freddie gorman sang everyone's a fruit and nutcase.
freddie gorman sang everyone's a fruit and nutcase.
who sang everyone's a fruit and nutcase?
freddie gorman
the bar was launched in 1926 as "cadbury's fruit & nut", but was renamed "cadbury dairy milk fruit & nut" in 2003. in the early years, along with the other dairy milk varieties, it was advertised as being essentially dairy milk with added ingredients. by the 1960s, each variety was advertised and branded separately, distancing itself from its dairy milk parent, in order to appeal to a younger market. the marketing approach produced a wide variety of wrappers and graphics. the famous fruit and nut television advert used the slogan 'everyone's a fruit and nutcase', sung by humourist frank muir to the tune of the "danse des mirlitons" from tchaikovsky's "the nutcracker". however, by the 1980s, cadbury went full circle and all branding and wrappers were again realigned with the dairy milk family; all bars became predominantly purple and so were unmistakably dairy milk. in 2003 the move was further reinforced with a rebranding to "cadbury dairy milk fruit and nut." the product wrapper uses the ampersand: "cadbury dairy milk fruit & nut."
cadbury dairy milk fruit & nut
the tune, a slow and deliberate waltz, was devised by lawlor. he had been singing at charlie murphy's anawanda (republican) club, for a ladies' night with a good party. on his walk home, he thought to himself that he sang everyone else's tunes, and he should write one of his own. he couldn't think of anything on his long walk home, but during the night the tune and theme came to him - from the walk itself. the next day, he went downtown to john golden's hat store, where blake worked, and hummed the melody for him. the melody was very similar to an 1892 song called "daisy bell (bicycle built for two)" by british composer harry dacre. blake took a liking to the 3/4 tune, and had lawlor repeat it several times. "you get the music on paper," he told lawlor, "and i'll write the words for it." lawlor returned to the store in about twenty minutes with the musical notes written, and blake was halfway through the lyrics, having been interrupted by a customer. he finished the words in another half-hour. the tune and words became extremely familiar and well-known throughout new york city. it was first made famous by lottie gilson, and it had staying power because the melody was catchy and easy to sing.
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