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Greatest Hits - Burl Ives
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  1. Big Rock Candy Mountain
  2. Blue Tail Fly]
  3. Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)]
  4. One Hour Ahead of the Posse
  5. On Top of Old Smokey]
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  1. Big Rock Candy Mountain
  2. Blue Tail Fly]
  3. Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)]
  4. One Hour Ahead of the Posse
  5. On Top of Old Smokey]
  6. True Love Goes on and On
  7. Polly Wolly Doodle]
  8. A Little Bitty Tear
  9. Royal Telephone]
  10. Home on the Range]
  11. Funny Way of Laughing
  12. Call Me Mr. In-Between
  13. Pearly Shells (Popo O Ewa)
  14. It Never Happens
  15. My Heart Stood Still
  16. By the Light of the Silvery Moon
  17. Beautiful Brown Eyes
  18. Funny Way of Laughing
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Gen X-ers will instantly recognize Burl Ives's voice from his appearance as a rotund snowman in the animated TV classic Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. But more mature listeners should remember that Ives was a key figure in the folk explosion of the '50s. His pop handling of traditional tunes brought him great success, and this CD collects some of his best. A few tracks, like a swinging "Blue Tail Fly," complete with Andrews Sisters-style background singing, may seem anathema to the folk aesthetic, but that's splitting ...

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Greatest Hits 1996, MCA

UPC: 008811143923

CD

Greatest Hits 1990, MCA

UPC: 076732011447

Cassette