- Peg o' My Heart
"Peg o' My Heart" is a popular song written by
Alfred Bryan and composed byFred Fisher . It was published onMarch 15 1913 and it featured in the 1913 musical "Ziegfeld Follies ". The song, performed byMax Harris and his Novelty Trio (based on a version byThe Harmonicats ), was used as the theme of theBBC miniseries "The Singing Detective " (1986).Notable recordings of the song include:
*
Charles W. Harrison
**Label: Victor 17412 (matrix: 13628-2)
**Recorded:July 24 1913 *
Henry Burr
**Label: Columbia A-1404 (matrix: 38980-2)
**Recorded:August 1 1913 *
Walter Van Brunt
**Edison, Blue Amberol 2036
**Released: September 1913*
Bunny Berigan & his Orchestra
**Label: Victor 27258 (matrix: 043925)
**Recorded:New York City November 28 1939 *
The Harmonicats
**Label: Vitacoustic 1
**Released: March 1947
**First entered the "Billboard" magazine chart onApril 18 , on charts 21 weeks, peaking at #1*
Buddy Clark with orchestra directed byMitchell Ayres
**Label: Columbia 37392 (matrix: CO 37671)
**Recorded: New York CityApril 25 1947
**First entered the "Billboard" magazine chart onJune 27 , on charts 7 weeks, peaking at #4*
Art Lund with orchestra conducted by Johnny Thompson
**Label: MGM 10037 (matrix: 47-S-3077-3)
**Recorded: inLos Angeles, California May 12 1947
**First entered the "Billboard" magazine chart onJune 20 , on charts 10 weeks, peaking at #6*Clark Dennis
**Label: Capitol 346
**First entered the "Billboard" magazine chart onJuly 4 1947 , on charts 1 week, at #10*Three Suns
**Label: RCA Victor 20-2272
**First entered the "Billboard" magazine chart onJune 20 1947 , on charts 16 weeks, peaking at #2
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.