▁with ▁Don ▁Charles , ▁a ▁record ▁producer ▁working ▁in ▁C open hagen , ▁Den mark ▁( not ▁the ▁same ▁person ▁as ▁an ▁English ▁record ▁producer ▁also ▁named ▁Don ▁Charles ). ▁We ism ann ▁used ▁record ings ▁of ▁five ▁dogs ▁b ark ing ▁( the ir ▁names ▁were ▁Dol ly , ▁Pear l , ▁P uss y , ▁Ca esar , ▁and ▁King ), ▁sp lic ed ▁them ▁on ▁re el - to - re el ▁t ape , ▁and ▁arranged ▁the ▁pitch es ▁to ▁the ▁t une ▁of ▁the ▁Stephen ▁F oster ▁song ▁" Oh ! ▁Sus anna ". ▁Charles ▁provided ▁the ▁musical ▁accompan iment . ▁This ▁was ▁released ▁by ▁R CA ▁Victor ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁as ▁the ▁A - side ▁on ▁a ▁ 7 " ▁single , ▁with ▁the ▁B - side ▁a ▁med ley ▁of ▁" Pat - a - C ake ", ▁" Three ▁Bl ind ▁M ice ", ▁and ▁" J ing le ▁B ells ". ▁The ▁novel ty ▁record ▁became ▁a ▁hit , ▁reaching ▁# 2 2 ▁on ▁the ▁US ▁Billboard ▁Pop ▁Singles ▁chart . ▁The ▁disc ▁eventually ▁sold ▁over ▁a ▁million ▁copies . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁the ▁tr oupe ▁of ▁dogs ▁( with ▁a ▁fifth ▁member , ▁P uss y ) ▁were ▁again ▁recorded , ▁yield ing ▁the ▁single ▁" Hot ▁Dog ▁Rock ▁' n ▁Roll " ▁b / w ▁" Hot ▁Dog ▁Bo og ie ". ▁This ▁recording ▁is ▁listed ▁as ▁being ▁" direct ed " ▁by ▁Carl ▁We