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((Short description|1950 popular music song))
((More citations needed|date=May 2021))
((Infobox song
| name      = A Bushel and a Peck
| cover     =
| alt       =
| type      =
| written   =
| published = 1950
| writer    = [[Frank Loesser]]
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"'''A Bushel and a Peck'''" is a [[traditional popular music|popular]] song written by [[Frank Loesser]] and published in 1950. The song was introduced in the Broadway [[musical theater|musical]] ''[[Guys and Dolls (musical)|Guys and Dolls]]'',<ref>((cite book | last=Dietz | first=Dan | date=July 2, 2014 | publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] | page=39 | title=The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Zz_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA39 | access-date=July 27, 2021 | isbn=978-1442235052))</ref> which opened at the 46th Street Theater on November 24, 1950. It was performed on stage by [[Vivian Blaine]] and a women's chorus as a [[nightclub]] act at the Hot Box. It is the first of two nightclub performances in the musical. Although Blaine later reprised her role as Miss Adelaide in the [[Guys and Dolls (film)|1955 film version]] of the play, "A Bushel and a Peck" was omitted from the film and replaced by a new song, "Pet Me, Poppa."

In the musical, the number can be performed either as "Miss Adelaide and her Chick Chick Chickadees," with the women  dressed in yellow feathers, or as "Miss Adelaide and the Hot Box Farmerettes," where skimpy farmer outfits are worn (often jean cutoffs and checkered racing shirts or short gingham [[sundress]]es). The script calls the dancers the Farmerettes and describes the costume as "abbreviated Farmerette costumes with large hats and carrying rakes, hoes and pitchforks".<ref>Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows, ''Guys & Dolls'', Music Theater International, New York, 1951, np.</ref> During the original production, the dancers wore large Daisy barrettes, with loose petals behind permanent ones. When they sang "He loves me, he loves me not," they would throw the loose petals into the audience.<ref>Susan Loesser, ''A Most Remarkable Fella'', Donald I. Fine, Inc. New York, 1993, p.114</ref>

A number of popular singers released recordings of "A Bushel and a Peck" while the show was still in rehearsals.

The most popular recording was by [[Perry Como]] and [[Betty Hutton]], made on September 12, 1950, and released by [[RCA Victor]]. It reached the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' chart on October 21, 1950, and lasted 18 weeks, where it peaked at number 3.<ref name=Whitburn>
((cite book
  | last = Whitburn
  | first = Joel
  | author-link = Joel Whitburn
  | title = Top Pop Records 1940-1955
  | publisher = Record Research
  | year = 1973 )) See also Joel Whitburn, ''Pop Memories 1890-1954'', Record Research, Menomonee Falls, WI, 1986, p. 99, 122, 29, 126</ref>

Another popular contemporary recording, made the day after the Como-Hutton one, was by [[Margaret Whiting]] and [[Jimmy Wakely]] (recorded on September 13, 1950, and released by [[Capitol Records]] as Capitol 1042). The record reached the ''Billboard'' chart a week after the Como-Hutton version, on October 28, 1950, and lasted 15 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 6.<ref name=Whitburn/>

[[Doris Day]]'s recording (also made on September 13, 1950, and released by [[Columbia Records]] as 78rpm catalog number 39008 and 45rpm catalog number 45-838) made the chart on November 4, 1950, for 8 weeks, peaking at number 16.<ref name=Whitburn/> Day's rendition of the song enjoyed a surge in popularity due to its usage in a [[2017 in television|2017]] [[State Farm Insurance]] [[TV commercial]].<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JosRNhwRrIU |title=Backstory - Remodel (:60) &#124; State Farm® Commercial - YouTube |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=2017-08-28 |archive-date=2017-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019161725/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JosRNhwRrIU |url-status=dead ))</ref>

Other 1950 recordings that charted were by [[The Andrews Sisters]], (Decca 27252) charting on December 9, charting for four weeks, peaking at number 22, and [[Johnny Desmond]], (MGM 10800) charting the same day for one week at number 29.<ref>Whitburn, "Memories'', pp. 29, 126</ref>

On December 9, all four recordings were on the [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] chart.

On ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'''s Best-Selling Record charts, where all versions of the song are combined, the song reached number 5 on December 2, 1950.

The song gained so much popularity before the musical actually opened that it was moved from its original spot at the start of the second act into the first act.((Citation needed|date=April 2008))

==Recorded versions==
*[[The Andrews Sisters]] (1950)
*[[Vivian Blaine]] (1953)
*[[Perry Como]] and [[Betty Hutton]] (1950)
*[[Doris Day]] (1950)
*[[Johnny Desmond]] (1950)
*[[Connie Haines]] (1950)
*[[Frankie Laine]] and [[Jo Stafford]] (1953)
*[[Margaret Whiting]] and [[Jimmy Wakely]] (1950)
*[[Diahann Carroll]] "A" You're Adorable: Love Songs for Children (1965)
*[[Sharon, Lois & Bram]]: ''From In The Schoolyard'' (1981) TV recording (1987)
*[[VeggieTales]]: ''Junior's Bedtime Songs'' (2002)
*[[Dan Zanes]] & Friends: ''Rocket Ship Beach'' (1990)
* [[Faith Prince]] Guys and Dolls 1992 Broadway Revival Cast Recording

==References==
((Reflist))

((Perry Como))
((Guys and Dolls))
((The Andrews Sisters))

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