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"I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" is a novelty song composed in 1944 (as "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts") by Fred Heatherton, a songwriting pseudonym for a collaboration of English songwriters Harold Elton Box and Desmond Cox, with Lewis Ilda (itself a pseudonym of American songwriter Irwin Dash). [1]
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. The song was a hit in 1949 for Freddy Martin and his Orchestra, and for Danny Kaye.
A search produces any number of similar images of dubious provenance. A photo of the actual printed piano sheet music from the 1940s would be good. What I'm NOT seeing is "roll or bowl a ball". Or "roll up, bowl a ball". I'll agree that song lyrics don't necessarily make logical sense, and in fact the best ones always have a touch of quirk.
"Doggie" was one in a series of successful novelty songs since the 1930s, following on the success of songs such as Bing Crosby's "Pistol Packin' Mama" and Merv Griffin's "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts". Prior to the release of "Doggie", composer Bob Merrill penned "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake". [4]
Rupaul's Drag Race alumni Crystal Methyd, Jan and Kylie Sonique Love lip-synced to the song in a video German pop singer Kim Petras performed one of her newest songs "Coconuts" at the MTV European ...
"Coconuts" is a song by German singer-songwriter Kim Petras, included on Petras' debut studio album Feed the Beast (2023). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was initially released on 3 December 2021 as the second single from her intended debut studio album, Problématique .
Few things will put a damper on your vacation or holiday faster than food poisoning. The intense stomach pain, rushing to the toilet and feeling relegated to bed keeps just about everyone out of ...
Many thought that the melody was too similar to "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts". The Army decided to use much of the melody from Sousa's "U.S. Field Artillery March" with new lyrics. Harold W. Arberg, a music advisor to the Adjutant General, submitted lyrics that the Army adopted. [6]