NO MAN IS AN ISLAND

Created on 01/11/2020
Latest update on 21/03/2024

Artist: Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians
Author: Joan Whitley/Alex Kramer
Label: Decca
Year: 1951

Same title as a John Donne poem (1572-1631).

Covers:

1954:

Don Cornell [crediting Ted Lehrman/Phil Sheer]

1961:

Harry Secombe

1964:

Limeliters [crediting band member Ernie Sheldon]

1965:

Lettermen

1966:

Van Dykes [Imperials-alike hit R&B]

1967:

Billy Preston

1968:

Joan Baez [crediting John Donne]

1970:

Derrick Harriott

1970:

Dennis Brown [title track Studio One lp]

1976:

John Holt

1978:

Horace Andy

2004:

Gregory Isaacs

The many reggae versions were inspired by the hit version of the Van Dykes.

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