The Village of St. Bernadette (song)

"The Village of St. Bernadette" is a song written by Australian singer Eula Parker,[1] written at the end of a week long visit to the Occitan town of Lourdes, site of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes commemorating the 1858 visions of Bernadette Soubirous: (Eula Parker quote:) "I wrote the song on the back of an airmail letter while...waiting [at Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport] for [the] plane...to Paris".[2]

"The Village of St. Bernadette"
Single by Andy Williams
from the album The Village of St. Bernadette
B-side"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
ReleasedDecember 1959
GenreEasy Listening
Length3:18
LabelCadence Records 1374
Songwriter(s)Eula Parker
Andy Williams singles chronology
"Lonely Street"
(1959)		 "The Village of St. Bernadette"
(1959)		 "Wake Me When It's Over"
(1960)

Recorded by Andy Williams - with the accompaniment of Archie Bleyer's Orchestra -[3]the song reached #7 on the Billboard chart in 1959.[4] and was featured on Williams' 1960 album release The Village of St. Bernadette[5]

Anne Shelton released a version of the song in 1959 that reached #27 in the UK.[6]

Bing Crosby recorded the song for his radio show in 1960.[7]

Vera Lynn recorded the song in 1967 for a single release[8] and again in 1972 for the album Vera Lynn - Favourite Sacred Songs.[9]

Parker received the 1959 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.[10]

See also

References
  1. "The Parker Sisters", Australian Old Time Radio Retrieved 27 February 2019
  2. Sydney Morning Herald 25 April 1960 "Singer in GK Show" p.1 (TV Guide)
  3. Andy Williams, "The Village of St. Bernadette" Retrieved June 6, 2013
  4. Andy Williams, "The Village of St. Bernadette" chart positions Retrieved June 6, 2013
  5. Andy Williams, The Village of St. Bernadette Retrieved June 6, 2013
  6. Anne Shelton, "The Village of St. Bernadette" chart positions Retrieved June 6, 2013
  7. "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  8. "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  9. "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  10. Lister, David, Pop ballads bite back in lyrical fashion, The Independent, 28 May 1994
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