

[SuleDrum]

That story Ives says about the name of "Goober Peas" is WRONG. "Goober"comes from "Nguba" a Central African (Bantu) word for...peanut!

As is the word "tote", Bantu for "carry" (as in "tote sack")

[Daddymccourt]

Politics should have no place in music.

No one has the right to deprive anyone of a livlihood because of their beliefs

Ordinary decent people such as Robeson, Chaplin, Seeger etc were victimised by McCarthy

McCarthyism may have had the approval of some Americans then but most in the FREE world despised it.. Today decent Americans cringe at the thought of what was done.

Communism was taught by Christ and practised by early Christians, greed of Church leaders forced its abandonment.

[yedon68]

........academy award winner too....!

[playit1time]

i can not beleive i am related to this man it's weird this history but at the same time pretty cool he is like my great great uncle the ives side is so awsome i can not beleive one of my ancestors met johnny cash and sang with him pretty cool

[CntryInVa]

Americana!

[mickbailey64]

simply 2 legendary balladeers

[wen790]

what happened to quality?

Ives & Cash -beautifull

absolutley beautifull

[videoclog]

What a great piece of television and musical history. Many thanks for this wonderful upload.

Ives was blacklisted and Cash was censored. Why is it that talented people are always under attack? It's a shame.

[theshadow1932]

Well, talented people sometimes get a little too big for their britches, wanting to be "cutting edge" and wind up taking the wrong side. Remember the Technocracy movement of the 1930s, which led to a brief flirtation between the science fiction community and Nazism? Imagine people like Frederick Pohl and Ray Bradbury in brown shirts! Brilliance is not the same as wisdom.

Norm

[WhoDoYouWant]

An adult generally decides for himself how big or small he wears his britches, and therefore how big or small he is in them.

Another point - one person's "wrong" is another person's "right" and the rightness of McCarthy's witch-hunts has historically been proved wrong.

Final point: Blacklisting (destroying a person's career and reputation because his thoughts alledgedly run contrary to the mainstream) is a sizable demonstration of someone (Mc Carthy and Co) acting too big for his britches.

[theshadow1932]

A real adult. But, a real adult is capable of JUDGEMENT, which does not come with age alone.

You're confusing right and wrong with personal opinion. The former are concrete facts and thus inarguable, while the latter is often a display of ignorance.

You're wrong about McCarthy. Look up The Vinona Papers (SP?) He was RIGHT about reds in The State Dept.

Blacklisting: Those leaning toward the reds in the '50s deserved to lose their careers so they could starve, die and stop being threats.

[WhoDoYouWant]

Well, judging by your comments we're unlikely to agree either in opinions of McCarthy or in concepts of right and wrong. Fact is truth and is immutable - right has nothing to do with facts and everything to do with "personal opinion".

Example: It's "right" to drive on the right side of the road?.... yes, unless, that is, you come from my country, where driving on the right side of the road get's you arrested or killed. But you're obviously entitled to your opinion, which is my very point :)

[riverleejames]

what do you think....

[jonpetteroie]

Great talents can't describe what talent is about. The vocabulary is not strong enough. As a Norwegian to listen to this kind of music is great. In lack of other words I say, its great to remenice of what the world would look like with out great ballads. Nothing. Its great.

[kwassagirl]

Two great talents! Come on FOXTEL in AUSTRALIA, pick up some of these wonderful old shows from the 50's and 60's.

[JubalCalif]

Certainly can never get enough of the late great Burl Ives. And what a delight to see two of the greatest American singers ever together on the same stage! I sometimes watched the Cash TV show on ABC back in the 70's when I was a teen but must have missed this episode. And "Goober Peas' is my favorite Ives tune. MANY thanks for posting this for us to enjoy! :)

[msymsed]

lol War Between the States is The War of Northern Aggression in the South!

[unknownkingdom]

I like old, old music...Like civil war songs.

[37meat]

what ever happened to variaty television. we are feed so much crap with all these stupied soaps.

[fanchbrezoneg]

For 37meat.

In France and Europa it's the same.

Poor and sad TV.

[eddiemac303]

thanks, for a great vidio

[denofassassins]

What a voice on this guy. So distinct. You know when it's Burl Ives singing. You could never confuse him with anyone else.

[verbusen]

That was very nice, thanks for bringing this clip to the world!

[BigFloridaCowboy]

Why isn't the Johnny Cash show in syndication on one of the 300 cable channels? The diverse level of quality talent he was able to assemble will never be repeated on network television. It took a talent like Johnny Cash to recognize and promote some of the best young talent of the 70's.

[Goldie1966]

Good point why hasn't one of the head nuckle heads of the so called great TV networks realized this. Perhaps if there is a job opening Bigfloridacowboy should reply.

Bring Back JOHNNY CASH

[zaaritha]

Thanks!

Two great singers together!

Burl I. recorded many good song and was a great movieactor.