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The Singing Dogs was a musical recording project under whose name two 45rpm singles were released in the 1950s.The idea for the Singing Dogs came from Danish recording engineer Carl Weismann who recorded the sounds of various species of birds. But barking dogs often spoiled the recordings. Weismann found a new use for these spoiled takes by splicing together the pitches of dog barks into the pattern of songs. He teamed up with Don Charles, a record producer working in Copenhagen, Denmark (not the same person as an English record producer also named Don Charles). Weismann used recordings of five dogs barking (their names were Dolly, Pearl, Pussy, Caesar, and King), spliced them on reel-to-reel tape, and arranged the pitches to the tune of the Stephen Foster song "Oh! Susanna". Charles provi
Track list and 30sec audio provided by
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Singing Dogs | The Singing Dogs | 1974 | Album |
Hot Dog Rock 'N' Roll | The Singing Dogs | 1972 | Single |
Jingle Bells / Oh! Susanna | Don Charles Presents The Singing Dogs | 1971 | Single |
My Bonnie Is Over The Ocean | The Singing Dogs | 1970 | Single |
The Singing Dogs | The Singing Dogs Directed By Carl Weismann | 1957 | Single |
Those Barking Dogs | Don Charles Presents The Singing Dogs | 1956 | Single |
Les Chiens Chanteurs | The Singing Dogs | 1956 | Single |
Hot Dog Rock And Roll / Hot Dog Boogie | Don Charles Presents The Singing Dogs | 1956 | Single |
Oh! Susanna | Don Charles Presents The Singing Dogs | 1955 | Single |
Pearl's Jingle Bells / Caesar's Pat-A-Cake / King's Three Blind Mice / Dolly's Oh! Susanna - Fast / Dolly's Oh! Susanna - Slow | Don Charles Presents The Singing Dogs | 1955 | Single |
Hot Dog Rock And roll/ Hot Dog Boogie | Don Charles, The Singing Dogs | Album |