Erik Darling (September 25, 1933 – August 3, 2008) was an American singer-songwriter and a folk musicartist. He was an important influence on the folk scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Darling was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He entered New York University in the early 1950s, but soon abandoned higher education. Inspired by the folk music group The Weavers, in the 1950s, he formed The Tunetellers, which evolved into The Tarriers with actor/singer Alan Arkin. Their version of the “Banana Boat Song” reached No. 4 on the Billboard chart.