Frank Silver

Frank Silver (1892–1960) was an American composer, songwriter and actor.

Caption text "Yes They Have No Worries- They Are The Authors Of Yes, We Have No Bananas! These two young men, Frank Silver (left) and Irving Cohn, chose 'No Bananas' as the theme of their ditty and wrote it in 15 minutes one Saturday night. Today, Aug. 1st, some $60,000, the first payment of royalties on a million-copy selling song, is theirs, with more to follow later. Now dozens of other food so

Pacific and Atlantic Photos. · https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-frank-silver-and-irving/129319294/ , The Boston Globe, August 3, 1923, pg. 2 · Public domain

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Frank Silver

Born: 1892
Died: 1960
Known for: composer
songwriter
actor and drummer
Place of birth: Boston
Family: composers
Birth place: Boston
Death place: Manhattan
Occupations: composer
songwriter
actor
drummer

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Born at Boston in 1892, died at Manhattan in 1960.

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How Frank Sinatra staged his great second act – on the silver screen, 2015
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MusicBrainz artist record for Frank Silver
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Open Library author record for Frank Silver (Internet Archive), 0 catalogued works.
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Directory of Open Access Journals lists 4 articles naming Frank Silver.
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Internet Archive, 17 digitised items catalogued under Frank Silver as creator.
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The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Frank Silver.
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 31 works naming Frank Silver.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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“Frank Silver”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q5489575: Frank Silver
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