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The song was parodied as "I've Got A Liver The Size of Coconuts" on the animated series, The Critic. The parody is sung by an inebriated Dudley Moore (impersonated voice by Maurice LaMarche) by his Arthur character. The 2011 British animated family film Gnomeo & Juliet also includes a portion of the song.
Dash also wrote songs under the name Lewis Ilda. One of his best remembered songs is "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts", written with English songwriters Elton Box and Desmond Cox of Box and Cox Publications, under the collective pseudonym of Fred Heatherton, [2] and copyrighted in 1944.
In 1949, his recording of "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts", performed with Freddy Martin and his Orchestra, sold three million copies. [ 13 ] During a nightclub performance, Griffin was discovered by Doris Day , who arranged a screen test at Warner Bros. for a role in By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953).
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In 1950, a Decca single, "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts", was released, and became another chart hit for him. [55] His second Columbia LP album Danny Kaye Entertains (1953, Columbia) included five songs recorded in 1941 from his Broadway musical Lady in the Dark, most notably "Tschaikowsky (and Other Russians)". [57]
So here it is St. Patrick’s Day, with the shamrock martini stains on our chin still wet, and that lovely bunch of Coconuts are already planning for Dec. 31. Oh, yes they are.
Washington Historic District is a national historic district located at Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina. It encompasses 512 contributing buildings and one contributing structure in the town of Washington.
Their greatest hit was "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts," written with Irwin Dash under the pseudonym "Fred Heatherton." [2] The principals were Elton Box (1903–1981) and Desmond Cox (1903–1966). Bill Martin, who worked in "Tin Pan Alley" at the time, recalled their manner, 'And they had a piano. You would be invited to play them your ...