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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]
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.
The heavy use of egg yolks is characteristic of many Portuguese sweets and pastries, such as the papo de anjo ("angel's crop") and fios de ovos ("egg threads"). Their combination with coconut and sugar was probably created by African slaves in 17th century Brazilian Northeast, where coconuts were abundant and sugar (from sugarcane) was a major industry.
"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]
“â â As someone who has been called a coconut and told ‘they aren’t black enough’ since they could speak,” he posted online, “If we’re criminalising ‘hate’, I’m glad we’re ...
The song (probably the Finnish version) can be heard at length in the background (playing on the radio) of a scene in the Swedish film, My Life as a Dog-- the music for at least one stanza seems to be identical to the music for the song "All I Want for Christmas is a Hippopotamus"David 05:31, 2 March 2008 (UTC) []
TikTok is obsessed with a new pop bop that's all about body acceptance. German pop singer Kim Petras performed one of her newest songs "Coconuts" at the MTV European Music Awards (EMAs) in ...
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 ...