Danny Doyle (singer)

He was born in Dublin.{{cite news |last1=O'Connor |first1=Rachael |title=Irish singer Danny Doyle, who once beat ABBA in the charts, has died aged 79 |url=https://www.irishpost.com/uncategorized/irish-singer-danny-doyle-beat-abba-charts-died-aged-79-169851 |accessdate=8 August 2019 |work=The Irish Post}} After leaving school at the age of fourteen, Doyle started doing odd jobs, including working as general factotum in Dublin's Pike Theatre, where he began to pick up, from the travelling players, songs from the Irish countryside.

During the 1960s and 1970s, he was one of the top Irish singers, regularly featuring in the Irish charts and scoring three No.1 singles. His song "The Rare Auld Times" notably displaced ABBA's "Take a Chance on Me" after just one week at the top.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/number_one|title=The Irish Charts – All there is to know|website=Irishcharts.ie|accessdate=8 August 2019}} The song was composed in the 1970s by Pete St. John for the Dublin City Ramblers and peaked on the Irish Music Charts for 12 weeks.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/obituary-danny-doyle-38392965.html|title=Obituary: Danny Doyle|newspaper=Irish Independent|first=Alan|last=O'Keeffe|date=11 August 2019}} In 1979 Doyle was the first artist to record St John's song "The Fields of Athenry". He is probably best known for his 1967 number one hit "Whiskey on a Sunday". His other notable works are "A Daisy a Day" and "The Rare Auld Times".{{cite news |title=Folk singer Danny Doyle has died, aged 79 |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/0807/1067522-folk-singer-danny-doyle-has-died-aged-79/ |accessdate=8 August 2019 |date=7 August 2019 |language=en}} The hit songs "A Daisy A Day", "Streets Of London", "Lizzie Lindsay" and "Whiskey On A Sunday" that were released in the 1960s made him popular.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/danny-doyle-mn0000568850/biography|title=Danny Doyle|publisher=Allmusic}}

In 1980 he appeared on Thames Television's "Cooper's Half Hour" starring comedian Tommy Cooper.

In 1983 he moved to the United States from Ireland.

He appeared in concert throughout the world, including Carnegie Hall, New York and the Albert Hall, London. He also collaborated with Bill Whelan who was a pianist, producer and Riverdance composer.

Although retired from performing, he performed with other artists at the 2010 Milwaukee Irish Fest.

Doyle died on 6 August 2019 at the age of 79 at his residence in Virginia, in the United States.{{cite news |title=Remembering Irish folk singer Danny Doyle with some of his most popular songs |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/danny-doyle-irish-singer |accessdate=9 August 2019 |work=IrishCentral.com |date=8 August 2019 |language=en}}{{cite news|url = https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/danny-doyle-obituary-rbc8jrcn8|title = Danny Doyle obituary|newspaper = The Times|date = 22 August 2019|accessdate = 21 October 2024|url-access = subscription}} He is survived by his wife Taffy.

• The Gatecrashers (1967){{cite web |title=Anthologies - Live at the Embankment: Folk Music, etc. at theBalladeers |url=https://www.theballadeers.com/fc/fc_1967_embankment.htm |website=www.theballadeers.com |accessdate=9 August 2019}}
• Expressions of Danny Doyle (1967){{cite web |title=Danny Doyle - Discography (Original Albums) |url=https://www.theballadeers.com/ire/dd_d01.htm |website=www.theballadeers.com}}
• A Portrait of Danny Doyle (1969)
• The Hits of Danny Doyle
• Danny Doyle (LP)
• Danny Doyle Vol:2 (1975){{cite web |title=Music Box Records [Irish Record Labels] |url=http://www.irishrock.org/labels/musicboxrecords.html |website=www.irishrock.org |accessdate=9 August 2019}}
• A Very Special Love Song
• Born a Ramblin' Man (1976)
• Whiskey on a Sunday (1976){{cite web |title=Danny Doyle - Discography (Anthologies, Re-releases & Compilations) |url=https://www.theballadeers.com/ire/dd_d03.htm |website=www.theballadeers.com |accessdate=9 August 2019}}
• The West's Awake(1976)
• Harry Nilsson's the Point (1977){{cite web |title=Danny Doyle - The Point; Danny Doyle |url=https://www.theballadeers.com/ire/dd_a1977_point.htm |website=www.theballadeers.com |accessdate=9 August 2019}}
• Presenting Danny Doyle (1977)
• Grand Old Irish Opry (1978)
• Raised on Songs and Stories (1980)
• The Highwayman (1981)
• Twenty Years A-Growing (1987)
• Dublin Me Darlin{{'}} (1990)
• Folk Masters Ensemble (1994){{cite web |url=https://www.theballadeers.com/ire/dd_c1994_folkmasters.htm|title=Danny Doyle: Folk Masters Ensemble |accessdate=9 August 2019}}
• Under a Connemara Moon (1995)
• Spirit of the Gael (2002){{cite web |title=Danny Doyle - Spirit of the Gael |url=https://www.theballadeers.com/ire/dd_b2002_sotg.htm |website=www.theballadeers.com |accessdate=9 August 2019}}
• Emigrant Eyes
• Step It Out
• Classic Collection{{cite web |title=Danny Doyle - Classic Collection |url=https://www.theballadeers.com/ire/dd_b2003_cc.htm |website=www.theballadeers.com |accessdate=8 August 2019}}
• St. Brendan's Fair Isle{{cite web |title=Danny Doyle - St. Brendan's Fair Isle |url=https://www.theballadeers.com/ire/dd_c2002_stbren.htm |website=www.theballadeers.com |accessdate=8 August 2019}}
• The Wearing of the Green

• "Step It Out Mary" / "Pretty Saro" (IE #4) December 1966{{cite web |title=Danny Doyle |url=https://www.irish-showbands.com/Bands/dannydoyle.htm |website=www.irish-showbands.com |accessdate=9 August 2019}}
• "Irish Soldier Laddie" / "Morning Train" (IE #7) April 1967
• "Step It Out Mary" / "Sam Hall" / "Early Morning Rain" / "Red Haired Mary" EP, May 1967
• "Whiskey on a Sunday" / "Reason To Believe" (IE #1) September 1967
• "The Mucky Kid" / "Gone Away" (IE #17) March 1968
• "Johnny" / "Leaving on a Jet Plane" October 1968
• "The Long and Winding Road" June 1970
• "Take Me Home Country Roads" August 1971
• "The Green Hills of Kerry"{{cite web |title=Danny Doyle - I Remember Dublin City |url=https://www.theballadeers.com/ire/dd_b1982_irdc.htm |website=www.theballadeers.com |accessdate=9 August 2019}}
• "A Daisy a Day" / "Far Away in Australia" (IE #1) May 1973
• "Thanks for the Memories" / "Kentucky Moonshine" (IE #2) January 1974
• "A Very Special Love Song" / "Morning Bells Will Chime" (IE #11) July 1974
• "Jesus Is My Kind of People" / "Penny Annie" February 1975
• "Somewhere, Somebody's Waits" (IE #5) September 1976
• "The Rare Auld Times" (IE #1) January 1978
• "Old Dublin Town" / "Bells of the Morning" 1978
• "The Rare Auld Times" / "Old Dublin Town" (re-release) (IE #14) 1979{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630122742/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement|url-status=dead|title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know|archivedate=30 June 2006|website=Irishcharts.ie}}{{cite web|url=http://www.irish-showbands.com/Bands/dannydoyle.htm|title=Danny Doyle|website=Irish-showbands.com|accessdate=8 August 2019}}

• The Gold Sun of Freedom (with Terence Folan){{cite web |url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82032599/ |work=WorldCat |title=Doyle, Danny 1940–}} {{ISBN|9781856352086}}

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• [http://www.dannydoyle.org/ Danny Doyle Home Page]

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