[1][2] It was recorded by Jack Hylton and his orchestra on 2 June 1930, with J. Pat O'Malley providing vocals,[3] and released on HMV B-5836.
[6] Amy Johnson was an English aviator who in 1930 flew solo from the United Kingdom all the way to Australia.
[4] After landing in Australia she became world famous overnight and the euphoria inspired Joseph G. Gilbert and Lawrence Wright to write a song about a man who expresses his admiration and love for her.
The song has an instrumental break in which a news reporter describes her flying past several locations (Vienna, Baghdad, Karachi, Port Darwin and Brisbane, Australia) until he fears that she might have crashed, but it turns out she is safe after all.
[7] Ten per cent of the royalties would be sent to The Daily Sketch fund to buy her a new plane.