Cotton

AI've got a lovely Bunch of Coconuts
BHang on the Bell Nellie

Label: Decca
Catalogue number: F9149
Genre: Comic
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #16067

Billy Cotton, the British bandleader and comedian, recorded his novelty hit 'I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts' and 'Hang On the Bell Nellie' for Decca in the late 1940s–early 1950s.

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1. AA nice Cup of Tea
2. BSing Something in the Morning
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1. ABlue Moon
2. BI've got an Invitation to a Dance
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1. ABluebird sing me a Song
2. B(Acres)Firefly
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1. ACockney Rhyming Song
2. BMy favourite Dream
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1. ADancing with my Shadow
2. BMoon was yellow
Cotton on Regal MR1585 from the early 1930s, a dance recording. Cotton is unidentified, and Regal was a budget British label.AI summary

Regal MR1585 Dance
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1. ADing dong ding
2. BWhistling under the moon
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Regal MR1036 Dance
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1. ADusky Stevedore
2. B(Fisher)Sonny Boy
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1. AFifty million Robins can't be wrong
2. BCarelessly
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1. AFree
2. BFleet's in Port again
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Regal MR2190 Voice
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1. AHello Montreal
2. BDebutante
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Piccadilly 236 Dance
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1. AHometown
2. BWaltz of the Gipsies
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Rex 9108 Dance
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1. AHouse with the little green Tiles
2. BDon't forget the old Folks at Home
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Rex 9216 Voice
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1. AI'm beginning to see the Light
2. BThe Toorie on his Bonnet
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1. AI'm just wild about Harry
2. BAt Dawning
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1. AIn the Quartermaster's Stores
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1. ALazybones
2. BHold me
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1. AMe & my Girl
2. BLambeth Walk
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1. AMe & my Girl
2. BLambeth Walk
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1. AMinnetonka
2. B(Band)Rememb'ring
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