Danny Boy

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lyricist:	Frederick Edward Weatherly (from 1910 until 1913)
composer:	[traditional] (Special Purpose Artist)

publisher:	Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)

lyrics page:	https://genius.com/Bing-crosby-danny-boy-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/8141 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1164523 [info]

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)

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	performance
1939-12-27	Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)	live	Glenn Miller	1:51
1941-07-05	Danny Boy (1941-07-05 recording)	cover	Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:14
1945	Danny Boy	instrumental and live	Art Tatum	3:07
1946-05-17	London Donnie (Danny Boy)		Don Byas Quartet	2:52
1953-02	Danny Boy	instrumental	Ben Webster & The Modern Jazz Quartet	4:35
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
1955-08-30	Danny Boy		Judy Garland	2:28
1957-11-20	Danny Boy	instrumental	Jimmy Smith	7:27
1958 – 1960	Danny Boy	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	5:24
1959	Danny Boy	cover	Elvis Presley	3:55
1961-11-30	Danny Boy		Bill Monroe	2:36
1961	Danny Boy		Andy Williams	2:54
1962-04-10	Danny Boy	instrumental	Bill Evans Trio	10:43
1962-08-14	Danny Boy	cover and instrumental	Shelly Manne / Bill Evans with Monty Budwig	3:42
1964-12-20	Danny Boy		Johnny Cash	5:13
1964	Danny Boy	instrumental	Maynard Ferguson	3:52
1964	Danny Boy	instrumental and live	Ben Webster WIth Dave Frishberg, Richard Davis, Grady Tate	5:05
1964	Danny Boy		Carol Sloane, Ben Webster	4:25
1965	Danny Boy	live	Andy Williams	2:57
1966-06-30	Danny Boy	instrumental	Cees Slinger	4:27
1968-06-25	Danny Boy (instrumental)	cover and instrumental	Elvis Presley	1:35
1969	Danny Boy (live, 1969: The Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV, USA)	cover and live	Tom Jones	4:21
1976-02-02 – 1976-02-07	Danny Boy	cover	Elvis Presley	3:56
1976-02-05	Danny Boy	cover	Elvis Presley	3:56
1976-02-05	Danny Boy ‐ take 9	cover	Elvis Presley	4:02
1976-02-05	Danny Boy (alternate take 8)	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
1982	Danny Boy		Airmen of Note	1:58
1984-05-18	Danny Boy		Carol Sloane	?:??
1988-04	Danny Boy	instrumental	Great Jazz Trio	7:38
1990-09-18 – 1990-10-04	Danny Boy (Weatherly in English)		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
1996-10-23	Modena: Danny Boy (live, 1996-10-23: Teatro Comunale di Modena, Modena, Italy)	instrumental	Keith Jarrett	5:00
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
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
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
2019-09 – 2019-11	Danny Boy		Patricia Petibon, Ronan Le Bars, Susan Manoff	5:37
	Danny Boy	cover	Joni James	3:29
	Danny Boy	cover	Jheena Lodwick	6:08
	Danny Boy	cover	Aaron Neville	2:29
	Danny Boy		Jacintha	7:21
	Danny Boy		Jacintha	7:26
	Danny Boy		Ruby Murray	2:10
	Danny Boy		Butch Waller	4:44
	Danny Boy (live)	live	Andy Williams	3:17
	Danny Boy		Andy Williams	2:57
	Danny Boy		Andy Williams	3:22
	Danny Boy		Andy Williams	3:23
	Danny Boy		Andy Williams	3:00
	Danny Boy	instrumental	Bill Evans Trio	3:44
	Danny Boy		Bryn Terfel with Ronan Keating	3:39
	Danny Boy	instrumental	The Sergio Rafael Orchestra	4:06
	Danny Boy		Barnbrack	3:18
	Danny Boy		John Brancy, Peter Dugan	4:57
	Danny Boy		Ernestine Schumann-Heink	3:32
	Danny Boy (live)	live	Tom Jones	2:44
	Danny Boy (live)	live	Tom Jones	4:21
	Danny Boy		Tom Jones	2:55
	Danny Boy		Tom Jones	2:41
	Danny Boy		Tom Jones	2:37
	Danny Boy		Tom Jones	?:??
	Danny Boy		Tom Jones	2:43
	Danny Boy		Tom Jones	3:57
	Danny Boy	cover and instrumental	Nick Kluge	3:06
	Danny Boy	cover	Elvis Presley	3:58
	Danny Boy		The Glenn Miller Orchestra	2:17
	Danny Boy	cover	Elvis Presley	3:31
	Danny Boy	cover	Al Edwards	3:12
	Danny Boy		Jacintha	7:24
	Danny Boy	instrumental	James Galway & Phil Coulter	3:40
	Danny Boy		Celtic Woman	3:26
	Danny Boy	cover	Ben Steneker	2:50
	Danny Boy	cover and instrumental	Cy Leo	7:27
	Danny Boy	instrumental	Oscar Peterson	3:41
	Danny Boy (live)	cover and live	Roger Whittaker	4:05
	Danny Boy		Veronica Dunne, Havelock Nelson	3:38
	Danny Boy		Ben Webster	3:39
	Danny Boy		Brigham Young University Vocal Point	4:47
	Danny Boy	cover	The Seekers	3:05
	Danny Boy	instrumental	Sally Maer	3:49
	Danny Boy		Ruby Murray	2:11
	Danny Boy		Paul Downes	3:35
	Danny Boy		Margaret Burke-Sheridan	3:42
	Danny Boy		Diane Schuur	3:33
	Danny Boy		Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:21
	Danny Boy	instrumental	Eddie Higgins Trio	4:41
	Danny Boy	cover	G4	4:17
	Danny Boy		Mario Lanza	2:57
	Danny Boy		G4 featuring Jonathan Ansell	4:18
	Danny Boy		The King’s Singers	3:13
	Danny Boy		The Irish Tenors	3:55
	Danny Boy	cover and instrumental	Johan Versk	2:15
	Danny Boy	cover	Conway Twitty	?:??
	Danny Boy	cover	Conway Twitty	?:??
	Danny Boy	cover	Mark Dinning	?:??
	Danny Boy	cover	Joe Longthorne	3:27
	Danny Boy		Roger Whittaker	4:05
	Danny Boy (live)	live	Tom Jones	3:10
	Danny Boy	cover	Joni James	3:29
	Danny Boy	cover	Elvis Presley	4:00
	Danny Boy	cover	Elvis Presley	3:58
	Danny Boy	cover	Elvis Presley	3:58
	Danny Boy	cover	Elvis Presley	4:02
	Danny Boy	cover	Elvis Presley	3:56
	Danny Boy	instrumental	Bettine Clemen with Members of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra	4:03
	Danny Boy		Joni James	3:54
	Danny Boy		Joni James	3:26
	Danny Boy		[unknown]	4:37
	Danny Boy		Laura Wright	4:05
	Danny Boy		Kiri Te Kanawa	4:34
	Danny Boy		Allan Bruce	3:17
	Danny Boy		藤田恵美	4:45
	Danny Boy	instrumental	Bill Evans	3:42
	Danny Boy	cover	David Arkenstone	3:56
	Danny Boy	cover	Hazel O’Connor	2:33
	Danny Boy	cover	Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra	4:19
	Danny Boy	instrumental	Luka Bloom	3:18
	Danny Boy	cover	The Pizzarelli Boys	5:02
	Danny Boy		Maxine Linehan	3:54
	Danny Boy		Val Doonican	?:??
	Danny Boy	cover	Glenn Miller	2:18
	Danny Boy	cover	Wing	2:45
	Danny Boy		Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra	3:11
	Danny Boy	cover and instrumental	Herb Alpert	3:25
	Danny Boy	cover	Harambee	4:18
	Danny Boy		Côr Meibion y Brythoniaid	3:13
	Danny Boy		The Roger Wagner Chorale	2:59
	Danny Boy	cover	De Dannan	4:59
	Danny Boy		The Rudy Gabor Strolling Strings	2:15
	Danny Boy		Rosemary Clooney	2:11
	Danny Boy		Anita Ellis	3:22
	Danny Boy		McGinty	4:47
	Danny Boy		Bing Crosby	?:??
	Danny Boy		Bing Crosby	2:53
	Danny Boy		Bing Crosby	3:15
	Danny Boy	cover	Elvis Presley	3:59
	Danny Boy	cover	Peggy Lee	2:20
	Danny Boy	cover	Johnny Mathis	4:49
	Danny Boy (mono)		Johnny Cash	5:13
	Danny Boy		Johnny Cash	?:??
	Danny Boy		Johnny Cash	3:19
	Danny Boy		Johnny Cash with Jimmie Rodgers	?:??
	Danny Boy		Jim Reeves	2:57
	Danny Boy		The Glenn Miller Orchestra	2:13
	Danny Boy	instrumental	James Galway, National Philharmonic Orchestra, The Chieftains	3:23
	Danny Boy	cover	Ray Price	3:05
	Danny Boy (live)	live	Andy Williams	2:50
	Danny Boy		Ferlin Husky	1:56
	Danny Boy		Sam Cooke	?:??
	Danny Boy		Sam Cooke	2:48
	Danny Boy		Sam Cooke	2:43
	Danny Boy		Sam Cooke	2:48
	Danny Boy		Sam Cooke	2:16
	Danny Boy		Sam Cooke	?:??
	Danny Boy		Sam Cooke	2:48
	Danny Boy		Sam Cooke	2:43
	Danny Boy		Sam Cooke	2:48
	Danny Boy		Sam Cooke	2:45
	Danny Boy	cover	Jackie Wilson	4:12
	Danny Boy	cover	Jackie Wilson	4:17
	Danny Boy	cover	Jackie Wilson	4:15
	Danny Boy	cover	Jackie Wilson	4:16
	Danny Boy	cover	Jackie Wilson	4:18
	Danny Boy	cover	Jackie Wilson	3:26
	Danny Boy	cover	Jackie Wilson	4:17
	Danny Boy	cover	Jackie Wilson	3:29
	Danny Boy	cover	Jackie Wilson	4:18
	Danny Boy	cover	Jackie Wilson	3:27
	Danny Boy	cover	Jackie Wilson	3:29
	Danny Boy	cover	Jackie Wilson	4:17
	Danny Boy	cover	Willie Nelson	3:58
	Danny Boy		Elvis Presley	4:00
	Danny Boy		Elvis Presley	3:59
	Danny Boy	cover	Bill Monroe	2:36
	Danny Boy		Carly Simon	3:24
	Danny Boy		Kate Smith, Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops Orchestra	4:41
	Danny Boy		Roger Whittaker	3:44
	Danny Boy		The Chieftains, James Galway & National Philharmonic Orchestra	3:38
	Danny Boy		Al Hirt and His Band	2:34
	Danny Boy		Peter Nero	3:56
	Danny Boy		Ofra Harnoy	3:29
	Danny Boy		Robert White & National Philharmonic Orchestra	4:59
	Danny Boy		Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra	3:33
	Danny Boy		Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops Orchestra	3:34
	Danny Boy		Richard Stoltzman	4:36
	Danny Boy		James Galway, The Chieftains, National Philharmonic Orchestra	3:23
	Danny Boy		Mario Lanza	3:01
	Danny Boy		[unknown]	4:24
	Danny Boy		Louis Van Dyke / Rogier van Otterloo	3:32
	Danny Boy	instrumental	James Galway, London Mozart Players	3:18
	Danny Boy		Harry Belafonte	5:27
	Danny Boy		Helmut Lotti duet with Cliff Richard	3:55
	Danny Boy		Kiri Te Kanawa	4:38
	Danny Boy		Paul McMahon, Andrew Greene	3:34
	Danny Boy	instrumental	Celtic Rainbow	4:24
	Danny Boy		The Dolmen	4:28
	Danny Boy		Judy Garland	3:07
	Danny Boy	instrumental	Patricia Spero	2:39
	Danny Boy		John Gary	3:47
	Danny Boy	instrumental	Sil Austin	2:50
	Danny Boy	cover and instrumental	James Galway, National Philharmonic Orchestra, The Chieftains	3:23
	Danny Boy		Bing Crosby	3:15
	Danny Boy		Richard Stark	4:18
	Danny Boy	live	Harry Belafonte	5:22
	Danny Boy		Harry Belafonte	5:03
	Danny Boy		Harry Belafonte	5:21
	Danny Boy		Richard Stark	4:10
	Danny Boy		Roisin O’Reilly	3:48
	Danny Boy		Cantillation, Paul McMahon, Brett Weymark	3:50
	Danny Boy		Judy Garland	3:05
	Danny Boy		European Concert Orchestra, Matthew Freeman	3:14
	Danny Boy		Sam Cooke	2:48
	Danny Boy	cover	Conway Twitty	2:46
	Danny Boy		Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra	3:03
	Danny Boy		Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square	5:33
	Danny Boy	cover	Eva Cassidy	3:41
	Danny Boy		Ernestine Schumann-Heink	?:??
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:48
	Danny Boy		Cheyenne Jackson	0:21
	Danny Boy	cover	Brobdingnagian Bards	2:35
	Danny Boy (American IV: The Man Comes Around version)		Johnny Cash	3:20
	Danny Boy	instrumental	Till Brönner	4:48
	Danny Boy		Johnny Cash	5:13
	Danny Boy		Johnny Cash	4:13
	Danny Boy		Johnny Cash	3:15
	Danny Boy		Johnny Cash	5:11
	Danny Boy	cover	Jackie Wilson	4:16
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:45
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:03
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:49
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:17
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:12
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:56
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:14
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:52
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:02
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:08
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:52
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	4:47
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:55
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:57
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	4:48
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:10
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:47
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:27
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:51
	Danny Boy	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:45
	Danny Boy	cover	Elvis Presley	3:32
	Danny Boy	cover	Elvis Presley	3:54
	Danny Boy	cover and live	Elvis Presley	1:35
	Danny Boy	cover	Elvis Presley	4:00
	Danny Boy	cover	Elvis Presley	3:56
	Danny Boy	cover	Elvis Presley	3:54
	Danny Boy	cover and live	Elvis Presley	2:35
	Danny Boy (1)		Elvis Presley	?:??
	Danny Boy (2)		Elvis Presley	?:??
	Danny Boy (alternate take 9)	cover	Elvis Presley	3:53
	Danny Boy (alternate take 9)	cover	Elvis Presley	3:54
	Danny Boy (Alternate Take)	cover	Elvis Presley	?:??
	Danny Boy (live)	cover and live	Tom Jones	2:45
	Danny Boy (Live)	cover	Harry Belafonte	5:22
	Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)	instrumental	Moscow Festival Orchestra	4:41
	Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)	instrumental	Douglas Gamley and His Orchestra	4:39
	Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)	cover	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	2:17
	Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)	cover	Tom Jones	2:41
	Danny Boy (Master Rough Mix)	cover	Elvis Presley	4:00
	Danny Boy (Second Rehearsal)	cover	Elvis Presley	1:35
	Danny Boy (Take 8)	cover	Elvis Presley	3:57
	Danny Boy (Take 9)	cover	Elvis Presley	3:55
	Danny Boy (Takes 6, 7)	cover	Elvis Presley	3:05
	Danny Boy (version 1)	cover	Jackie Wilson	3:30
	Danny Boy (version 2)	cover	Jackie Wilson	4:18
	Danny Boy (Version 2)	cover	Jackie Wilson	4:15
	Danny Boy (version II)	cover	Jackie Wilson	4:19
	Danny Boy / Credits	live and partial	Peter Kay	5:52
	Danny Boy / Danny Boy (Incomplete)	cover	Elvis Presley	7:02
	Dany Boy (live)	live	Tom Jones	2:46
	Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)		Anneke van Giersbergen & Árstíðir	4:11
	Londonerry Air		The Madrigal Singers	1:18
	Medley: I Dream of Jeannie / Danny Boy	cover and medley	Joan Baez	4:11
	Memphis Belle: Theme (Danny Boy)	cover and instrumental	Sacha Puttnam	4:06
	Oh Danny Boy	cover	Sam Robson	3:18
	Oh Danny Boy	cover and live	Tom Jones	?:??
	Oh Danny Boy	instrumental	Symphonic Sound Orchestra	2:47
	Sonny Boy		The Andrews Sisters	1:35
	ダニー・ボーイ	cover	アイ・ジョージ	6:16

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