Barred for a while from American employment, he frequently played on BBC Radio's Children's Hour, with such favorites as "Big Rock Candy Mountain", "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain", and "Lavender Blue". Ives also performed at the Royal Coronation festival in 1952 which purportedly was also attended by a young John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Barred for a while from American employment, he frequently played on BBC Radio's Children's Hour, with such favorites as "Big Rock Candy Mountain", "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain", and "Lavender Blue". Ives also performed at the Royal Coronation festival in 1952 which purportedly was also attended by a young John Lennon and Paul McCartney.