Tobacco's but an Indian weed -- Little Mohee -- Psalm III -- Confess Jehovah -- Old hundred -- The seven joys of Mary -- The Indian Christmas carol -- Mother goose nursery rhymes -- Mr. Froggie went a ...

According to Carl Sandburg, it was one of Abe Lincoln’s favorite songs. Nobody knows who wrote it, but its words got into print in 1848, in the Ethiopian Glee Book. About five years ago tubby ...

In his recent book “The Philosophy of Modern Song,” Bob Dylan described Perry Como as a “downright incredible” performer who “lived in every moment of every song he sang… When he stood and sang, he ...

Dec. 20—Billboard's Hot 100 songs chart saw a slight change this week, with Mariah Carey regaining the #1 spot, with her modern-day holiday classic "All I Want For Christmas Is You." Carey hit the top ...

Wrong guy: those are songs popularized by folk singer Burl Ives. The fact that Charles Ives is the less popularly known of the two famous American musical Iveses is ironic, since Charles Ives had a ...

Another good December for Burl Ives. Media Monitors’ 2006 Christmas Radio Report says Ives’ “Holly Jolly Christmas” regained its top spot on the Christmas Ten ‘06 chart of the most-played Christmas ...

“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” has been a fixture on national TV every year since 1964. But not many people know that the animated narrator of the show has a direct connection to the Northwest. Burl ...