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The song's lyrics describe the uses of the different parts of a coconut tree. [2] Cayabyab, in an interview with ABS-CBN, said that the song was composed in the novelty style popularized by Yoyoy Villame, whom at times the song was incorrectly attributed to. [4] The song borrows some melodies from Guy Lombardo's 1944 recording of "It's Love ...
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"Coconut" is a novelty song written [3] and first recorded by American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson, released as the third single from his 1971 album, Nilsson Schmilsson. It was on the U.S. Billboard charts for 14 weeks, reaching #8, [4] and was ranked by Billboard as the #66 song for 1972. It charted in a minor way in the UK, reaching #42 ...
The short opens with a scene of a full moon reflecting on water lined with palm trees. "Thru' the Courtesy of Love" (Scholl/Jerome) plays during the opening scene. The camera pans to the Coo-Coonut Grove, 'Dine and Dance with the Stars', reflecting the Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel, where many Academy Award shows were held in the 1930s ...
- Benedictine Theodulph, Bishop of Orleans in Latin song: "Gloria, laus et honor" 24. "All hail the pow'r of Jesus' Name; Let angels prostrate fall; Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him ...
The song was published by Box and Cox Publications (ASCAP). The song celebrates the coconut shy (coconut toss) at funfairs , and the chorus of "Roll or bowl a ball a penny a pitch" [ 2 ] is based on the call of the showman "standing underneath the flare" (of gaslight), inviting the public to play.
The film was produced in May 1929 and shown by the two to various distributors. The film was first made viewable to the public on Cartoon Network's television special Toonheads: The Lost Cartoons on March 12, 2000, in an edited form. The full cartoon is present on disc 4 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 as a special feature.
Screen Songs (formerly known as KoKo Song Car-Tunes) are a series of animated cartoons produced at the Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures between 1929 and 1938. [1] Paramount brought back the sing-along cartoons in 1945, now in color, and released them regularly through 1951.