Peg o' My Heart
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"Peg o' My Heart" is a popular song written by Alfred Bryan
and Fred Fisher
. It was published on March 15, 1913 and it featured in the 1913 musical Ziegfeld Follies
. The song was first performed publicly by Irving Kaufman in 1912 at The College Inn in New York City after he had stumbled across a draft of sheet music on a shelf at the Leo Feist offices. The song, performed by Max Harris
and his Novelty Trio (based on a version by The Harmonicats
), was used as the theme of the BBC
miniseries The Singing Detective
(1986). Celtic punk
band Dropkick Murphys
covered the song on their 2011 album, Going Out In Style
. Their version features a guest appearance by Bruce Springsteen
.
Recording Engineer Bill Putnam Sr. was the first to use artificial reverb creatively on a pop recording with the use of the first reverb chamber (the studio bathroom!)
Notable recordings of the song include:
In the 2010 ITV drama Downton Abbey
, episode 4 season 1 features William, the second footman, playing "Peg o' My Heart" on the piano in the servants' hall.
Alfred Bryan
Alfred Bryan was a United States songwriter and pacifist.-Songs:His hits included*"Peg O' My Heart"*"Come Josephine in My Flying Machine"*"I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier"...
and Fred Fisher
Fred Fisher
Fred Fisher was a German-born American songwriter and Tin Pan Alley music publisher. Fisher founded Fred Fisher Music Publishing Company in 1907. He was born as Albert von Breitenbach in Cologne...
. It was published on March 15, 1913 and it featured in the 1913 musical Ziegfeld Follies
Ziegfeld Follies
The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 through 1931. They became a radio program in 1932 and 1936 as The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air....
. The song was first performed publicly by Irving Kaufman in 1912 at The College Inn in New York City after he had stumbled across a draft of sheet music on a shelf at the Leo Feist offices. The song, performed by Max Harris
Max Harris (composer)
Max Harris was a British film and television composer and arranger. He played the piano and piano accordion....
and his Novelty Trio (based on a version by The Harmonicats
The Harmonicats
Jerry Murad's Harmonicats were an American harmonica-based group. Originally they were named The Harmonica Madcaps and the group consisted of Jerry Murad , Bob Hadamik , Pete Pedersen , and Al Fiore, . They reformed later as a trio with Murad, Fiore, and bass harmonica player Don Les...
), was used as the theme of the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
miniseries The Singing Detective
The Singing Detective
The Singing Detective is a BBC television miniseries written by Dennis Potter, which stars Michael Gambon, and was directed by Jon Amiel. The six episodes were "Skin", "Heat", "Lovely Days", "Clues", "Pitter Patter" and "Who Done It"....
(1986). Celtic punk
Celtic punk
Celtic punk is punk rock mixed with traditional Celtic music. The genre was founded in the 1980s by The Pogues, a band of punk musicians in London who celebrated their Irish heritage. Celtic punk bands often play covers of traditional Irish folk and political songs, as well as original compositions...
band Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys are an Irish-American punk rock band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1996. The band was initially signed to independent punk record label Hellcat Records, releasing five albums for the label, and making a name for themselves locally through constant playing and yearly St....
covered the song on their 2011 album, Going Out In Style
Going Out in Style
Going Out in Style is the seventh studio album by the Dropkick Murphys and was released on March 1, 2011. It was the band's second studio release on their Born & Bred Records label, and marks the longest gap between two Dropkick Murphys albums, as it was released almost four years after 2007's The...
. Their version features a guest appearance by Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
.
Recording Engineer Bill Putnam Sr. was the first to use artificial reverb creatively on a pop recording with the use of the first reverb chamber (the studio bathroom!)
Notable recordings of the song include:
- Charles W. HarrisonCharles W. HarrisonCharles Harrison was an American tenor ballad singer.Harrison studied singing in New York City with Frederick Bristol...
- Label: Victor 17412 (matrix: 13628-2)
- Recorded: July 24, 1913
- Henry BurrHenry BurrHenry Burr was a Canadian singer of popular songs from the early 20th century, an early radio performer and producer...
- Label: ColumbiaColumbia RecordsColumbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
A-1404 (matrix: 38980-2) - Recorded: August 1, 1913
- Label: Columbia
- Walter Van BruntWalter Van BruntWalter Van Brunt was an American tenor known initially for his recordings on Thomas Alva Edison's Blue Amberol Records and later for his rôle in a scandal involving a stage name and case of adultery....
- EdisonEdison RecordsEdison Records was one of the earliest record labels which pioneered recorded sound and was an important player in the early recording industry.- Early phonographs before commercial mass produced records :...
, Blue AmberolBlue Amberol RecordsBlue Amberol Records was the trademarked name for cylinder recordings manufactured by the Edison company in the U.S. from 1912 to 1929. They were issued as a replacement to the 4 minute black wax Amberol cylinder introduced in 1908 which in turn replaced the 2 minute wax cylinders that Edison had...
2036 - Released: September 1913
- Edison
- Bunny BeriganBunny BeriganRowland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan was an American jazz trumpeter who rose to fame during the swing era, but whose virtuosity and influence were shortened by a losing battle with alcoholism that ended in his early death at age 33. He composed the jazz instrumentals "Chicken and Waffles" and "Blues"...
& his Orchestra- Label: Victor 27258 (matrix: 043925)
- Recorded: New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
November 28, 1939
- The HarmonicatsThe HarmonicatsJerry Murad's Harmonicats were an American harmonica-based group. Originally they were named The Harmonica Madcaps and the group consisted of Jerry Murad , Bob Hadamik , Pete Pedersen , and Al Fiore, . They reformed later as a trio with Murad, Fiore, and bass harmonica player Don Les...
- Label: Vitacoustic 1
- Released: March 1947
- First entered the BillboardBillboard (magazine)Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
magazine chart on April 18, on charts 21 weeks, peaking at #1
- Buddy ClarkBuddy ClarkBuddy Clark was a popular American singer in the 1930s and 1940s.-Life and career:Clark was born Samuel Goldberg to Jewish parents in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He made his Big Band singing debut in 1934 with Benny Goodman on the Let's Dance radio program. In 1936 he started to perform on the...
with orchestra directed by Mitchell AyresMitchell AyresMitchell Ayres was an orchestra leader, music arranger, composer and performer. He is best known for his many years of work with Perry Como on radio, records, and television and as the musical conductor for The Hollywood Palace.-Early years:Born Mitchell Agress in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he...
- Label: ColumbiaColumbia RecordsColumbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
37392 (matrix: CO 37671) - Recorded: New York City April 25, 1947
- First entered the Billboard magazine chart on June 27, on charts 7 weeks, peaking at #4
- Label: Columbia
- Art LundArt LundArt Lund was an American baritone singer, initially with bandleaders Benny Goodman and Harry James, and was also a television and stage actor.-Biography:...
with orchestra conducted by Johnny Thompson- Label: MGMMGM RecordsMGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946, for the purpose of releasing soundtrack albums of their musical films. Later it became a pop label, lasting into the 1970s...
10037 (matrix: 47-S-3077-3) - Recorded: in Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
May 12, 1947 - First entered the Billboard magazine chart on June 20, on charts 10 weeks, peaking at #6
- Label: MGM
- Clark Dennis
- Label: CapitolCapitol RecordsCapitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
346 - First entered the Billboard magazine chart on July 4, 1947, on charts 1 week, at #10
- Label: Capitol
- The Three SunsThe Three SunsThe Three Suns was an American instrumental pop group, popular in the 1940s and 1950s.The group was formed in 1939 by Al Nevins and Morty Nevins and Artie Dunn , . Their first hit record was "Twilight Time", which was written by the band along with Buck Ram. "Twilight Time" sold over four million...
- Label: RCA Victor 20-2272
- First entered the Billboard magazine chart on June 20, 1947, on charts 16 weeks, peaking at #2
- Joe LossJoe LossJoshua Alexander "Joe" Loss LVO OBE was a British musician and founder of the Joe Loss Orchestra.-Life:Loss was born in Spitalfields, London, the youngest of four children. His parents, Israel and Ada Loss, were Russian Jews and first cousins. His father was a cabinet-maker who had an office...
and his Orchestra- Label: His Master's Voice BD 5987
- Recorded: London on October 13, 1947
- Dropkick MurphysDropkick MurphysDropkick Murphys are an Irish-American punk rock band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1996. The band was initially signed to independent punk record label Hellcat Records, releasing five albums for the label, and making a name for themselves locally through constant playing and yearly St....
featuring Bruce SpringsteenBruce SpringsteenBruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
- Label: Born & Bred Records
- Recorded: in Boston, Massachusetts 2010/2011
In the 2010 ITV drama Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey is a British television period drama series, produced by NBC Universal-owned British media company Carnival Films for the ITV network. The series is set during the late Edwardian era and the First World War on the fictional estate of Downton Abbey in Yorkshire, and features an...
, episode 4 season 1 features William, the second footman, playing "Peg o' My Heart" on the piano in the servants' hall.