Edison "Needle Type Electric" Lateral Cut Disc from 1929 (Thomas A. Edison , Inc. Orange N.J.) These lateral cut discs were issued shortly before Edison folded the phonograph business for good in 1929. This is No. 14059 "Wouldn't It Be Wonderful ?" and "Polly Primrose" B. A. Rolfe and his Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra
The best-known recording of the song is by Les Paul and Mary Ford, made on January 4, 1951. The record was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 1451, with the flip side "Walkin' and Whistlin' Blues",[6] and spent 25 weeks (beginning on March 23, 1951) on the Billboard chart,[5] 9 weeks at #1.