Bing Crosby - Galway Bay 1948 (Irish Songs)

(Decca – 24295)
Recorded 27 November 1947
Released: Jan 1948
Flip Side To My Girl's An Irish Girl
Accompanied By – Victor Young And His Orchestra
Written-By – Dr. Arthur Colahan

"Galway Bay" is the name of at least two different songs.
The first, "(My Own Dear) Galway Bay", is traditionally more popular and known in the Galway Bay area. The second song is more popular outside Ireland.
A separate song was written by Dr. Arthur Colahan in Leicester in 1947 and Popularized by Bing Crosby.[2] Crosby recorded the song with Victor Young and his Orchestra on 27 November 1947, and changed some of the lyrics so as to be less political. It became a huge hit around the world with Irish emigrants, and reached the No. 3 position in the Billboard charts in the U.S. Crosby recorded the song again in 1966 for a television show broadcast the following year. The tracks were recorded in Dublin, and later commercially issued on the album A Little Bit of Irish. Crosby also included the song in his 50th anniversary concert at the London Palladium, which was recorded and issued on a double album. In 1948, "Galway Bay" spent 22 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the UK's sheet music sales chart, with multiple cover versions available at the time. Unusually, it entered the chart at No. 1, and spent a total of 39 weeks on the listings.