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Pages in category "Songs written by Noël Coward" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Coward spelled his first name with the diæresis ("I didn't put the dots over the 'e' in Noël. The language did. Otherwise it's not Noël but Nool!"). [150] The press and many book publishers failed to follow suit, and his name was printed as 'Noel' in The Times, The Observer and other contemporary newspapers and books. [n 12]
Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans" is a satirical song composed by Noël Coward in 1943 during World War II. Although popular when performed live (British prime minister Winston Churchill demanded several encores when he first heard it) the humour did not translate well over the wireless and caused some fuss, leading the BBC to ban the song.
Coward wrote more than three hundred songs. The Noël Coward Society's website, drawing on performing statistics from the publishers and the Performing Rights Society, names "Mad About the Boy" (from Words and Music) as Coward's most popular song, followed, in order, by: "
The song title was used as a title of an episode of the Magnum P.I. tv show. The song is performed in Ten Little Indians (1989 film). [3] The song is quoted in the 1995 Canadian/British film of the same name. A 2002 Doctor Who novel bears the same title. The song is referenced in the 2002 Justice League episode "The Brave and the Bold."
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The Noël Coward Society's website, drawing on performing statistics from the publishers and the Performing Rights Society, names "Mad About the Boy" as Coward's most popular song. "The Stately Homes of England" (originally from Coward's Operette ) was also among the top ten most performed Coward songs.