In a Little Spanish Town

The music was written by Mabel Wayne, and the lyrics by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young.

With Jack Fulton's vocals, the song was a 1927 hit for Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra as his recording topped the U.S. charts for eight weeks.

Bing Crosby had sung it early in his career in 1926 on stage and later on radio during his time with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra.

[4] A similar melody to "In a Little Spanish Town" was used for "Why", written by Bob Marcucci (words) and Peter de Angelis in 1959, which topped the charts for Frankie Avalon in the USA that year and then for Anthony Newley in the UK in 1960.

The English High Court said that there was a degree of similarity but no infringement of copyright because the plaintiffs could not prove that there was a conscious or subconscious act of copying.