Peg o' My Heart (song)
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| "Peg o' My Heart" | |
|---|---|
 1913 sheet music cover with image of Laurette Taylor in her title role in the play. | |
| Song | |
| Published | March 15, 1913 |
| Composer | Fred Fisher |
| Lyricist | Alfred Bryan |
"Peg o' My Heart" is a popular song with lyrics by Alfred Bryan and music by 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.[citation needed]
The song was inspired by the main character in the very successful Broadway play of the time, Peg o' My Heart, that debuted December 20, 1912 at the Cort Theatre in NYC. The play was written by J. Hartley Manners and starred Laurette Taylor in the title role.[1] Taylor appeared on the cover of early published sheet music.[2]
Notable recordings of the song include:
- Charles W. Harrison
- Henry Burr
- Walter Van Brunt
- Edison, Blue Amberol 2036
- Released: September 1913 [5]
- Bunny Berigan & his Orchestra
- Label: Victor 27258 (matrix: 043925)
- Recorded: New York City November 28, 1939[6]
- Lester Young Trio
- The Harmonicats[7]
- Label: Vitacoustic Records 1
- Released: March 1947
- First entered the Billboard magazine chart on April 18, on charts 21 weeks, peaking at #1
- Buddy Clark with orchestra directed by Mitchell Ayres
- Label: Columbia 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
- Art Lund with orchestra conducted by Johnny Thompson
- Label: MGM 10037 (matrix: 47-S-3077-3)
- Recorded: in Los Angeles, California May 12, 1947
- First entered the Billboard magazine chart on June 20, on charts 10 weeks, peaking at #6
- Clark Dennis
- Label: Capitol 346
- First entered the Billboard magazine chart on July 4, 1947, on charts 1 week, at #10
- The Three Suns
- Label: RCA Victor 20-2272
- First entered the Billboard magazine chart on June 20, 1947, on charts 16 weeks, peaking at #2
- Joe Loss and his Orchestra
- Label: His Master's Voice BD 5987
- Recorded: London on October 13, 1947
- Gene Vincent and His Bluecaps
- Album: Bluejean Bop!
- Label: Capitol Records
- Released: 13 August 1956
- Robert Maxwell His Harp and Orchestra
- Andy Williams
- Album: The Shadow of Your Smile (1966)
- 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.[9]
