Frank Silver
Frank Silver ( Frank Silverstadt ; born September 8, 1896 in Boston , † June 14, 1960 in New York City ) was an American songwriter, band leader and vaudeville actor .
Silver composed more than 75 songs, including Icky-Wicky-Woo , Gold Digger Blues and What Do We Get From Boston? Beans, beans, beans . His biggest success was Yes! We Have No Bananas , a hit he wrote with Irving Cohn in 1922 for the Broadway revue Make it Snappy , where it was sung by Eddie Cantor . The song became the hit of 1923 and was quoted in numerous cinema and television films. The text of the German-language version (" Ausgereglich Bananen! ") Comes from Fritz Löhner . The money that Silver made with the song, he lost in the stock market crash in 1929 . Silver directed the Frank Silver's Dance Orchestra and also worked as a vaudeville actor.
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- Günter Dammann: "B. Traven" , Königshausen & Neumann, 2012, ISBN 9783826047978 , p. 159
- Frank Silver at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Discogs - Frank Silver
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Silver, Frank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Silverstadt, Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American songwriter, band leader and vaudeville actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1960 |
| Place of death | New York City |