Band/Soloist
| Year.
| Title.
| Author credits.
|
Johnny Dankworth
| 1956
| Experiments With Mice (Three Blind Mice) (7)
| Traditional
|
Lonnie Donegan
| 1956
| Lost John/ Stewball
| Trad arr Donegan/Ledbetter/Lomax
|
Lonnie Donegan
| 1956
| Bring a Little Water Sylvie/ Dead or Alive
| Trad arr Lonnie Donegan
|
Lonnie Donegan
| 1957
| Cumberland Gap
| Trad arr Lonnie Donegan
|
Vipers
| 1957
| Cumberland Gap
| Trad arr Lonnie Donegan
|
Shirley Bassey
| 1957
| Banana Boat Song
| Traditional
|
Harry Belafonte
| 1957
| Banana Boat Song
| Traditional
|
Tarriers
| 1957
| Banana Boat Song
| Traditional
|
Laurie London
| 1957
| He's Got the Whole World In His Hands
| Traditional
|
Lonnie Donegan
| 1958
| Tom Dooley
| Traditional
|
The Kingston Trio
| 1958
| Tom Tooley
| Traditional
|
Lonnie Donegan
| 1959
| Battle of New Orleans
| Trad arr Jimmy Driftwood
|
Johnny Horton
| 1959
| Battle of New Orleans
| Trad arr Jimmy Driftwood
|
Lonnie Donegan
| 1960
| I Wanna Go Home
| Traditional
|
Anthony Newley
| 1960
| Strawberry Fair
| Trad arr Nolly Clapton
|
Bobby Darin
| 1960
| Clementine
| Trad arr Woody Harris
|
Lonnie Donegan
| 1961
| Michael Row the Boat/ Lumbered
| Trad arr Leslie Bricasse
|
Highwaymen
| 1961
| Michael (Row the Boat Ashore)
| Trad arr Dave Fisher
|
Duane Eddy
| 1961
| Theme From Dixie
(7) | Trad arr Duane Eddy
|
Lonnie Donegan
| 1961
| Have a Drink on Me
| Trad arr Lonnie Donegan/Buchanan
|
Jimmy Rodgers
| 1962
| English Country Garden
| Trad arr Robert Jordan
|
Johnny Keating
| 1962
| Theme From Z Cars
(8) | Trad arr Bridget Fry
|
Karl Denver
| 1962
| Wimoweh
| Trad arr Karl Denver
|
Frankie Vaughan
| 1963
| Loop-De-Loop
| Trad arr Teddy Van/ Joe Dong
|
The Animals
| 1964
| House of the Rising Sun
| Trad arr Alan Price
|
Steve Benbow | 1965 |
The Gallows Pole/ I can't Tell | Trad |
Ian Campbell Folk Group | 1965 |
The Times They Are A-Changin' | Bob
Dylan (42 in chart) |
Beach Boys | 1966
| Sloop John B
| Trad arr Brian Wilson
|
The Dubliners
| 1967
| Seven Drunken Nights
| Traditional
|
The Dubliners | 1967 |
Black Velvet Band | Traditional |
The Dubliners | 1967 |
Maids When You're Young Never Wed and Old Man | Traditional |
Des O'Connor
| 1968
| 1-2-3 O'Leary
| Trad arr Michael Carr
|
Simon and Garfunkel
| 1968
| Scarborough Fair
| Paul Simon (Trad arr Carthy)
|
Judy Collins
| 1970
| Amazing Grace
| Trad arr John Newton
|
Olivia Newton-John
| 1971
| The Banks of the Ohio
| Traditional
|
East of Eden | 1971 | Jig a Jig
(7) | Trad arr East of Eden |
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
| 1972
| Amazing Grace
| Trad arr John Newton
|
Shag
| 1972
| Loop Di Love
| Trad arr Michael Schepior/Dierks
|
Wings
| 1972
| Mary Had a Little Lamb
| Trad arr Paul McCartney
|
Thin Lizzy
| 1973
| Whisky In The Jar
| Trad arr Phil Lynott/ Bell/ Donney
|
Steeleye Span
| 1973 | Gaudete/ The Holy and the
Ivy | Anon/ Trad |
Steeleye Span
| 1975
| All Around My Hat
| Traditional
|
Mike Oldfield | 1975 |
In Dulce Jubilo (4) | Traditional |
Mike Oldfield
| 1976
| Portsmouth
(3) | Traditional
|
Gheorghe Zamfir
| 1976
| (Light of Experience) Doina De Jale
| Trad arr Gheorghe Zamfir
|
Ram Jam
| 1977
| Black Betty
| Trad arr Huddie Leadbetter
|
Boney M
| 1978
| Rivers of Babylon/ Brown Girl In The Ring
| Trad arr Frank Farian/George Reyam
|
Sky
| 1980
| Toccata
| Trad arr Kevin Peek (*)
|
Tight Fit
| 1982
| The Lion Sleeps Tonight
| Traditional
|
Malcolm McLaren
| 1982
| Buffalo Gals
| Trad arr John Hodges
|
Roger Whittaker & Des O'Connor
| 1986
| The Skye Boat Song
| Trad arr Roger Whittaker/ Keyes
|
The Pogues and The Dubliners
| 1987
| The Irish Rover
| Traditional
|
Los Lobos
| 1987
| La Bamba
| Traditional
|
Simple Minds
| 1989
| Belfast Child
| Trad arr Simple Minds
|
Doctor Spin
| 1992
| Tetris
| Trad arr Andrew Lloyd Webber
|
Status Quo With Maddy Prior | 1996 |
All Around My Hat | Traditional |
Cartoons
| 1999
| Doodah!
| Trad arr Toonie/ Sponge (**)
|
Cliff Richard
| 1999
| The Millennium Prayer
| Trad arr Nigel Wright/ Arch
|
Band/Soloist
| Year.
| Title.
| Highest position.
|
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem |
1966 |
Isn't It Grand Boys |
22 |
The Dubliners | 1967 |
A Drop of the Hard Stuff |
5 |
The Dubliners | 1967 |
The Best of The Dubliners |
25 |
The Dubliners | 1967 |
More of the Hard Stuff |
8 |
The Dubliners | 1968 |
Drinkin' and Courtin' |
31 |
Pentangle | 1968 |
The Pentangle |
21 |
Fairport Convention | 1969 |
Unhalfbricking |
12 |
Pentangle | 1969 |
Basket of Light |
5 |
Fairport Convention | 1970 |
Liege and Lief |
17 |
Fairport Convention | 1970 |
Full House |
13 |
The Corries | 1970 |
Scottish Love Songs |
46 |
Pentangle | 1970 |
Cruel Sister |
51 |
Fairport Convention | 1971 |
Angel Delight |
8 |
Steeleye Span | 1971 |
Please to See The King |
45 |
Steeleye Span | 1972 |
Below The Salt |
43 |
The Corries | 1972 |
Sound The Pibroch |
39 |
Steeleye Span | 1973 |
Parcel of Rogues |
26 |
Steeleye Span | 1974 |
Now We Are Six |
13 |
Steeleye Span | 1975 |
Commoner's Crown |
21 |
Steeleye Span | 1975 |
All Around My Hat |
7 |
Fairport Convention | 1975 |
Rising For The Moon |
52 |
Steeleye Span | 1976 |
Rocket Cottage |
41 |
Horslips | 1977 |
The Book of Invasions - A Celtic Symphony |
39 |
The Pogues | 1984 |
Red Roses For Me |
89 |
The Pogues | 1985 |
Rum, Sodomy and the Lash |
13 |
The Dubliners | 1987 |
25 Years Celebration |
43 |
James Galway and the Chieftains |
1987 |
In Ireland |
32 |
Van Morrison and the Chieftains |
1988 |
Irish Heartbeat |
18 |
The Pogues | 1988 |
If I Should Fall From Grace With God |
3 |
Fairport Convention | 1989 |
Red and Gold |
74 |
The Pogues | 1991 |
The Best of |
11 |
Barbara Dickson | 1994 |
Parcel of Rogues |
30 |
The Chieftains | 1996 |
The Long Black Veil |
17 |
The Chieftains | 1999 |
Tears of Stone |
36 |
Kate Rusby | 2001 | Little Lights |
15 |
The Pogues | 2001 |
The Very Best of |
18 |
The Chieftains | 2002 |
The Wide World Over |
37 |
Sinead O'Connor | 2002 |
Sean Nos Nua |
52 |
The Dubliners | 2003 |
Spirit of the Irish |
19 |
Kate Rusby | 2005 | The Girl Who
Couldn't Fly | 45 |
The Pogues | 2005 |
The Ultimate Collection | 15 |
The Dubliners | 2006 |
Too Late to Stop Now - The Very Best of |
54 |
Kate Rusby | 2007 |
Awkward Annie | 32 |
Kate Rusby | 2008 | Sweet Bells |
91 |
Bellowhead | 2008 |
Matachin | 73 |
Bellowhead | 2010 |
Hedonism | 57 |
The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder | 2010 |
San Patricio | 93 |
The Imagined Village | 2010 |
Empire and Love | 68 |
Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends | 2010 |
Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends | 9 |
Annie Lennox | 2010 |
The Christmas Cornucopia | 16 |