Danny's Song
Anne Murray
1973
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1972
Release: 1972Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The label account documents the original Capitol single in public circulation in 1972, before the 1973 album. Year precision records the original single year without presenting its chart debut as the release day. The 2007 Martina McBride duet is not this recording.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1973.html, 1973.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Dannys Song - original Capitol single before the album
The label-owned history identifies Murray's original Capitol single as already in public circulation in December 1972, before its 1973 album and later hit peak. The chart date is not claimed as the exact release day, and the earlier Loggins and Messina recording is a different performance.
Danny's Song - original licensed Anne Murray program
The licensed original program identifies the selected Anne Murray solo studio recordings in 1973. Later duet remakes, National Arts Centre concert tracks, digital remaster dates and later single years are outside this original recording scope.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Written by Kenny Loggins for his brother Danny Murray's version reached higher on the charts than Loggins and Messina's original
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1973.html, song-list position 37
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1973 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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