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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 key is in understanding how the lyricist wrote the song, with a view to what collection of words sounded good. Lyrics to songs are not necessarily factual depictions of the real world. Ghmyrtle 08:59, 3 August 2021 (UTC) Indeed. Personally I've always had some difficulty in imagining coconuts in "a bunch".
"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]
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Box and Cox Publications, known as Box & Cox, was a music publisher who had offices at number 7, Denmark Street. [1] 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).
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