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Released on RCA Victor, also Starman (David Bowie), The Passenger (Iggy Pop) and Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie)
Written by [traditional], also Greensleeves (John Coltrane), Milk Cow Blues (Aerosmith) and Banana Boat Song (Day‐O) (Harry Belafonte)
Part of The Long Black Veil, also The Foggy Dew, Love Is Teasin’ and Mo Ghile Mear (Our Hero)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
[traditional] wrote 2823 songs on fono, the 3rd most of any writer
[traditional] wrote 6 of The Chieftains’s top 10 songs
[traditional]’s most frequent co-writer is Johannes Brahms (29 songs together)
[traditional] first appears on fono in 1925, 70 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- D.K. Gavan and [traditional]
- Performed by
- The Rolling Stones
- Part of
- The Long Black Veil
- Released on
- RCA Victor
- Written by
- D.K. Gavan and [traditional]
- Performed by
- The Rolling Stones
- Part of
- The Long Black Veil
- Released on
- RCA Victor
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: RCA Victor
Same release: The Long Black Veil
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: RCA Victor
Same release: The Long Black Veil
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: RCA Victor
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Rocky Road to Dublin was performed by The Rolling Stones
The Rocky Road to Dublin was performed by The Rolling Stones
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The Rocky Road to Dublin was written by D.K. Gavan
The Rocky Road to Dublin was written by D.K. Gavan
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The Rocky Road to Dublin was written by [traditional]
The Rocky Road to Dublin was written by [traditional]
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz The Rocky Road to Dublin is part of the release The Long Black Veil
The Rocky Road to Dublin is part of the release The Long Black Veil
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz RCA Victor is the label of the song The Rocky Road to Dublin
RCA Victor is the label of the song The Rocky Road to Dublin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz The Rocky Road to Dublin was released on 1995-01-23
The Rocky Road to Dublin was released on 1995-01-23
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026