A Bushel and a Peck
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"A Bushel and a Peck" | |
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Song | |
Published | 1950 |
Songwriter(s) | Frank Loesser |
"A Bushel and a Peck" is a
In the musical, the number can be performed either as "Miss Adelaide and her Chick Chick Chickadees," with the women dressed in yellow feathers, or as "Miss Adelaide and the Hot Box Farmerettes," where skimpy farmer outfits are worn (often jean cutoffs and checkered racing shirts or short gingham sundresses). The script calls the dancers the Farmerettes and describes the costume as "abbreviated Farmerette costumes with large hats and carrying rakes, hoes and pitchforks".[2] During the original production, the dancers wore large Daisy barrettes, with loose petals behind permanent ones. When they sang "He loves me, he loves me not," they would throw the loose petals into the audience.[3]
A number of popular singers released recordings of "A Bushel and a Peck" while the show was still in rehearsals.
The most popular recording was by
Another popular contemporary recording, made the day after the Como-Hutton one, was by Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely (recorded on September 13, 1950, and released by Capitol Records as Capitol 1042). The record reached the Billboard chart a week after the Como-Hutton version, on October 28, 1950, and lasted 15 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 6.[4]
Other 1950 recordings that charted were by The Andrews Sisters, (Decca 27252) charting on December 9, charting for four weeks, peaking at number 22, and Johnny Desmond, (MGM 10800) charting the same day for one week at number 29.[6]
On December 9, all four recordings were on the Billboard chart.
On Cash Box's Best-Selling Record charts, where all versions of the song are combined, the song reached number 5 on December 2, 1950.
The song gained so much popularity before the musical actually opened that it was moved from its original spot at the start of the second act into the first act.[citation needed]
Recorded versions
- The Andrews Sisters (1950)
- Vivian Blaine (1953)
- Perry Como and Betty Hutton (1950)
- Doris Day (1950)
- Johnny Desmond (1950)
- Connie Haines (1950)
- Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford (1953)
- Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely (1950)
- Diahann Carroll "A" You're Adorable: Love Songs for Children (1965)
- Sharon, Lois & Bram: From In The Schoolyard (1981) TV recording (1987)
- VeggieTales: Junior's Bedtime Songs (2002)
- Dan Zanes & Friends: Rocket Ship Beach (1990)
- Faith Prince Guys and Dolls 1992 Broadway Revival Cast Recording
References
- ISBN 978-1442235052. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
- ^ Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows, Guys & Dolls, Music Theater International, New York, 1951, np.
- ^ Susan Loesser, A Most Remarkable Fella, Donald I. Fine, Inc. New York, 1993, p.114
- ^ a b c Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research. See also Joel Whitburn, Pop Memories 1890-1954, Record Research, Menomonee Falls, WI, 1986, p. 99, 122, 29, 126
- ^ "Backstory - Remodel (:60) | State Farm® Commercial - YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ^ Whitburn, "Memories, pp. 29, 126