Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1945


Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy

Buy Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




'Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy'" is a popular song about Pennsylvania Dutch cooking, with music by Guy Wood and words by Sammy Gallop. It was published in 1945.

Recording history



The song became a major hit in 1946 both for Dinah Shore and the Stan Kenton orchestra featuring June Christy on vocals. It also went on to be recorded by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians, and by Ella Fitzgerald.

Dinah Shore's recording (released by Columbia Records as catalog number 36943), reached the 'Billboard' magazine Best Seller chart on April 4, 1946 and lasted 2 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 7. It was narrowly preceded by Stan Kenton's recording with June Christy (Capitol Records, catalog number 235), which first arrived in the Billboard chart on March 14 and remained for 4 weeks, peaking at number 8. In the Cash Box survey, where all versions were combined at one position, the song reached number 4 for the year.

Background



Shoo Fly pie (or Shoofly pie) is a molasses pie common to both Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine or Amish[http://www.amishnews.com/amisharticles/shooflypie.htm "Shoofly Pie"], 'Amish Country News' cooking and southern (U.S.) cooking. Apple Pan Dowdy (or Apple pandowdy) is a baked apple pastry traditionally associated with Pennsylvania Dutch cooking, with a recipe dating to (according to Crea)Joe Crea, Cleveland-based food critic [http://www.cleveland.com/cleveland-cooks/index.ssf/2010/09/apple_pan_dowdy_is_a_crowd-pleasing_old_favorite.html "Apple Pan Dowdy is a crowd-pleasing old favorite"], 'Cleveland Plain Dealer' September 15, 2010 (retrieved March 30 2014) colonial times.

In popular culture



The song is frequently mentioned in John Updike's 1988 novel 'Rabbit at Rest' as a favorite childhood song of the protagonist, Pennsylvania native Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom.

The 'Two Fat Ladies' refer to this song in their cookbook 'Obsessions', as well as singing the song and cooking apple pan dowdy on an episode of their television show.

References



Category:Songs with lyrics by Sammy Gallop

Category:1945 songs

Category:Songs written by Guy Wood

Category:Guy Lombardo songs


Buy Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy now from Amazon

<-- Return to songs from 1945



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1048364668.