Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy

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.

The song became a major hit in 1946 both for Dinah Shore[1] and the Stan Kenton orchestra featuring June Christy on vocals.

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.

[2] 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.

[2] In the Cash Box survey, where all versions were combined at one position, the song reached number 4 for the year.