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Ernest R. Ball
Ernest R. Ball is credited on 1,017 releases across 230 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,017
Pressings credited
230
Albums
8
Decades active
39
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
1,017 releases · 230 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 1,121
- Other credits · 91
Studios: The Record Plant Studio M · Record Plant, Los Angeles · Abbey Road Studios · Paradise Studios, Hollywood
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
One For The Road
1979
The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life
1991
Out Of Africa (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1985
Sentimental Journey
1970
Christmas Sing-Along With Mitch
1958
John McCormack Sings Irish Songs
1958
House Of Mayors
1996
Romantische Träume
1980
That's Amore
1973
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
- James Last
- Dennis Day
- Russ Conway
- Frank Sinatra
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