Ruby Murray - Complete Song Listing in Chronological Order of Record Release Date in UK

Gerald Lawrence 20th April 2005

The purpose of this listing is to give the original date when a song was released on record in the UK, it is not a complete discography of all records. Songs that became repeat releases, such as in compilations, are only given when the record included a song not released before.

/ Title / Date /

78 Record

/

45 Record

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1  / Get Well Soon / 9/1954 /

DB 3518

2  / Two Kinds Of Tears
3  / Heartbeat / 11/1954 /

DB 3542

4  / He’s A Pal Of Mine
5  / Softly, Softly / 1/1955 /

DB 3558

/ SCM 5162
6  / What Could Be More Beautiful?
7  / Spring, Spring, Spring (with D Decker/R Burns/R Harris) / 2/1955 /

DB 3567

/ SCM 5165
8  / Goin’ Co’tin’ (with D Decker/R Burns/R Harris)
9  / Let Me Go, Lover / 2/1955 /

DB 3577

10  / Happy Days And Lonely Nights
11  / If Anyone Finds This, I Love You (with Anne Warren) / 3/1955 /

DB 3580

/ SCM 5169
12  / Before We Know It
13  / Evermore / 5/1955 /

DB 3617

/ SCM 5180
14  / Bambino
15  / I’ll Come When You Call / 9/1955 /

DB 3643

16  / It’s The Irish In Me
17  / The Very First Christmas Of All / 11/1955 /

DB 3680

18  / Slowly With Feeling
19  / When Irish Eyes Are Smiling / 11/1955 / LP 33S1079
“When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”
20  / It’s A Great Day For The Irish
21  / The Mountains Of Mourne
22  / If You’re Irish Come Into The Parlour
23  / Galway Bay
24  / Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral
25  / Dear Old Donegal
26  / How Can You Buy Killarney?
27  / Phil The Fluter’s Ball
28  / Danny Boy
29  / Boy Meets Girl (with Norman Wisdom) / 1/1956 /

DB 3715

/ SCM 5222
30  / Two Rivers (with Norman Wisdom)
31  / (Oh Please) Make Him Jealous / 2/1956 /

DB 3718

/ SCM 5225
32  / For Now, For Ever
33  / I Know I’m Home / 4/1956 /

DB 3750

34  / Please Hold Me Tightly
35  / You Are My First Love / 5/1956 /

DB 3770

36  / Honestly I Do
37  / Teddy O’Neil / 5/1956 / EP SEG 7631
“Everybody’s Sweetheart No. 2”
38  / The Green Glens Of Antrim
Heartbeat
Two Kinds Of Tears
You Are My First Love / 6/1956 / EP SEG 7636
“Everybody’s Sweetheart
No. 3”
39  / That Look In My Eye
I Know I’m Home
Please Hold Me Tightly
40  / It Only Hurts For A Little While / 9/1956 /

DB 3810

/ 45-DB 3810
Teddy O’Neil
41  / Ave Maria / 11/1956 / EP SEG 7669 “Our Choice” (other songs not by Ruby)
42  / Good Luck, Good Health, God Bless You (with E Calvert/M Holliday)
43  / True Love / 11/1956 /

DB 3849

/ 45-DB 3849
44  / Knock On Any Door
45  / O’Malley’s Tango / 12/1956 /

DB 3852

/ 45-DB 3852
46  / In Love
47  / Heart / 3/1957 /

DB 3911

/ 45-DB 3911
48  / From The First Hello – To The Last Goodbye
49  / Mr Wonderful / 4/1957 /

DB 3933

/ 45-DB 3933
50  / Pretty, Pretty
51  / Scarlet Ribbons / 6/1957 /

DB 3955

/ 45-DB 3955
52  / Macushla Mine
53  / Little White Lies / 9/1957 /

DB 3994

/ 45-DB 3994
54  / Passing Strangers
55  / Ain’t That A Grand And Glorious Feeling? / 11/1957 /

DB 4042

/

45-DB 4042

56  / I’ll Remember Today
57  / Keep Smiling At Trouble / 2/1958 /

DB 4075

/ 45-DB 4075
58  / Forgive Me My Darling
59  / Nora Malone / 4/1958 /

DB 4108

/ 45-DB 4108
60  / In My Life
61  / Real Love / 9/1958 /

DB 4192

/ 45-DB 4192
62  / Little One
63  / Courtin’ In The Kitchen / 12/1958 / LP 33S1135
“Endearing Young Charms”
64  / Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
65  / At Finnigan’s Ball
66  / A Little Bit Of Heaven
67  / With Me Shillelagh Under Me Arm
68  / Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry
69  / Doonaree
70  / The Humour Is On Me Now
71  / The Meeting Of The Waters
72  / Mick McGilligan’s Ball
73  / Nevertheless (I’m In Love With You) / 3/1959 /

DB 4266

/ 45-DB 4266
74  / Who Knows?
75  / Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye / 5/1959 /

DB 4305

/ 45-DB 4305
The Humour Is On Me Now
76  / A Pretty Irish Girl (with Brendan O’Dowda) / 6/1959 /

DB 4326

/ 45-DB 4326
77  / Connemara (with Brendan O’Dowda)
78  / A Message from Jimmy / 11/1959 /

DB 4379

/ 45-DB 4379
79  / A Voice In The Choir
80  / You Are My Sunshine / 1/1960 / LP 33SX1201 (mono)
LP SCX3289 (stereo)
“Ruby”
81  / Smile
82  / Love’s Old Sweet Song
83  / When You Wore A Tulip
84  / Have You Ever Been Lonely?
85  / When I Grow Too Old To Dream
86  / Button Up Your Overcoat
87  / Music Maestro Please
88  / Now Is The Hour
89  / Pennies From Heaven
90  / Till We Meet Again
91  / The Last Mile Home
92  / Forever / 3/1960 / 45-DB 4426
93  / Congratulations
94  / Sweetheart Of All My Dreams / 9/1960 / 45-DB 4497
95  / My Little Corner Of The World
96  / Living For The Day / 2/1961 / 45-DB 4575
97  / Goodbye Is The Loneliest Word I Know
Heartbeat / 9/1961 / LP ENC 104
“Ruby Murray Successes”
Softly, Softly
Happy Days And Lonely Nights
If Anyone Finds This, I Love You (with Anne Warren)
Evermore
Slowly With Feeling
Honestly I Do
98  / Dear Daddy
True Love
Mr Wonderful
Scarlet Ribbons
Real Love
99  / Tammy Tell Me True / 10/1961 / 45-DB 4701
100  / The Faith Of A Child
101  / Pianissimo / 2/1962 / 45-DB 4771
102  / The Diamond
/ Title / Date /

78 Record

/

45 Record

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103  / Peggy O’Neil / 6/1962 / LP 33SX1402 (stereo)
“Irish And Proud Of It”
104  / Hannigan’s Hooley
105  / Christmastime In Ireland
106  / The Old Lammas Fair
107  / The Kellys
108  / The Old Pig-Sty
109  / Trottin’ To The Fair
110  / Christmas In Killarney
111  / Cockles And Mussels
112  / Miss O’Leary’s Irish Fruit Cake
113  / Forty Shades Of Green
114  / The Stone Outside Dan Murphy’s Door
115  / How Did He Look? / 12/1962 / 45-DB 4944
116  / As Simple As That
117  / I’ll Walk The Rest Of The Way / 5/1963 / DB 7028
118  / I’m In Love With The Boy Next Door
119  / Hurry Home / 11/1963 / DB 7151
120  / Something Old, Something New
121  / Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry (live) / 3/1964 / LP 33S1589 (mono)
LP SCX3506 (stereo)
“St. Patrick’s Day”
(other songs not by Ruby)
122  / Teddy O’Neil (live)
123  / Delaney’s Donkey (live)
124  / Johnnie Gray (live)
125  / Doonaree (live with Brendan O’Dowda)
126  / Dear Old Donegal (live)
127  / Eileen O’Grady (live with Brendan O’Dowda)
128  / Macnamara’s Band (live)
129  / Softly, Softly (Version 2) / 2/1965 / DB 7491
130  / Promises Were Made To Be Broken
131  / The Little Pine Tree / 11/1965 / F 12291
132  / Silent Night
133  / The Spinning Wheel / 2/1967 / LP TL 5380 (mono)
LP STL 5380 (stereo)
“The Spinning Wheel”
134  / The Irish Rover
135  / Bonny Boy
136  / Come Back Paddy Reilly
137  / The Six Mile Song
138  / Killarney, Killarney
139  / Lovely Derry On The Banks Of The Foyle
140  / The Boys from County Armagh
141  / Goodbye Johnny
142  / Wee Cup Of Tay
143  / If We Only Had Old Ireland Over Here
144  / When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (Version 2)
145  / I Can’t Get You Out Of My Heart / 5/1967 / TF 838
146  / Paper Mansions
147  / Paddy McGinty’s Goat / 2/1968 / LP TL 5444 (mono)
LP STL 5444 (stereo)
“This Is Ireland”
148  / The Old Bog Road
149  / Lovely Leitrim
150  / Rathfriland On The Hill
151  / The Boys Of Coleraine
152  / Irish Summer ‘63
153  / Fifty Years Ago
154  / Among The Wicklow Hills
155  / The Boys From County Mayo
156  / McCarthy’s Party
157  / Slieve Gallon Braes
158  / Ballyshannon
159  / Sooner or Later / 3/1968 / TF 914
160  / Going Home To My Love
161  / Change Your Mind / 9/1970 / PT 307
162  / Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
/ Title / Date /

78 Record

/

45 Record

/
163  / Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head / 12/1970 / LP PTLS 1040 (stereo)
“Change Your Mind”
164  / Through The Eyes Of A Child
165  / Away From You
166  / Heartbeat (Version 2)
167  / There’s A Little Bit Of Irish
Change Your Mind
168  / Softly, Softly (Version 3)
169  / Ways And Means
170  / Time To Smile Again
171  / Watch The World Go By
Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
172  / Turn And Walk Away
173  / It’s Love That Counts / 3/1971 / PT 327
Ways And Means
174  / I Will Wait For You / 11/1971 / PT 353
Away From You
175  / Come Into My Heart / 3/2005 / CD EMI 7243 860956 2 6
“Anthology
The Golden Anniversary
Collection”
176  / Jimmy Unknown
177  / If I Were A Blackbird
178  / Isle Of Innisfree

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