Frank Silver (Frank Silverstadt; b. September 8, 1896 in Boston; † June 14, 1960 in New York City) was an American songwriter, bandleader, 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 hit was ''Yes! We Have No Bananas'', a hit song he wrote with Irving Cohn in 1922 for the Broadway revue ''Make it Snappy'', where it was sung by Eddie Cantor. The song became a hitr of the year in 1923 and was quoted in numerous motion pictures and television films. The lyrics of the German-language version ("Ausgerechnet Bananen!") were written by Fritz Löhner. The money Silver made from the song was lost in the stock market crash of 1929. Silver led Frank Silver's Dance Orchestra and also worked as a vaudeville performer.
Irving Cohn (b. February 21, 1898 in London; † July 12, 1961 in Fort Lee, New Jersey) was an American songwriter.
Cohn became known as co-writer of the hit song ''Yes, We Have No Bananas'', which he wrote with Frank Silver in 1922 for the Broadway revue ''Make it Snappy'', where it was sung by Eddie Cantor. The song became the hit song of 1923 and was quoted in numerous motion pictures and television films. The lyrics of the German-language version ("Ausgerechnet Bananen!") were written by Fritz Löhner.
