Robert Degen, one of two men (the other being Larry LaPrise) credited as the author of The Hokey Cokey has died, aged 104.
In 1956 Mr Degen filed a lawsuit against LaPrise and several record companies and music publishers citing infringement of copyright and seeking ‘damages’ and ‘royalties’ for the song ‘Hokey Cokey’.
In the end the case was settled out of court – Degen and LaPrise sharing authorship of the song and resultant royalties.
Mr Degen leaves his wife, Vivian, and two sons – William and Robert
Psst, hope the funeral goes O.K. and they don’t have any trouble getting the body into the coffin !!! 
‘They put the left leg in . . .’
