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"A Bushel and a Peck" is a popular song written by Frank Loesser and published in 1950. The song was introduced in the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls, [1] which opened at the 46th Street Theater on November 24, 1950. It was performed on stage by Vivian Blaine and a women's chorus as a nightclub act at the Hot Box. It is the first of two ...
Frank Henry Loesser (/ ˈ l ɛ s ər / "lesser"; June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, among others.
Critic Peter Filichia wrote, "Those who only know musicals from movies have missed out on some great songs from the Broadway scores." He cited "A Bushel and a Peck" as an example, replaced in the film with the song "Pet Me, Poppa". [17] Goldwyn did not like "A Bushel and a Peck" and said, "I just wanted a new song in the picture."
A full bushel is represented by a basket in the lower right. A bushel (abbreviation: bsh. or bu.) is an imperial and US customary unit of volume based upon an earlier measure of dry capacity. The old bushel is equal to 2 kennings (obsolete), 4 pecks, or 8 dry gallons, and was used mostly for agricultural products, such as wheat. In modern usage ...
A peck is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume, [1] equivalent to 2 dry gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints. An imperial peck is equivalent to 9.09 liters and a US customary peck is equivalent to 8.81 liters. Two pecks make a kenning (obsolete), and four pecks make a bushel.
Betty Hutton (born Elizabeth June Thornburg; February 26, 1921 – March 12, 2007) [a] was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedian, dancer, and singer. She rose to fame in the 1940s as a contract player for Paramount Pictures, appearing primarily in musicals and became one of the studio's most valuable stars. [1]
Abe Burrows (born Abram Solman Borowitz; December 18, 1910 – May 17, 1985) was an American writer, composer, humorist, director for radio and the stage, and librettist for Broadway musicals.
"A Bushel and a Peck" b/w "So Long Sally" 29 1951 "Because of You" b/w "Andiamo" 17 "I Want to Be Near You" b/w "I Will Never Change" 30 All of the above charted tracks were released on 78 only: 1952 "Oh My Darlin'" b/w "Until" (Non-album track) Desmo Sings Desmond "Festival" b/w "Confetti, I Stood and Threw" Non-album tracks "Battle Hymn of ...