The Singing Dogs was a musical recording project under whose name two 45rpm singles

Single (music)

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 were released in the 1950s.

The idea for the Singing Dogs came from Don Charles, a record producer

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 working in Copenhagen

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, Denmark

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 (not the same person as an English record producer also named Don Charles

Don Charles

Don Charles was a popular English ballad singer, and record producer, and later in his life, a writer of a self-help book. He is best known for his recordings of "Walk With Me My Angel" and "Bring Your Love to Me". He also produced several of The Tornados' tracks including "Space Walk" and...

). He made recordings of four dogs barking (their names were Dolly, Pearl, Caesar, and King), spliced them on reel-to-reel tape, and arranged the pitches to the tune of the Stephen Foster

Stephen Foster

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 song "Oh! Susanna

Oh! Susanna

"Oh! Susanna" is a minstrel song by Stephen Foster . It was published by W. C. Peters & Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1848. The song was introduced by a local quintette at a concert in Andrews' Eagle Ice Cream Saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 11, 1847. Foster was said to have written...

". This was eventually released by RCA Victor as the A-side on a 7" single, with the B-side a medley of "Pat-a-Cake", "Three Blind Mice

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", and "Jingle Bells

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". The novelty record became a hit, reaching #22 on the US

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 Billboard Pop Singles

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 chart

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. The disc eventually sold over half a million copies. In 1956, the troupe of dogs (with a fifth member, Pussy) were again recorded, yielding the single "Hot Dog Rock 'n Roll" b/w "Hot Dog Boogie".