Talk:Goodbye, My Coney Island Baby
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Article at present dates the song to 1948, but notes it was published in a medley in 1924 (two dozen years before it existed, apparently). Something is clearly wrong with the dating here. -- Infrogmation (talk) 22:28, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
- Found a reference for debuting in 1924, making more sense. 1948 might have been a copyright or later publication date, and someone made a wildly inappropriate guess to claim it was written then. -- Infrogmation (talk) 22:34, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
- Your cite claims it was written in 1924 for No, No, Nanette, but our article on that musical doesn't list GMCIB among the songs featured in that show. I wonder if it was recorded, but unused until 1948? My claim of 1948 comes from here, though it could certainly be wrong. Matt Deres (talk) 01:47, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
- singers.com is not WP:RS, and the reliable sources about No, No, Nanette contradict this assertion. I'm removing it. Dlabtot (talk) 02:13, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
The reference to Texas A&M's war hymn is both uninteresting and petty. I will be removing that piece tomorrow. If it is entered in here again, I will be making a similar reference with respect to the university of texas' fight song on the "I've Been Working on the Railroad" entry. If it's relevant here, it is most certainly relevant there. WarFighter (talk) 09:16, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
Use in TV episodes[edit]
User Mütze removed the references to the song's use in the TV shows, The Simpsons and Frazier. I have reverted that edit on two grounds. First, I think "in popular culture" sections, while sometimes used excessively, are perfectly encyclopedic and acceptable. This stub hasn't reached the length where a separate section is needed, but it's the same kind of thing. Second, I think the notability of the song itself would be difficult to support if we couldn't mention these appearances. Yes, it was apparently written for a successful Broadway play, but it doesn't seem to have been used therein. Out of the hundreds of barbershop songs that were written back in the day, this one was selected by two of the most popular TV shows, which I think makes its somewhat special. Matt Deres (talk) 16:25, 10 January 2009 (UTC)