- None of the other 75 songs he wrote, including "Icky-Wicky-Woo", "Gold Digger Blues" and "What Do We Get From Boston? Beans, Beans, Beans", approached the success of "Yes, We Have No Bananas".
- Lost virtually all the money he made from "Yes, We Have No Bananas" in the stock market crash of 1929.
- Wrote his hit song in collaboration with Irving Cohn after a Greek fruit peddler had told him that "Yes, we have no bananas.".
- Had been a "pit man" for several well known vaudeville theaters.
- Song writer, musician and band leader.
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