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 ...

With streaming and downloads included in compiling today's album charts, songs such as the Ives version of "A Holly Jolly Christmas" began rising on the charts decades after their original release ...

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.

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 ...