1923 YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS/ Carry on Eddie Furman William Nash Columbia A3873
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"Yes! We Have No Bananas" is the title of a novelty song by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn that was a major hit in 1923, and one of the top songs of the 20th century. The song was recorded by Billy Jones, Arthur Hall, Irving Kaufman and others that year, and covered later by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra, Spike Jones & His City Slickers and many more. It also inspired a follow-up, "I've Got the Yes! We Have No Bananas Blues," recorded by Jones and others in 1923.
History
Some speculate that a banana shortage at the time inspired the song. The Long Island, New York, town of Lynbrook claims the songwriters wrote the tune there and that the catchphrase "Yes! We have no bananas" was coined by Jimmy Costas, a local Greek American greengrocer; however, a 1923 article in the Chicago Tribune said the phrase originated in the Windy City in 1920.
Edward Furman and William Nash, popular duo of American vaudeville comedians of the early 1920s.
Furman and Nash recorded 22 titles for Columbia between 1921 and 1923.
Furman And Nash – Yes! We Have No Bananas / Don't We Carry On
Columbia – A3873
A Yes! We Have No Bananas
Written-By – Silver*, Cohn*
B Don't We Carry On
Written-By – Friend*, Clare*
recorded New York, NY, March 31, 1923.
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