A Holly Jolly Christmas
Burl Ives
1964
Source-checked recording release year. This is not a later chart-return year.
Release: 1964
Release: 1964Source checked
Burl Ives recording from 1964, not later annual holiday chart appearances.
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A Holly Jolly Christmas - release / recording history
Burl Ives recording from 1964, not later annual holiday chart appearances. Source consulted 2026-10-13; not a complete discographic audit.
Former annual assignments retained as history
These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.
- 2022: older return
- 2023: older return
- 2024: older return
About Burl Ives
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Burl Ives was an American singer and actor whose clear tenor carried traditional folk songs into radio, records, theatre and film. Raised in southern Illinois, he learned ballads from his family and later worked with Alan Lomax on radio programs. His Wayfaring Stranger recordings drew on that traditional repertoire. Country songs including A Little Bitty Tear broadened his recording career, while his narration as Sam the Snowman in the 1964 television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer connected his voice with seasonal listening.
Artist background sources
Burl Ives - Association for Cultural Equity biography
Family folk-song background, tenor performance style, Lomax radio work, Wayfaring Stranger repertoire, later country material and the 1964 Rudolph narration. The profile does not adopt the essay's evaluative language or chart-superlative claims. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
A Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives is included in the 2022 annual collection. The cited US year-end table lists it at number 89. A documented songwriting inspiration has not been established for this record; this is chart context, not a creative-origin account.
Chart or collection context only
Billboard year-end 2022 table (Wikipedia transcription)
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Other appearances and versions
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Sources and scope
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Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 2022 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription: title, artist and annual association only. Not a complete recording or songwriting review.
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