He was known for being the narrator for Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. His song Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer comes on the radio every Christmas and he was also known as an American singer, musician, actor, and author. He was born on June 14^th, 1909 in Hunt City, Illinois and his parents were Levi and Cordelia Ives and Burl also had 6 siblings. He attended Eastern Illinois State Teachers College (now Eastern Illinois University) in Charleston, Illinois. He was a member of the Charleston Chapter of The Order of DeMolay and is listed in the DeMolay Hall of Fame, he was also initiated into Scottish Rite Freemasonry in 1927, he was elevated to the 33^rd and highest degree in 1987, and was later elected the Grand Cross. He had his own radio show The Wayfaring Stranger. He married Helen Peck Elrich in 1945 and had a son Alexander together born in 1949. Ives later divorced Elrich in 1971 and then he later married Dorothy Koster Paul later that year. Dorothy had 3 children Bonnie, Steven, and Stuart from a previous marriage and Ives is a step-father to them. Burl and Dorothy remained together until his death in 1995. Ives’s son Alexander also died in 1995 at the age of 46. Ives died on April 14^th, 1995 at the age of 85 from oral cancer at his home in Anacortes, Washington and was buried at Mound Cemetery in Hunt City Township, Illinois.

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