We Have No Bananas", a novelty song about a grocer from the 1922 Broadway revue Make It Snappy, is said to have been inspired by a shortage of Gros Michel bananas, which began with the infestation of Panama disease early in the 20th century.
The novelty song "We Have No Bananas", featured in the 1922 Broadway show "Make It Snappy," was likely inspired by the widespread shortage of Gros Michel bananas caused by the Panama disease outbreak in the early 20th century.