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Mark Stevens (dubbed by Bill Shirley) and June Haver (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams) sing "Peg o' My Heart" as a duet. [10] The film was released on November 11, 1949. The song, performed by Max Harris and his Novelty Trio (based on the Harmonicats' 1947 version), was used as the theme of the BBC miniseries The Singing Detective (1986).
Their 1947 recording of the song "Peg o' My Heart" (Mercury Records, originally on Bill Putnam's Universal Records and then reissued on Vitacoustic Records, catalog number 1) [4] brought them public attention and sold over one million copies by 1950, reaching No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard chart. [5]
"Peg o' My Heart" The Harmonicats [31] June 28 "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)" Perry Como and the Satisfiers with Lloyd Shaffer and His Orchestra "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)" Red Ingle and the Natural Seven with Cinderella G. Stump and Red Ingle "Peg o' My Heart" [32] July 5 "Peg o' My Heart" Buddy Clark [33] July 12 [34] July 19 ...
Vaughn Monroe had four songs on the top singles list, the most of any artist in 1947. Eddy Howard had three songs on the top singles list. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1947 according to retail sales.
This was followed by "Peg o' My Heart", which was one of the biggest hits of 1947 in the United States. The group was featured in the Alfred Hitchcock film Rope (1948) performing an off-screen "radio sequence", and in Two Gals and a Guy (1951).
US Billboard 1947 no. 6, US no. 1 for 6 weeks, 23 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 no. 3, USHB no. 1 for 16 weeks, 23 total weeks, 358 points 7: The Three Suns "Peg O' My Heart" [12] RCA Victor 20-2272: April 25, 1947 () May 15, 1947 () US Billboard 1947 no. 7, US no. 1 for 4 weeks, 19 total weeks, 326 points 8: Arthur Godfrey
He began a solo career in 1946, recording the song "Mam'selle" in 1947. This gramophone record was #1 in the U.S. Billboard magazine chart and earned a gold disc . [ 1 ] Other hits for Lund were " (I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China ", " What'll I Do ", " You Call Everybody Darlin' " and " Peg o' My Heart ".
His use of the building's bathroom as an echo chamber for the recording of Peg o' My Heart was the first artistic use of artificial reverb in a popular song. The song sold 1.4 million copies, inspiring Putnam to establish the Vitacoustic and Universal Records labels and attracted new clients to record with Putnam at Universal Recording.