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Frank Silver ( ___MASK42___ -- ___MASK21___ ) , a U . S . songwriter . He co - wrote & co - composed the popular song `` Yes , We Have No Bananas '' in ___MASK85___ with Irving Cohn . Frank Silver was a jazz band drummer . Frank Silverstadt ( September ___MASK79___ , ___MASK97___ or 1896 in Boston , Massachusetts  June 14 , 1960 in Manhattan , New York ), better known by his stage name Frank Silver , was an American songwriter , jazz drummer and vaudeville performer . He was best known for co - writing and co - composing the popular song " Yes ! We Have No Bananas " in 1923 with Irving Cohn . He wrote at least 75 songs in his career . Irving Cohn ( 21 February ___MASK99___ in London  12 July 1961 in Fort Lee , New Jersey ) was a British - American songwriter , best known for " Yes ! We Have No Bananas ", which he co - wrote with Frank Silver in 1923 . He is sometimes credited as Irving Conn . New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern United States and mid - Atlantic regions of the United States . It is bordered on the north and east by New York , on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean , on the west by Pennsylvania , and on the southwest by Delaware . New Jersey is the fourth - smallest state but the 11th - most populous and the most densely populated of the ___MASK36___ United States . New Jersey lies entirely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia and is the third - wealthiest U . S . state by per capita income as of 2014 . " Yes ! We Have No Bananas " is a novelty song by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn from the ___MASK100___ Broadway revue " Make It Snappy ". Sung by Eddie Cantor in the revue , the song became a major hit in ___MASK85___ ( placing No . 1 for five weeks ) when it was recorded by Billy Jones , Arthur Hall , Irving Kaufman , and others . It was covered later by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra , Spike Jones & His City Slickers , and many more . It also inspired a follow - up song , " I ' ve Got the Yes ! We Have No Bananas Blues ", recorded by Billy Jones and others in ___MASK85___ .