"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, 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).
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: