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Ernest R. Ball
Ernest R. Ball is credited on 838 releases across 232 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
838
Pressings credited
232
Albums
8
Decades active
46
In collections
Biography
Ernest Roland Ball (July 22, 1878 – May 3, 1927) was an American singer and songwriter, most famous for composing the music for the song "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" in 1912. Ball was not Irish and neither were the lyricists.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
838 releases · 232 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 962
- Other credits · 61
Studios: Abbey Road Studios · EMI Studios · Olympic Studios · Morgan Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
One For The Road
1979
The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life
1991
Sentimental Journey
1970
Out Of Africa (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1985
That's Amore
1973
John McCormack Sings Irish Songs
1958
Christmas Sing-Along With Mitch
1958
House Of Mayors
1996
Romantische Träume
1980
Gaslight Varieties, The Happy Music Of The Gay Nineties
1969
The Soul Of Erin
1966
Sing Along With Mitch
1962
Shillelaghs And Shamrocks
1960
Saturday Night Sing Along With Mitch
The Slim Whitman Story
Mayan Temples
1992
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Bing Crosby
- John McCormack (2)
- Ruby Murray
- Dennis Day
- Russ Conway
- James Last
- Mitch Miller & The Gang
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