"(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window (UK Release)"
Single by Patti Page
B-side	"My Jealous Eyes"
Released	March 28, 1953 (1953-03-28)
Format	10" 78 rpm & 7" 45 rpm single
Genre	Novelty, traditional pop
Length	2:58
Label	Oriole #CB 1156
Writer(s)	Bob Merrill

"(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?"

Single by Lita Roza

B-side

"Tell Me We'll Meet Again"

Genre

Novelty, traditional pop

Length

2:21

Label

Decca Records

Lita Roza singles chronology

"Oakie Boogie"
(1952)

"(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?"
(1953)

"Seven Lonely Days"
(1953)

"(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" is a popular novelty song published as having been written by Bob Merrill in 1952 and very loosely based on the folk tune, Carnival of Venice. This song is also loosely based on the song "Oh, where, oh, where, has my little dog gone?" The best-known version of the song was the original, recorded by Patti Page on December 18, 1952, and released in January 1953 by Mercury Records as catalog numbers 70070 (78 rpm) and 70070X45 (45 rpm) under the title "The Doggie in the Window", with the flip side being "My Jealous Eyes". It reached No. 1 on both the Billboard and Cash Box charts in 1953, and sold over two million copies.

Mercury, however, had poor distribution in the United Kingdom. Therefore, a recording by Lita Roza was the one most widely heard in the UK, reaching No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1953. It also distinguished Roza as the first British woman to have a number-one hit in the UK chart. It was also the first song to reach number 1 with a question in the title.

"Doggie" was one in a series of successful novelty songs since the 1930s, following on the success of songs such as Bing Crosby's "Pistol Packin' Mama" and Merv Griffin's "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts". Prior to the release of "Doggie", composer Bob Merrill penned "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake". The original Page recording included the sounds of dogs barking, credited on the label as "Barks by Joe and Mac" (her arranger, Joe Reisman, and a violinist). The recording also features Page's signature multi-part tight harmonies, all sung by Page. Throughout the years, she recorded several other versions as well.

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