Song: Danny Boy

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Written by
Fred Weatherly
Original music written by
[Traditional]
Language
English
Adapted from
Londonderry Air written by [Traditional]
Comments
In 1910, Fred Weatherly wrote words and music for a song called "Danny Boy", but it got no attention.
In 1912, Weatherly's sister-in-law sent him the song "Londonderry Air", which fitted his lyrics perfectly.
In 1913, Weatherly published a revised version of his lyrics to fit the new tune.

Originals

First release
Danny Boy by Ernestine Schumann-Heink on audio single Danny Boy (1915)

Adaptation tree

Versions

Londonderry Air written by [Traditional] jump to adaptation tree

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 Danny Boy Art Tatum 1945
2 Danny Boy Joe Venuti 1946
3 Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) Ben Webster 1954
4 Danny Boy The Johnnie Pate Trio 1956
5 Londonderry Air The Mormon Tabernacle Choir September 1959
6 Londonderry Air Duane Eddy and The Rebels November 1961
7 The Londonderry Air Barry Harris 1961
8 Danny Boy Shelly Manne/Bill Evans with Monty Budwig 1962
9 Londonderry Air Red Nichols and the Five Pennies 1962
10 Danny Boy Maynard Ferguson 1963
11 Danny Boy The Svend Asmussen Sextet 1967
12 Danny Boy Papa John Creach 1971
13 Danny Boy Charlie McCoy featuring Curly Chalker 1972
14 Londonderry Air Jimmy Rowles 1974
15 Danny Boy Alvin Alcorn and His New Orleans Jazz Band 1975
16 Danny Boy Soprano Summit 1976
17 Londonderry Air Klaus Wunderlich 1976
18 Londonderry Air Svein Finjarn 1977
19 Danny Boy Steve Kuhn 1984
20 Danny Boy Zamfir 1988
21 Danny Boy El McMeen 1992
22 Danny Boy The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra 1992
23 Londonderry Aire Christopher Boscole 1992
24 Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) Harvey Reid 1994
25 Londonderry Air John Colianni 1995
26 Danny Boy James Galway & Phil Coulter 1997
27 Danny Boy Warren Vaché, Allan Vaché 1998
28 Danny Boy Joe Temperley May 1999
29 Cadwyn o Alawon Poblogaidd (The Last Rose of Summer/Derry Air/Edleweiss) Dafydd Huw 2000
30 Londonderry Air Laura Campbell and Myra Kovary 2001
31 Oh, Danny Boy Neal Ewers 2001
32 Londonderry Air The Phil Hopkins Orchestra 2002
33 Danny Boy Joe Beck & Ali Ryerson November 2003
34 Danny Boy Bill Dobbins, John Goldsby, Peter Erskine March 22, 2005
35 Danny Boy The Boundary Water Boys June 14, 2005
36 Danny Boy Bronn Journey 2005
37 Danny Boy Per Nielsen 2005
38 Danny Boy Andy Milne June 12, 2007
39 Londonderry Aire Merietta Oviatt 2008
40 O'Danny Boy Lorinda Jones 2008
41 Danny Boy Charlie Hunter September 14, 2010
42 Danny Boy Lore Constantine 2011
43 Danny Boy Eirinn Abú 2011
44 O Danny Boy 2tone 2012

Danny Boy written by Fred Weatherly - English jump to adaptation tree

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 Danny Boy Ernestine Schumann-Heink 1915
2 Danny Boy Sonny Wilson 1952
3 Danny Boy Ann Cole May 1954
4 Danny Boy Judy Garland September 26, 1955
5 Danny Boy Harry Belafonte 1957
6 Danny Boy Susan Reed 1957
7 Danny Boy Sam Cooke & Bumps Blackwell Orchestra February 1958
8 Danny Boy Gordon MacRae May 1958
9 Danny Boy Eileen Farrell, George Trovillo 1958
10 Danny Boy Anita Ellis 1958
11 Danny Boy Conway Twitty August 1959
12 Danny Boy Johnny O'Keefe and The Dee Jays December 1959
13 Danny Boy Frankie Ford 1959
14 Danny Boy Joni James 1959
15 Danny Boy Sil Austin 1959
16 Danny Boy Jimmy Little with The Graduates 1959
17 Danny Boy Mark Dinning 1960
18 Danny Boy Johnny Preston 1960
19 Danny Boy Jim Reeves February 1961
20 Danny Boy Emile Ford and The Checkmates 1961
21 Danny Boy Ferlin Husky April 1962
22 Danny Boy Connie Francis, Arranged and Conducted By Don Costa 1962
23 Danny Boy Uncle Bob 1964
24 Danny Boy Patti Page 1964
25 Danny Boy The Seekers 1964
26 Danny Boy Wayne Newton 1964
27 Danny Boy Patti LaBelle and Her Bluebelles 1964
28 Danny Boy Johnny Cash February 1965
29 Danny Boy Roy Drusky June 1965
30 Danny Boy Johnny Mathis 1965
31 Danny Boy Judy Henske 1966
32 Danny Boy Helen Merrill 1966
33 Danny Boy David Houston January 1967
34 Danny Boy Ray Price February 1967
35 Danny Boy The Blue Boys [2] June 1967
36 Danny Boy Tom Jones December 1967
37 Danny Boy Sarah Vaughan 1967
38 Danny Boy Johnny Paycheck May 1968
39 Danny Boy Hank Locklin 1968
40 Danny Boy John Rowles 1971
41 Danny Boy Roy Orbison November 1972
42 Danny Boy Franz Lambert 1974
43 Danny Boy Stephanie Mills 1975
44 Danny Boy The Les Humphries Singers 1975
45 Danny Boy Elvis Presley May 1976
46 Danny Boy Nana Mouskouri 1976
47 Danny Boy Mickey Newbury February 1977
48 Danny Boy The Kelly Family 1978
49 Danny Boy Liz Damon's Orient Express 1978
50 Danny Boy Willie and Leon June 1979
51 Medley 10: It's Now or Never / Loving You / Don't / I Need Your Love Tonight / Danny Boy Danny Mirror & The Jordanaires 1981
52 Londonderry Air The King's Singers 1985
53 Danny Boy Daniel O'Donnell 1988
54 Danny Boy Carly Simon July 17, 1990
55 Danny Boy Rachel Ann Morgan 1990
56 Danny Boy Moe Tucker February 7, 1994
57 Danny Boy Robson & Jerome November 13, 1995
58 Danny Boy Hubbas 1995
59 Danny Boy Eric Clapton July 1996
60 Danny Boy Shane MacGowan and The Popes December 9, 1996
61 Danny Boy The A.Y.U. Quartet 1996
62 Danny Boy Charlotte Church 1998
63 Danny Boy Betty Buckley and Kenny Werner March 28, 2000
64 Danny Boy Eclipse [3] April 2001
65 Danny Boy Ted Keegan November 6, 2001
66 Danny Boy Crucke & Claes 2001
67 Danny Boy Eva Cassidy August 20, 2002
68 Danny Boy Terry Buchwald 2002
69 Danny Boy Erik Berglund 2002
70 Danny Boy Megan Mullally and Supreme Music Program 2002
71 Danny Boy/My Way Jesper Lundgaard 2002
72 Danny Boy Aoife April 14, 2003
73 Danny Boy Catherine O'Connell 2003
74 Danny Boy Aaron Neville 2003
75 Danny Boy Helmut Lotti with Cliff Richard 2003
76 Danny Boy Buck Ramsey 2003
77 Danny Boy Méav Ní Mhaolchatha March 1, 2005
78 Danny Boy Richard Thompson February 7, 2006
79 Danny Boy Till Brönner April 28, 2006
80 Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) The Fron Male Voice Choir November 20, 2006
81 Danny Boy G4 November 27, 2006
82 Danny Boy Jimmy Buckley 2006
83 Danny Boy Tony Christie 2006
84 Danny Boy Damien Leith August 18, 2007
85 Danny Boy Rhys Meirion September 2007
86 Danny Boy Rein Alexander 2007
87 Danny Boy Richard Stark 2007
88 Danny Boy Wing 2007
89 Danny Boy Diane Schuur February 26, 2008
90 Danny Boy Siobhán Owen May 2008
91 Danny Boy Perla Batalla December 2008
92 Danny Boy Tom Green 2009
93 Danny Boy Jackie Evancho featuring Chris Botti June 14, 2011
94 Danny Boy Angelique Dee with Jordan Lee 2011
95 Danny Boy Michael Devine 2011
96 Danny Boy Russell Watson May 2012
97 Danny Boy Lisa Moscatiello 2013

Danny Boy written by Lasse Liemola - Finnish jump to adaptation tree

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 Danny Boy Lasse Liemola ja Erkki Ertaman yhtye 1960

Forum topics

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