Danny Boy (Ray Price album)

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Danny Boy
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Studio album by
Released1967
Genre Country
Label Columbia
Producer Don Law, Frank Jones
Ray Price chronology
Touch My Heart
(1967)
Danny Boy
(1967)
Ray Price's Greatest Hits, Volume II
(1967)

Danny Boy is a studio album by country music artist Ray Price. It was released in 1967 by Columbia Records (catalog no. CL-2677).

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's country album chart on May 26, 1967, peaked at No. 3, and remained on the chart for a total of 35 weeks. The album included two singles that became Top 10 hits: "Soft Rain" (No. 3) and "Danny Boy" (No. 9). [1]

AllMusic gave the album two stars. [2] However, AllMusic critic Dylan Hope gave the album five stars, found the earlier two-star rating to be "baffling", and described the album "a beautiful testament to a wonderful voice." [2]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Danny Boy"
  2. "Greensleeves"
  3. "Across the Wide Missouri"
  4. "Soft Rain"
  5. "Pretend"

Side B

  1. "Spanish Eyes"
  2. "What's Come Over My Baby"
  3. "Crazy"
  4. "Born to Lose"
  5. "Vaya Con Dios"

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References

  1. Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 137. ISBN   0898201241.
  2. 1 2 "Danny Boy". AllMusic . Retrieved December 16, 2020.