Who’s Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts?

Publishers Box and Cox had their offices at No. 7. Their greatest hit was "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts". In 1950, the song was a top-ten hit in the United States for Freddy Martin And His Orchestra with vocalist Merv Griffin and sold over three million copies. It has had a remarkable life since then:

It was a staple song of the Billy Cotton Band Show on British radio and television.

The song is still played over the public address at Cambridge United football matches after home wins.

The song appeared in I Could Go On Singing (1963), Judy Garland's last film.

A portion of the song appeared in Disney's 1994 The Lion King (sung by Rowan Atkinson).

Nicolas Cage sang part of this song in National Treasure: Book of Secrets.

Ringo Starr sang an impromptu version of the song in Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles' TV special broadcast by the BBC on 26 December 1967.

Actors Hayden Rorke and Bill Daily performed a few lines of the song on ukulele in the 1969 I Dream of Jeannie episode "Uncles a Go-Go".

In the first episode of the 1977 sitcom Mind Your Language it is mentioned that a professor went crazy and sang this song.

Swedish performer Povel Ramel wrote a Swedish version of the song in 1950. This version features in the film My Life as a Dog (1985), as well as in the Swedish language version of The Lion King.

In 1980, the Muppet Show produced a slight variation of the song for their fourth episode of the show's fifth season.

Other tenants at No. 7 included the Tin Pan Alley Club, RaCity Sales Ltd (the offices of Radio City pirate radio station, based off the Kent coast) and Humphrey Lyttelton (English jazz musician and broadcaster).

Source: Wikipedia, https://whatpub.com

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