Jerry Murad's Harmonicats- Peg O' My Heart

[Bubblehead617]

Awesome! Loved to see "The Cats"

[TheHarmonicats]

We're sorry to learn of the passing of JR Mass, bass player in this video and brother to the chord player, Joe Jr., also playing here, on Jan. 5. Our deepest condolences to his family and brother Joe. The world has lost a true bass harmonica master.

[MrIZAKELIJAH]

this was my husband and i was our favorite song. I lost him after 62yrs.this was our love song

[MikeKdy]

Love this haunting melody and you guys do it so well. No wonder you made it a million seller.

[TheJukeboxGirl]

Peg O My Heart My Mom and Dads Song. Love You and Miss You Sooo Much

[retweld7018]

Hi Jerry been a fan of the "Cats" since th mid 60's love your music and artistry my Dad loved your music he gone now he also enjoyed Bora and his group.

[sinisterexposur]

"Joe take another bow"

[johneazevedo]

great great song, sounds good even today. Jerry and his group play with so much passion, the mouth organ isn't that easy to play, and they make it seem so easy. Thanks guys for a great performance

[MrThepitywhores]

Oh my God!!! Seriusly, my dear sweet Jesus in Heaven!! This is WONDERFUL!!!

[MrThepitywhores]

There is NO WAY that Galloping Comediens isn't your GREATEST HIT!! That song is the BOMB DADDY!!! You guys ROCK!!

[zingflap]

I remember these guys from when i was kid in Tampa back in the 60's. Saw them on the Ed Sullivan show as I recall. Thought they were great. Now as an adult I see I was right.

[OneKewpie]

I love these original Harmonicats and remember them from way back then. 1947 the year I was married and life was good, so simple without all the stress of today's world. Thank you so much for posting! ~OneKewpie~

[ForCarolToEnjoy]

OH how this song brings back memories This is so well played LOVE IT

[oldude1000]

This is from my time......love it.......Oldude

[7927jackpark]

I remember seeing a "video" performance of this tune on Milwaukee television around 1952 I thought was so cool. I was six at the time.

[navydoctrinidad]

Some of the best music on earth. Thanks so much. Always loved the Fantastic "Cats." Charlie

[MrMegaFredzeppelin]

This is WONDERFUL!!!

[stickman2012]

NICE! We played this is band but not like this!

[Axispser]

I love the harmonicats! this is what i call real harmonica trios. =D i play the hohner chord harmonica and super64 chromatic too. Can i request to have the score for the chord solo and also the scores for the trio in the video pretty please? =D

[trellis2]

Dear Jerry and guys,

Thanks for the memories. I saw and heard you guys perform live in Des Moines, IA in the early 60's and I was hooked. Rich harmony. I was about 8yrs, old at that time, but I have some of your albums and I listen to them regularly. "Peg" is still the best, but "Sabre Dance" is great, as are they all. Bless you guys for bringing so much happiness, in an unhappy world.

[wizenedgoatbeard]

love that sweet sound.

[sonofboo]

oh god this is awesome

[donncy]

Proof that a harmonica is in fact a legit musical instruement.

DCI

[hms66]

I had the pleasure of seeing this group perform at Lou Walters Latin Quarter in the early 50s in NYC. I was about 11 or 12 at the time. Great group.

[kiwistrudel]

Aaaaaaaaaaah .... I love these guys, always and forever....

Thanks from California ....

[Sarsington]

oh my!

[barrymotex]

What showmen and gentlemen also. Jerry encouraged others to study the instrument. I was on the SS Norway in the early 1980's and the group performed as a headliner show. On a shore excursion I bump into Jerry and ask him which harmonica to buy, so he helps me and held up my new purchase for inspection like a kind uncle...I rode back to the ship on the small boat with the group and they talked shop talk all the way back with me..didn't matter too them I couldn't play a note...

[joe1blue]

Can it get any better???????

[joomuck]

Such melody, such harmony-a lost art: great music and thanks for the posting.

Ted

[TheHarmonicats]

a HUGE thanks to all of you who have posted wonderful comments here. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from The Harmonicats.

[Peajaysea61]

This was #1 on the day I was born 23 Jul 1947!

[rdadal]

I saw these guys live in Chicago a very long time ago.

[richventures]

Great, thanks so much :)) Rich

[wcd47]

Soooo sweet.....I had there records in the 60s.....

[choperudo]

Que harmonicota!!!

[glassbeads4u]

I JUST LOVE THESE GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN HEAR THEM ON AM 91.5 SEQUIM RADIO STATION. KSQM

[elnrobo]

With 3 guys playing it's amazing how much sound fills a room . Just absolutely wonderful !

[Sareph1000]

I have a phonograph that is a family heirloom ( for what ever reason), of this group. And it is locked in a storage safe at the moment. I love the music, interesting, and new. Even though Jerry Murad's has been around for a min.

[njchrissiface]

My Mom's name was Peg and this was her song ,I remember my Dad singing it to her all the time.

[Marianne1379]

@njchrissiface ...My mom's name too; I haven't heard this in a while and got choked up.

[sassyjass]

My grandmother loved this song, and my family played the Harmonicats recording very often when I was a little girl.

[nsenderoff]

Oh my God someone mentioned they had this on cassette? i listened to this song when it came out I believe 1949 or so on 78 at my grandmothers. I believe I wore it out and my uncul had to buy another record or I may have broke the record(remember those days) Love these guys ned

[BigDuckKetterer]

OMG I've always loved Jerry Murad's Harmonicats!!! No one else will ever come close to their talent Bravo!!!!!

[nsenderoff]

U-Tube is great!! my grandmother had this on 78 in the late fourtys and I would listen to this and shes to fat for me over and over and over.

[54car54]

:-) my goodness does this bring back some memories, good memories. I had this on cassette, it looks like I need to head over to their web site so that I can get the CD. Thank you Harmonicats

P.S. I think another one of my favorites is Gallop of the Comedians. :-)

[fransjaak]

Fijn dit weer eens te zien en te horen,

grote klasse.

bedankt ,gr. Fransjaak van Sluis.

[TheHarmonicats]

@fransjaak

translation: Great to see and hear them again. Such class!

[veepee10]

My grandfather played also,

Vito Patierno from struthers,OH

[payrollcpp]

thank you so much for your reply.

We have every record I think Jerry ever made. My father would sit for hours and listen to the music

[jcfan9]

wow, very nice! my dad played the harmonica..easy to carry while in the navy. this brings back wonderful memories!

[rdadal]

Had the thrill of seeing them live on stage. One of the great variety acts ever.

[castedlady]

Somewhere, I heard that the recording was the first time that an echo chamber was used on a recording

[TheHarmonicats]

You're pretty much correct, At that time,echo was being used on voice recordings. It was the Cat's engineer, Bill Putnam, who engineered at the big voice recording studio in Chicago, Universal, that put echo so prominently in the Cats recordings. And to do so, he ran a speaker to the men's room which was made of ceramic tile which gave it a boomy sound and placed a microphone in front of it. This was unheard of at the time as there was no echo machines invented yet.

[ji3rul4xup6u4]

看著一個白髮蒼蒼的老人

陶醉在那麼美妙的音樂中

真的是太觸動我了

[kascewicz]

Brings back just about a million sweet memories.

[revolutionary2580]

Absolutely beautiful and heartfelt playing. So good I passed the envy stage and went on to the despondently impressed stage. Touche bueno vista!

[swinginkatz]

I remember it well Great memories

[justformirka]

WONDERFUL memories

[StewedTomato]

Thanks for sharing! This song played for me quite a often when I was a little girl, Peggy

[apilanni]

My boyfriend plays the HARMONIC. WHEN HE PLAYS PEG OF MY HEART I MELT

[queenievenus]

Memories bring tears often. I agree this has that effect ,but nice with pleasant memories for me of a life passed and not to be recapture only in such melodies such as this. Wonderful! so sweet sounding no wonder it touches emotional senses!

[alexistexias]

i am crying.....

this song foreever

[richardprisica]

I don't know why, but every time I hear them play this song I get tears in my eyes. I don't know if it's the memory or the beauty of the peice. Thanks.

[peanut9244]

I can remember my parents listening to this and others by the Harmonacats.

Dancing in the Living Room.

Thanks for the Memories

[louswire]

Gawd! these guys are tight!!! I can only wish I could play a chromatic that well!!!

[michelleuk]

This is a brilliant version of a very old song. Awesome!

[borimirtheboring]

God, my late father used to play this song.

Over and over and over and over.

God love him.

[Tony7840]

BRAVO...BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rome41jm]

I remember it from 1946 when I was just a tot..

[Laurensnl]

I wish I was born around the war. I love the old music...

[yaesuham]

I first heard this recording back in the 60s. I loved Jerrys music then, and now its even more precious to me. Thanks for posting this Vid. Its a wonderful tribute to and amazing musician, and his orchestra of three.. Brings back a lot of memories to an old DJ like me.  May God Bless.

[80552E1]

bellissimo!!! A must see for all harmonica's lovers!

[nrvstorm]

Oh yes. Oh yes. This is fabulous.

[stinky1128]

Wonderful and So Mellow!!

[sschev]

wonderful!!!

[Budge68]

This video is outstanding. Thank you so very much. Miss this music. Virginia Shawl

[Budge68]

My oh my, just beautiful. Use to listen to this as well as dance. Thanks for bringing back this beautiful music to me. Virginia Shawl

[jasonricci]

So Beautiful!

[Oakey17]

My Grandfather and I are watching this amazing video together, He's actually met these guys in person.

[lukehusky]

GOD BLESS THESE GUYS !

[rmo52]

Many years ago while my Dad was having his big band (Bobby Mills Orch.)recorded at Universal Recording in Chicago, the Harmonicats were down the hall recording as well. I remember him saying it was quite a treat to peek in on the session.

[justplaincarla]

Here's a fond memory for ya'll.

When I was a kid, my grandmother came to live with us. She had a rather-strong 'accent.'

One day she said to me: 'pick up my hat.'

I said, 'what hat?' and she slapped me.

She meant: Peg O' My Heart. The record had fallen on the floor.

What a fond memory--seriously, I survived the slap (lol).

[rdadal]

I was lucky enough to have seen them live in Chicago. Also, there was a local variety show in Chicago. It was Jim Moran, the Courtesy Man, a Hudson, then Ford dealer. He had them on about 2 or 3 times a year. This is one of my very favorite tunes.

[kkoong717]

I love it!!!

KK

[toronstganymede]

... number 1 forever ............