Ruby Murray Official Site

I have just completed the start of the big exercise to bring the Song List page up to date, and I am very grateful to Brian Henson for having provided much of the information on recording numbers and their dates of release. I am sure to have made some mistakes, so please post a message when you find one.

I have used so far only the items in my own collection from which to type in all the details of all the songs recorded by Ruby. Since I do not have every recording issued, I know there are lots of gaps in the information, but I now invite everyone to help me complete the table.

For example, the classic LP "Irish and Proud of it" is not one I own (I did try to get a copy on Ebay, but somebody beat me to it!). Rather than me just input the details, which I can do, I prefer to ask anyone who has a copy to send in the information to this Forum, and then I will add it. There are also a number of EPs and CDs that are not listed, and maybe there are some recordings that were only released in America and Canada that are not there. Please send in the details from your own copy.

I would like to involve as many fans as possible in this exercise, so please may I set a rule? I suggest that even if you have several items to tell me about, please restrict yourself to just one new recording, with its list of songs. Then after you see this new information has been posted, let another person send in the next one. Also, if you see someone has already posted a list which you have, please don't send it in again. When there are no new postings and you still have one, then by all means send it in. It will be helpful if everyone could copy the format of my table.

This way, we will all get a chance to make a contribution, and also by everyone waiting for me to react to each one individually, I won't be deluged with lots of new lists! If you have a recording which nobody else has posted, you may like to keep an eye on this Forum to see when I ask for the next one.

So now is the time to go and get all your Ruby recordings out from where you keep them, and see if you have any of the ones I have not yet listed. Who is going to be first?

Regarding the list itself, you will see that it is in alphabetical order of the title of each song. In common with the norm for music lists, where a song begins with "A" or "The", it is listed under the second word of the title (I learned this from Brian!). Within each song, the entries are in chronological order. I have given the month of release where known, but if not, then just the year (if anyone can help with a month, then please send it in.) I also have one Capitol recording for which I do not know anything about the release date.

The list may be also used as a Discography using the "Find on this page" feature of your browser. Simply choose a compilation from the Source List, type it into the "Find" feature and search, and it will tell you one by one all the songs on that compilation.

Have fun!

Hi Gerald, thanks for all the hard work and long hours you must have put in to get this list up to-date.

Hi Gerald,
I can help you with the information required for "Irish And Proud Of It"

Ruby released two LP's called "Irish And Proud Of It"

The first one in my collection reads as follows

Stereo scx3432 on the columbia label release 1962

Tracks
Peggy O'Neil
Hannigans Hooley
Christmastime In Ireland
The Old Lammas Fair
The Kellys
The Old Pig Sty
Trottin To The Fair
Christmas In Killarney
Cockles And Mussels
Miss O'Leary's Irish Fruit Cake
Forty Shades Of Green
The Stone Outside Dan Murphy's Door.

All tracks are with the Norrie Paramor Orchestra

The second LP called "Irish And Proud Of It" is found on the EMI Talisman
Shamrock Series Stereo STAL6014 released 1962

Tracks
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
It's A Great Day For The Irish
Forty Shades Of Green
The Mountains Of Mourne
The Stone Outside Dan Murphy's Door
If Your Irish Come Into The Parlour
Galway Bay
Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral
Dear Old Donegal
Trottin To The Fair
How Can You Buy Killarney
The Old Lammas Fair
Phil The Fluters Ball
Danny Boy


The Orchestras in question are Ray Martin and Norrie Paramor.

Hope this information will help you Gerald.........I guess it's a hard job to collect all this information together ......May be able to help with other information but will leave well alone to see if anyone else can come up with more information.

Best Wishes

Jk wrote:Hi Gerald, thanks for all the hard work and long hours you must have put in to get this list up to-date.

Thanks John. Hard work? - not really, I enjoy this sort of thing. Long hours? - definitely!

Graham Bunn wrote:Hi Gerald,
I can help you with the information required for "Irish And Proud Of It"

This is fascinating! Your first list agrees with the one on the 2 on 1 CD which I have, but the number is not the one I would recognise. The one given in the CD notes is 33SX 1402, also released in 1962. I assume somebody else will have a copy of this one, so if so, please confirm. However, I guess this number may have been a mono recording.

Your second list appears to be the LP compilation for "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" plus 4 tracks taken from the "Proud of it" list. I guess this is to make the original 10" LP up to a full 12" one. But also released in 1962? I wonder if they were for different markets, eg UK and USA?

Anybody please have any ideas?

Anyway, as you have both of these LPs Graham, they undeniably exist, so I will add them to the Song List over the next couple of days. I will have to work out a way of displaying both mono and stereo versions of the same LP.

Thank you for your help.

Graham, I have now entered your two LPs into the table, so thank you for those.

I haven't yet done 33SX 1402 because I really want someone to confirm that it is a mono version of Irish and Proud of it, and that they have a copy.

So the door is open again for another person to send in something for the table..........

Hello Friends,

I have studied Gerald's updating of the song list. Once again, he must be congratulated for the many hours of hard work that has obviously gone into this project. His dedication to everything 'Ruby' has to be admired and I would like to congratulate him on undertaking such a mammoth task. I do sincerely hope that many fans/friends will chip in with data as it will show him that we all appreciate his work.

One small point of interest to me. The fact that the label on 'Heart' states that Ruby donated the royalties to an Arthritis concern??? I am completely bewildered by this piece of information because I always understood that the royalties were donated to the Heart Foundation. I well remember Ruby talking to me about this arrangement, even though it took place before I met her. There was also a slight hiccup concerning the tax situation on the royalties which became a talking point.

I wonder which story is correct? Is it possible that the wrong information went to the printers when the labels were being printed?

Any help that can be offered to Gerald will I'm quite sure be very much appreciated.

Adios Amigos. Bernie.

Hi Bernie, When Tim started this site back in 1999, "I think" we had a song list that was being put together by Tim, it did not have many songs in the list as the site was new, and only had two or three members, Gerald was one Tim's Mother and myself. Tim asked for anyone to send in names of records that Ruby had recorded, so he could build the song list up. I sent a few, including "Heart" which I said at the time that Ruby had donated all royalties to the "Heart" foundation, this was added to the list. I have search the site but it must have never been put back on during the changes, but I'm sure Tim will still have a copy of the list. Gerald also had his own page on the old site.

As Bernie has stated the record label clearly states that all royalties due to Ruby Murray from this record will be paid to the Horder Centres for Arthritics.

Gerald,if you want to update your list with this information the recording of "From The First Hello To The Last Goodbye should also indicate the Horder Centre For Arthritics as this was the reverse side of "Heart" and gives out the same information.

I did email you Gerald with further informaion relating to the recordings of"Irish And Proud Of It".........It seems that there could also be two other versions of this LP........If you go into album covers you will see that Brian has uploaded a cover relating to "Irish And Proud Of It" released by Capital and it has the added track of Softly Softly upon it.

Sandy has also added a cover of "Irish And Proud Of It"and although it could be the same as my shamrock series LP it seems to have a different back cover to mine........I regret you cant see the serial numbers relating to the recordings.

Perhaps you did not get my email Gerald or are you still in shock trying to work all this out(Best of Luck I know you can do it)

Best Wishes

Bernie Burgess wrote:Hello Friends,

I have studied Gerald's updating of the song list. Once again, he must be congratulated for the many hours of hard work that has obviously gone into this project. His dedication to everything 'Ruby' has to be admired and I would like to congratulate him on undertaking such a mammoth task.

Thank you for your kind words, Bernie. You are right, I have spent hours typing in all the new information, which is why I would appreciate it if somebody could take the time to check it all.

I do sincerely hope that many fans/friends will chip in with data as it will show him that we all appreciate his work.

Not much support yet - only Graham has sent me any details to work with!

One small point of interest to me. The fact that the label on 'Heart' states that Ruby donated the royalties to an Arthritis concern??? I am completely bewildered by this piece of information because I always understood that the royalties were donated to the Heart Foundation. I well remember Ruby talking to me about this arrangement, even though it took place before I met her. There was also a slight hiccup concerning the tax situation on the royalties which became a talking point.

I wonder which story is correct? Is it possible that the wrong information went to the printers when the labels were being printed?

Any help that can be offered to Gerald will I'm quite sure be very much appreciated.

Adios Amigos. Bernie.

I borrowed the 78 rpm recording of "Heart" from Don, and I noticed then that the royalties were given away to the Horder Centre, so I made a point of noting down the words. Later, I saw John's entry in the old song list, but just assumed it was maybe a small mistake to assign them to the Heart Foundation. It seems that Graham agrees with me, but now I am left wondering if there was a change of plan at the last minute?

Jk wrote:Hi Bernie, When Tim started this site back in 1999, "I think" we had a song list that was being put together by Tim, it did not have many songs in the list as the site was new, and only had two or three members, Gerald was one Tim's Mother and myself. Tim asked for anyone to send in names of records that Ruby had recorded, so he could build the song list up. I sent a few, including "Heart" which I said at the time that Ruby had donated all royalties to the "Heart" foundation, this was added to the list. I have search the site but it must have never been put back on during the changes, but I'm sure Tim will still have a copy of the list. Gerald also had his own page on the old site.

John, I have a copy of the old list on my computer, but felt that the new one should take its place, as it is more comprehensive. You did indeed say that the royalties went to the Heart Foundation, but see my comment above.

By the way, it is still possible to get to most of the old website, including the old Message Board. The route is via the News page (but of course the old Song List is no longer there).

Graham Bunn wrote: Perhaps you did not get my email Gerald or are you still in shock trying to work all this out(Best of Luck I know you can do it)

Best Wishes

No, I am sorry but I did not get your email, but anyway I have been away for a while - I will sort out what you are telling me and in the near future I will adjust the Song Page accordingly. Thank you so much for your help, I know I can't get the list complete on my own, and I do not want to just surf the internet for listings, because I know from past experience that they are not always correct.

I would like people to look in their own collections, and post a message here giving the record or CD number and the song listing, for those that are not yet included in the table.

Many thanks,

Further to your last post, Graham, I have now looked in our library and it is true that there are a number of records and CDs in the Album section which do not appear on my list. The problem with quite a few of them is that there is no complete song listing, or no record number, and perhaps no date.

I did assume that all those in our library would have come from the collections of people who look in here to this website, and therefore I would really love it if they would send in a message giving all the details they can about the record or CD from their own collection. That way there is no guessing on my part, or trying to read tiny print in order to see if there is a date of release listed.

So come on! Please follow Graham's good example and write in and let me know what you have that is not yet included. I can't believe that nobody has any EPs for example. Then maybe I can make more progress with the new song listing.

Otherwise, if you prefer, I can put back the old song list, as I still have a copy of it on my computer.

Hi Gerald,
Thanks for your email sorry for the delay in replying but I have been away on holiday.

To help you further with your task I have found out some more L.P's and C.D's from my collection I hope they will help you.

Blackpool Nights LP recorded upon Columbia 33SX 1244 (Mono) release date 1960/61

Rubys sings Congratulatons.

Favourites Of The 1950's Double LP recorded upon MFP DL41 1050 3(Mono) release date 1984

Ruby sings upon the first LP For Now For Ever.
On the second LP Ruby sings Good Luck Good Health God Bless You

Stars Of The 50's C.D recorded upon EMI CDB7 52032 2 (Mono) release date 1988
Ruby sings Softly Softly and Heartbeat

The Perfect Easy Listening Christmas C.D Marks and Spencer MCPS MS4900E (Stereo) release date 2002

Ruby sings The Little Pine Tree

Flashback To The Fifties double C.D recorded upon MFP EMI 0777 7 80618 2 3 release date 1992
Ruby Sings Happy Days And Lonely Nights

Ruby Murray Greatest Hits(Her very first C.d) recorded upon EMI CDB 7 520442 release date 1988_

Ruby sings
Softly Softly
Happy Days And Lonely Nights
I'll Come When You Call
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
If Anyone Finds This I Love You
Heartbeat
Mr Wonderful
Danny Boy
You Are My Sunshine
Smile
When I Grow To Old To Dream
Trottin To The Fair
Let Me Go Lover
Let Him Go Let Him Tarry
Evermore
Real Love
Get Well Soon
Nevertheless
You Are My First love
Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye
Cockles And Muscles
Button Up Your Overcoat
Pennies From Heaven
Now Is The Hour


The Ruby Murray Collection C.D recorded upon HMV Easy 7243 5 29446 2 0 release date 2000

Ruby Sings
Softly Softly
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Heartbeat
Happy Days And Lonely Nights
Let Me Go Lover
If Anyone Finds This I Love You
Mr Wonderful
Galway Bay
Danny Boy
Nevertheless
Evermore
Smile
Passing Strangers
I'll Come When You Call
You Are My First Love
Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye
Little White Lies
Let Him Go Let Him Tarry
Real Love
Pennies From Heaven
Cockles And Muscles
Dear Ol Donegal.

Gerald let me know when you have put these into your song list as I have several more items that I can give you.

Best Wishes

Hi Gerald,
I have a little time on my hands so here are a few more for the collection.

Ruby Murray "The Best Of The EMI Years" C.D recorded upon EMI CDP7 92744 2 release date 1989
Ruby Sings
Softly Softly
Bambino
Let Me Go Lover
Scarlett Ribbons
Little White Lies
I'll Come When You Call
Tammy Tell Me True
Happy Days And Lonely Nights
Heartbeat
Boy Meets Girl
Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye
Evermore
It's The Irish In Me
If Anyone Finds This I Love You
True Love
Mr Wonderful


"A Little Bit f Heaven" LP STAL 6028 (Stereo) recorded on Shamrock Talisman (Gerald no release date is given)

Ruby sings
MickMcGilligans Ball
The Old Pig Sty
A Little Bit Of Heaven
Coortin In The Kitchen
Peggy O'Neil
The Meeting Of The Waters
With Me shillelagh Under Me Arm
Hannigans Hooley
Cockles And Muscles
The Humour Is On Me Now
Miss O'Leary's Irish Fruit Cake
The Kellys
Doonaree
At Finnigans Ball.

Hits Of 1959 C.D recorded upon MFP EMI CDMFP6045 CDB 7 90780 2 release date 1989

Ruby sings
Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye

Music Music Music C.D recorded upon EMI CC250 CDB 7 92191 2(No release date given)

Ruby sings
You Are my First Love

The Great Entertainers Vol 1 C.D recorded upon MFP EMI CD MFP 6051
CDB 7 91801 2 release date 1989

Ruby Sings
Softly Softly
Evermore


"These Were Our Songs The Early 50's" C.D recorded upon Readers Digest RDCD 161 166 release date 1990

Ruby sings

Heartbeat.

Theres still more to come Gerald.

Best Wishes