[1] Their greatest hit was "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts," written with Irwin Dash under the pseudonym "Fred Heatherton.
"[2] The principals were Elton Box (1903–1981) and Desmond Cox (1903–1966).
Bill Martin, who worked in "Tin Pan Alley" at the time, recalled their manner, 'And they had a piano.
You would be invited to play them your song, and then afterwards, one of them would say, "What do you think Mr Box?"
They would do things for a laugh and give you money...'[3] Box and Cox also collaborated with Dash using the pseudonym "Jack Spade," on "Your Baby Has Gone Down the Plug Hole," also known as "The Mother's Lament."