I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts

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"I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" is a popular novelty song from the late 1940s, best known for its whimsical lyrics and widespread success in recordings by artists including Merv Griffin.

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I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts canonical 1

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instanceOf song ⓘ
alsoCreditedTo Harold Elton ⓘ
Irving King ⓘ
chartSuccess hit in the United Kingdom ⓘ
hit in the United States ⓘ
composer Fred Heatherton ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalUse comic relief in films and television ⓘ
decade 1940s ⓘ
distributionFormat 78 rpm record ⓘ
firstPopularizedBy Freddy Martin and His Orchestra featuring Merv Griffin ⓘ
firstPublisher Box and Cox Publications ⓘ
genre novelty ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
hasCatchphrase “Roll-a-bowl-a-ball-a-penny-a-pitch” ⓘ
hasChorus “I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts” ⓘ
hasForm verse-chorus ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later novelty songs ⓘ
hasTheme light-hearted entertainment ⓘ
intendedAudience general audience ⓘ
intendedEffect humor ⓘ
isInPublicConsciousnessFor memorable chorus ⓘ
novelty appeal ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalStyle comic ⓘ
whimsical ⓘ
lyricist Fred Heatherton ⓘ
notableRecordingBy Billy Cotton ⓘ
Danny Kaye ⓘ
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra ⓘ
Merv Griffin ⓘ
The Muppets ⓘ
linked to: Muppets
performanceStyle sing-along ⓘ
upbeat ⓘ
publicationDate 1944 ⓘ
releaseType single ⓘ
setting fairground ⓘ
songwriter Fred Heatherton ⓘ
subjectMatter coconut shy ⓘ
timePeriodOfPopularity early 1950s ⓘ
late 1940s ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext music hall ⓘ
variety shows ⓘ

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Merv Griffin → notableSong → I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts ⓘ