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'''''The Coffee Song''''' is a [[novelty song]] first recorded by [[Frank Sinatra]] in [[1946]], with lyrics by [[Bob Hilliard]] and music by [[Dick Miles]]. |
'''''The Coffee Song''''' is a [[novelty song]] first recorded by [[Frank Sinatra]] in [[1946]], with lyrics by [[Bob Hilliard]] and music by [[Dick Miles]]. |
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The song describes how [[Brazil]] has a surplus of [[coffee]] - "an awful lot of coffee in Brazil" - to the point that no other beverages are available. |
The song describes how [[Brazil]] has a surplus of [[coffee]] - "an awful lot of coffee in Brazil" - to the point that no other beverages are available. [[Snowclone]]s on this phrase have been used in analyses of the coffee industry <ref name="newagri">{{cite web |url=http://www.new-agri.co.uk/01-4/focuson/focuson2.html |title=There's an awful lot of coffee in - Vietnam |accessdate=2008-07-21}}</ref><ref name="time">{{cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,837267,00.html |title=An Awful Lot of Coffee in the Bin |accessdate=2008-07-21 |work=Time Magazine |year=1967 |month=September}}</ref><ref name="theage">{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/13/1058034875328.html |title=More home-grown beans in the daily grind |accessdate=2008-07-21 |publisher=The Age |author=Philip Hoplins |year=2003 |month=July}}</ref> and of the Brazilian economy and culture [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Theres-Awful-Lot-Bubbly-Brazil/dp/1905156367], [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20020707/ai_n12642052], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2006/feb/05/theobserver.observerbusiness?commentpage=1], [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00EEDB133EF931A25755C0A9679C8B63]. |
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==Notable cover versions== |
==Notable cover versions== |
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Revision as of 14:19, 21 July 2008
The Coffee Song is a novelty song first recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1946, with lyrics by Bob Hilliard and music by Dick Miles.
The song describes how Brazil has a surplus of coffee - "an awful lot of coffee in Brazil" - to the point that no other beverages are available. Snowclones on this phrase have been used in analyses of the coffee industry [1][2][3] and of the Brazilian economy and culture [1], [2], [3], [4].
Notable cover versions
The song has been performed by (among others) Sam Cooke, Rosemary Clooney, and the Muppets; a Bob Dorough jazz version of the song appeared on Too Much Coffee Man, a CD of music based on the eponymous Shannon Wheeler character.
References
- ^ "There's an awful lot of coffee in - Vietnam". Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ "An Awful Lot of Coffee in the Bin". Time Magazine. 1967. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Philip Hoplins (2003). "More home-grown beans in the daily grind". The Age. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
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