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Genre. Folk. Songwriter (s) Frederic Weatherly (lyrics) in 1910. Recording. Performed by Celtic Aire of the United States Air Force Band. file. help. " Danny Boy " is a song with lyrics written by English lawyer Frederic Weatherly in 1910, and set to the traditional Irish melody of "Londonderry Air" in 1913.
Roger Ratajczak, Phillip Rodell, Neil Watts, and Lee Missen, formed themselves as the lineup for the vocal harmony group in 1994. The band were discovered by British producer and songwriter Nicky Graham and later signed by Polydor Records. They performed in the 1996 Great British Song Contest, at the time the UK's precursor to the Eurovision ...
[6] The court acknowledged that the songs have similarities, but accepted the argument that those similar parts were not necessarily Helgason's own work in the first place; substantially the same material is in "Londonderry Air" (the melody of "Danny Boy") and other old public-domain songs (it also list a Johnny Mathis song "When a Child Is ...
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. [4] Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing is the eighth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams. It was released in early 1962 by Columbia Records. This was his first project after leaving Cadence Records, where his albums each had a specific theme. Additionally, it was his first in a series of ...
The " Londonderry Air " is an Irish air (folk tune) that originated in County Londonderry, first recorded in the nineteenth century. The tune is played as the victory sporting anthem of Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games. The song "Danny Boy" written by English lawyer Fred Weatherly uses the tune, with a set of lyrics written in the ...
Frederic Edward Weatherly, KC (4 October 1848 – 7 September 1929) was an English lawyer, author, lyricist and broadcaster. He was christened and brought up using the name Frederick Edward Weatherly, and appears to have adopted the spelling 'Frederic' later in life. He is estimated to have written the lyrics to at least 3,000 popular songs ...
John Charles McDermott (born 25 March 1955) is a Scottish-Canadian tenor. With Irish roots on both sides of his family, he is descended from the Irish clan McDermott on his father Peter McDermott's side, with his father having immigrated to Scotland from Ireland. [1][2][3] John McDermott is best known for his rendering of the songs "Danny Boy ...
La Coka Nostra (short LCN) is an American hip hop supergroup currently composed that of Danny Boy, Slaine, DJ Lethal, and Ill Bill.In 2004, its creation started when Danny Boy (Daniel O'Connor) brought two young artists, Slaine (George Carroll) and Big Left (John Faster), to meet Dj Lethal (Leor Dimant) his DJ from his former group House of Pain.