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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. [6] The contemporary recordings available during this period were by: Denis Martin; Robert Wilson; Bing Crosby
In 1976, Richard Manuel and Van Morrison sang the song, as "Tura Lura Lural (That's an Irish Lullaby)", during The Band's farewell concert The Last Waltz."Come On, Eileen", a #1 U.K. chart single from the English band Dexys Midnight Runners, includes a chorus with the lines "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra Too-Ra-Loo-Rye, Ay / And you'll hum this tune forever."
"McNamara's Band" (originally "MacNamara's Band") is a popular song composed in 1889 by Shamus O'Connor (music) and John J. Stamford (lyrics). The song was performed as a music hall routine by William J. "Billy" Ashcroft. It has been recorded by a number of artists, most notably Bing Crosby.
This album, however, mainly has Young’s own compositions for the film. Throughout the movie, the tune “Isle of Innisfree” is heard on many occasions and Decca Records decided to include Bing Crosby’s recording of it to add commercial appeal and they also added Crosby’s huge hit from 1947 “Galway Bay” for the same reason.
His most famous work is Galway Bay, which was popularised by Bing Crosby, and was the biggest selling record of all time at one stage. Some say this was composed in the home of Dr Morris at 1 Montpelier Terrace, Galway, while others believe it was in The Vicars Croft on Taylor's Hill, Galway, from where one can see Galway Bay.
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling is a Decca Records album by Bing Crosby of songs with an Irish theme. It was issued as a 10” LP as catalog No.DL 5403. [1] Some of the songs had earlier been issued as a 3-disc 45rpm set (9-89). [2] A later 12” LP version with the same title was issued in 1956 as DL8262 with a different selection of songs. [3]
Meanwhile, Gaelic is unfortunately almost extinct and the song itself is written in English and apart from the last stanza none of the lyrics are quintessentially Irish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.114.147.138 ( talk ) 18:09, 5 March 2016 (UTC) [ reply ]
The Bing Crosby version of the song was used as a plot point in the 1988 film Lady in White. The Bing Crosby version of the song was used in the end credits of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge. The Bing Crosby version of the song was used in Pennies from Heaven (1981) The Bing Crosby version of the song was used in The Locusts ...