Danny Boy
~ Song
Relationships
| publisher: | Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education) |
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| lyricist: | Frederick Edward Weatherly (from 1910 until 1913) |
| composer: | [traditional] (special purpose artist) |
| publisher: | Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label) Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label) |
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| sub-publisher: | Public Music AB |
| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Bing-crosby-danny-boy-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/8141 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q1164523 [info] |
| later translated versions: | F’Anwylyd Bach Johnny Boy דני בוא דני בוי |
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| is based on: | Londonderry Air |
| is the basis for: | Emerald Eyes (Danny Boy) |
| arrangements: | Danny Boy (for violin and orchestra, arr. Lenehan & Kennedy) Danny Boy (arr. Gamley) Danny Boy (arr. Joseph Flummerfelt) Danny Boy (James Last arrangement) Danny Boy (arr. Thin Lizzy) Danny Boy (arr. DeFeo) Danny Boy (Brian Rogers arrangement) Danny Boy (catch-all for unknown arrangements) Danny Boy (arr. Michael McGlynn) Danny Boy (arr. Julie Knowles) Danny Boy (arr. Ralph Towner) Danny Boy (arr. Gould) Danny Boy (arr. Joshua Pacey for vocal ensemble) Danny Boy (for choir, Rathbone) Danny Boy (arr. Knight) |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1917-09-26 | Danny Boy (1917-09-26, take 3; matrix C-16502) | Ernestine Schumann‐Heink | 3:25 | |
| 1939-12-27 | Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) | live | Glenn Miller | 1:51 |
| 1940-02-05 | Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) (1940-02-05 recording) | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra | ?:?? | |
| 1941-07-05 | Danny Boy (1941-07-05 recording) | cover | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:14 |
| 1941-07-05 | Danny Boy | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra | 3:11 | |
| 1945 | Danny Boy | instrumental and live | Art Tatum | 3:07 |
| 1946-05-17 | Danny Boy (London‐Donnie) (alt) (studio, 1946-05-17: Savoy S59049-2, alternate take) | instrumental | Don Byas Quartet | 3:05 |
| 1946-05-17 | London‐Donnie (studio, 1946-05-17: Savoy S59049-4) | instrumental | Don Byas Quartet | 2:49 |
| 1946-07-31 | Danny Boy | Count Basie and His Orchestra | 3:10 | |
| 1950-04-19 | Danny Boy | Al Hibbler | 3:13 | |
| 1953-02 | Danny Boy | instrumental | Ben Webster & The Modern Jazz Quartet | 4:37 |
| 1953-05-21 | Danny Boy | Ben Webster | 3:40 | |
| 1953 | Danny Boy | instrumental | Ben Webster | 3:39 |
| 1955-07-03 | Danny Boy | instrumental | Art Tatum | 3:18 |
| 1955-07-19 – 1955-08-01 | Danny Boy (live, 1955: London Palladium, London, UK) | live | Rosemary Clooney accompanied by The Skyrockets Orchestra with Buddy Cole at the piano | 2:18 |
| 1955-07-19 – 1955-08-01 | Danny Boy (live, 1955: London Palladium, London, UK) | live | Rosemary Clooney accompanied by The Skyrockets Orchestra with Buddy Cole at the piano | 2:59 |
| 1955-08-30 | Danny Boy | Judy Garland | 2:28 | |
| 1957-11-20 | Danny Boy | instrumental | Jimmy Smith | 7:27 |
| 1958-01-13 | Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Gerald Moore | 3:47 | |
| 1958-12 – 1959-01 | Danny Boy / Danny Boy (incomplete) | cover | Elvis Presley | 7:02 |
| 1958 – 1960 | Danny Boy (live, 1958–1960: Germany) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:32 |
| 1959-04 | Danny Boy (live, 1959-04: Carnegie Hall, New York, United States) | cover and live | Harry Belafonte | 5:21 |
| 1959 | Danny Boy | cover | Elvis Presley | 3:58 |
| 1961-08-25 | Danny Boy (live) | cover and live | Jim Reeves | 3:27 |
| 1961-11-30 | Danny Boy | Bill Monroe | 2:36 | |
| 1961 | Danny Boy | Andy Williams | 2:54 | |
| 1962-04-04 | Danny Boy | cover and instrumental | Bill Evans Trio | 10:41 |
| 1962-04-04 | Danny Boy | cover and instrumental | Bill Evans | 10:41 |
| 1962-04-10 | Danny Boy | instrumental | Bill Evans Trio | 10:41 |
| 1962-08-14 | Danny Boy | cover and instrumental | Shelly Manne / Bill Evans with Monty Budwig | 3:43 |
| 1964-06-05 | Danny Boy | instrumental | Herman Chittison | 3:04 |
| 1964-12-20 | Danny Boy | Johnny Cash | 5:14 | |
| 1964 | Danny Boy | Carol Sloane, Ben Webster | 4:25 | |
| 1964 | Danny Boy (stereo) | instrumental | Maynard Ferguson | 3:50 |
| 1964 | Danny Boy | instrumental and live | Ben Webster WIth Dave Frishberg, Richard Davis, Grady Tate | 5:05 |
| 1964 | Danny Boy (W Jazz All Stars 1964) | cover | Tony Bennett | 5:00 |
| 1965 | Danny Boy | live | Andy Williams | 2:57 |
| 1966-06-30 | Danny Boy | instrumental | Cees Slinger | 4:27 |
| 1968-04-21 | Danny Boy (live, 1968-04-21: Ed Sullivan Show, USA) | cover and live | Tom Jones | 4:00 |
| 1968-06-25 | Danny Boy (instrumental) | cover and instrumental | Elvis Presley | 1:35 |
| 1969-01-30 | Danny Boy (live, 1969-01-30: Apple Corps Headquarters rooftop, London, UK) | live | The Beatles | ?:?? |
| 1969-01-30 | Danny Boy (stereo) | cover and live | The Beatles | 0:43 |
| 1969-01-30 | Danny Boy 30.09 | live and partial | The Beatles | 0:43 |
| 1969 | Danny Boy (live, 1969: The Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Tom Jones | 4:21 |
| 1970-05 – 1970-10 | Pete Drake's Talking Steel Guitar (rec May-Oct '70) | cover and partial | George Harrison & Ringo Starr | 5:08 |
| 1975-01-21 – 1975-01-24 | Medley: I Dream of Jeannie / Danny Boy | cover and medley | Joan Baez | 4:11 |
| 1976-02-02 – 1976-02-07 | Danny Boy | cover | Elvis Presley | 3:56 |
| 1976-02-05 | Danny Boy | cover | Elvis Presley | 3:58 |
| 1976-02-05 | Danny Boy | cover | Elvis Presley | 3:54 |
| 1976-02-05 | Danny Boy (alternate take 8) | cover | Elvis Presley | 4:02 |
| 1976-02-05 | Danny Boy (take 9) | cover | Elvis Presley | 4:02 |
| 1976-06-01 | Danny Boy | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 4:46 |
| 1976-09-05 | Danny Boy | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:32 |
| 1976-09-06 | Danny Boy | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:44 |
| 1977-10 | Danny Boy | instrumental | Herb Ellis / Remo Palmier | 2:48 |
| 1979 | Danny Boy | cover and instrumental | Roland Cedermark | 3:35 |
| 1982-05-17 | Danny Boy (live, 1982-05-17: The Bottom Line, New York, NY, USA) | live | Richard & Linda Thompson | 3:45 |
| 1982-05-17 – 1982-05-18 | Danny Boy (live, 1982-05: The Bottom Line, New York, NY, USA) | live | Richard Thompson Big Band | 3:35 |
| 1982 | Danny Boy | Airmen of Note | 1:58 | |
| 1983-12-10 | Danny Boy (live, 1983-12-10: Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany) | live | Richard Thompson Band | 5:43 |
| 1983-12-10 | Danny Boy (live, 1983-12-10: Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany) | live | Richard Thompson Band | 5:43 |
| 1984-05-18 | Danny Boy | Carol Sloane | 2:58 | |
| 1987-05 | Danny Boy | Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams | 3:45 | |
| 1988-04 | Danny Boy | instrumental | Great Jazz Trio | 7:38 |
| 1988 | Danny Boy | cover | Daniel O’Donnell | 4:04 |
| 1990-09-18 – 1990-10-04 | Danny Boy | Plácido Domingo, Itzhak Perlman, New York Studio Orchestra, Jonathan Tunick | 3:35 | |
| 1992-09-14 – 1992-09-15 | Danny Boy | Ann Murray, Graham Johnson | 3:22 | |
| 1994-06 | Danny Boy | cover and instrumental | Charlie Haden & Hank Jones | 5:51 |
| 1994 | Danny Boy (live at Pearl's, Annapolis, 1994) | cover and live | Eva Cassidy | 3:41 |
| 1996-10-23 | Modena: Danny Boy (live, 1996-10-23: Teatro Comunale di Modena, Modena, Italy) | instrumental | Keith Jarrett | 5:00 |
| 1997-08-09 | Danny Boy | live | Fairport Convention | 3:11 |
| 1998-02-17 | Danny Boy | live | Joe Jackson | 6:51 |
| 1998-02-19 – 1998-02-20 | Danny Boy | instrumental | Warren Vaché & Allan Vaché | 3:43 |
| 2000-01 – 2000-03 | Songs & Music From the British Isles: Greensleeves / Men of Harlech / Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) / The Road to the Isles | medley | The City of London Choir, Hilary Davan Wetton, The BBC Concert Orchestra, Barrie Hingley | 8:28 |
| 2002-06-18 – 2002-06-20 | Danny Boy | cover | Jan Kåre Hystad Kvartett | 2:30 |
| 2003-11 | Danny Boy | Thomas Quasthoff, Justus Zeyen | 3:15 | |
| 2008-02-07 | Danny Boy (live, 2008-02-07: Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia) | cover and live | John Butler | 3:42 |
| 2012-03 | Danny Boy (live, 2012-03: Tin Shed Tales Tour, WA, Australia) | cover and live | John Butler | 4:35 |
| 2013-03-17 | Danny Boy | cover | Chris Hadfield | 2:57 |
| 2017 | Danny Boy (live 2017) | cover and live | Celtic Woman | 3:39 |
| 2018-04-27 – 2018-04-29 | Danny Boy | Aoife O'Connor, The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Declan Wildes, Desmond Earley | 4:25 | |
| 2018-05-03 – 2018-06-08 | Danny Boy | Voces8 | 4:34 | |
| 2018 | Danny Boy (updated version with additional music, 2018) | Roy Orbison with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 6:14 | |
| 2019-09 – 2019-11 | Danny Boy | Patricia Petibon, Ronan Le Bars, Susan Manoff | 5:37 | |
| 2020-01-31 | Danny Boy (live, 2020-01-31: Fire Aid Benefit: Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, Australia) | cover and live | John Butler | 7:01 |
| Dadday Boy | cover and instrumental | Bill Evans | 3:42 | |
| Danny (Lonely Blue Boy) | cover | Conway Twitty | 2:14 | |
| Danny boy | Bing Crosby | 3:19 | ||
| Danny boy | Glenn Miller | 2:14 | ||
| Danny Boy | cover | Aaron Neville | 2:29 | |
| Danny Boy | Laura Wright | 4:05 | ||
| Danny Boy | cover | Harry Belafonte | 5:55 | |
| Danny Boy | cover | Harry Belafonte | 4:47 | |
| Danny Boy | Johnny Cash | 3:15 | ||
| Danny Boy | Johnny Cash | 4:13 | ||
| Danny Boy | [unknown] | 4:37 | ||
| Danny Boy | Roger Whittaker | 4:05 | ||
| Danny Boy | Joni James | 3:26 | ||
| Danny Boy | Joni James | 3:54 | ||
| Danny Boy | cover | Harry Belafonte | 5:52 | |
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