The beloved Christmas song “A Holly Jolly Christmas” was written by Johnny Marks in 1962 and became most notable when Burl Ives sang it as the narrating snowman in the 1964 stop-motion film ...

Folk singer Burl Ives used Christmas to cross over to the mainstream with his rendition of 'A Holly Jolly Christmas,' which became a pop hit in 1965 and a country holiday staple in the decades since.

Burl Ives and his classic song "A Holly Jolly Christmas" has displaced Jack Harlow's "Lovin' On Me" as the fifth most popular song on the Billboard charts.

Playing guitar and banjo, he gives a sweet exuberance to Ives' classic yuletide numbers - "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas," "Silver and Gold" and, of course, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" - all ...

For me, one fond childhood Christmas memory was Burl Ives' throaty rendition of "Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas." I must admit that in my early life, I had little appreciation for the holly that is ...

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Even Mariah Carey's perennial Christmas tune is no match for oldies popularized by Perry Como and Burl Ives on ASCAP's annual holiday songs chart.

The beloved Christmas song “A Holly Jolly Christmas” was written by Johnny Marks in 1962 and became most notable when Burl Ives sang it as the narrating snowman in the 1964 stop-motion film ...

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