Name:
Sherman, Allan
Born:
Nov 30, 1924 (Chicago, Illinois)
Died:
Nov 20 1973
Related information in folder 1084:
Comments:
1. Article in English Forward by Mark Cohen titled "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, Hello Grandkids of my Original Fans".

Songs written or composed

Mexican Folk Song Melody (Yid)

Author:
Sherman, Allan
Genre:
Parody/Humor
Subject:
Mexican Hat Dance

Recording

On album:
A-027(b) (Bruce Adler An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre -Act II-)
Track ID:
26493
Composer:
Copeland, Aaron, adaptation
Artist:
Adler, Bruce
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Oley, oley mexikaner, sheykhem arerikaner, zingt mayne...
First line:
אָלײ, אָלײ מעקסיקאַנער, שכנים אַמעריקאַנער, זינגט מײַנע שלום ליד,
Track comment:
Yomtev Songs.

Al 'N Yetta

Author:
Sherman, Allan
Author:
Busch, Lou
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Social Satire
Subject:
Couple/TV/Couch Potato
Additional song notes:
Sung to the tune of "Frer Jacques."

Recording

On album:
S-101(a) (My Son, The Celebrity Allan Sherman)
Track ID:
31291
Vocal:
Sherman, Allan
First line:
Al and Yetta always sit togetha, watching TV every single night…
Language:
English
Style:
Theatre

Barry Is The Baby's Name & Horowitz &..

Author:
Sherman, Allan
Author:
Busch, Lou
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Jewish Social Satire
Subject:
Barry/Vladmir Horowitz/Visiting Suburbs
Additional song notes:
Medley sung to "Larry, Larry…" and "Give My Regards to Broadway."

Recording

On album:
S-101(a) (My Son, The Celebrity Allan Sherman)
Track ID:
31292
Vocal:
Sherman, Allan
First line:
We'll call him Barry, Barry, that'll be the baby's name…
Language:
English
Style:
Theatre

Mexican Hat Dance

Author:
Sherman, Allan
Author:
Busch, Lou
Genre:
Parody/Humorous
Subject:
Dance/Hat

Recording

On album:
S-101(a) (My Son, The Celebrity Allan Sherman)
Track ID:
31293
Vocal:
Sherman, Allan
First line:
Oh Americans dance on a dance floor and the Spaniards dance on a table…
Language:
English
Style:
Theatre

The Let's All Call UP A.T.&T And…

Author:
Sherman, Allan
Author:
Busch, Lou
Genre:
March/Humor
Subject:
Protest/Digital Dialing

Recording

On album:
S-101(a) (My Son, The Celebrity Allan Sherman)
Track ID:
31295
Vocal:
Sherman, Allan
First line:
It's the let's call up A.T. & T and protest to the president march…
Language:
English
Style:
Theatre

Harvey And Sheila

Author:
Sherman, Allan
Composer:
Lavry, Marc — לברי, מרק
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Jewish Social Satire
Subject:
Couple/Materialism/Social Status/Cooptation
Additional song notes:
Sung to the tune of "Hava Nagila."

Recording

On album:
S-101(a) (My Son, The Celebrity Allan Sherman)
Track ID:
31296
Vocal:
Sherman, Allan
First line:
Harvey and Sheila (3x), oh the day they met…
Language:
English
Style:
Theatre

Won't You Come Home, Disraeli

Author:
Sherman, Allan
Author:
Busch, Lou
Composer:
Cannon, Hughie
Genre:
Parody/Humor
Subject:
Benjamin Disraeli/Queen Victoria/Filandering
Additional song notes:
Sung to "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey."

Recording

On album:
S-101(a) (My Son, The Celebrity Allan Sherman)
Track ID:
31297
Vocal:
Sherman, Allan
First line:
When Benjamin Disraeli was prime minister of England, and good…
Language:
English
Style:
Theatre

No One's Perfect

Author:
Sherman, Allan
Author:
Busch, Lou
Genre:
Parody/Humor
Subject:
Popular Groups/Music/Off-key
Additional song notes:
Sung to "High (Far) Above Cayuga's Waters."

Recording

On album:
S-101(a) (My Son, The Celebrity Allan Sherman)
Track ID:
31298
Vocal:
Sherman, Allan
First line:
We would now like to salute all the beautiful singing groups…
Language:
English
Style:
Theatre

When I Was A Lad

Author:
Sherman, Allan
Author:
Busch, Lou
Composer:
Sullivan, Sir Arthur
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Social Satire
Subject:
Yale/Corporate Ladder/Nepotism
Additional song notes:
Sung to the tune of the same name.

Recording

On album:
S-101(a) (My Son, The Celebrity Allan Sherman)
Track ID:
31299
Vocal:
Sherman, Allan
First line:
When I was a lad, I went to Yale and I knew then I could never fail…
Language:
English
Style:
Theatre

Me

Author:
Sherman, Allan
Author:
Busch, Lou
Composer:
De Curtis, Ernesto
Composer:
Aveling, Claude
Genre:
Parody/Humor
Subject:
Toes/Fingers/Body
Additional song notes:
Sung to melody of "Come Back to Sorrento."

Recording

On album:
S-101(a) (My Son, The Celebrity Allan Sherman)
Track ID:
31300
Vocal:
Sherman, Allan
First line:
Counting both feet, I have ten toes, they're not lady toes…
Language:
English
Style:
Theatre

Shticks Of One And Half A Dozen Of…

Author:
Sherman, Allan
Author:
Busch, Lou
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Language
Subject:
Old Song Standards
Additional song notes:
Medley sung to "Cockles and Mussels," "Auld Lang Sign," "Billy Boy," "All Day, All Night, Marianne," "On Top of Old Smokey," etc…

Recording

On album:
S-101(a) (My Son, The Celebrity Allan Sherman)
Track ID:
31301
First line:
She wheels her wheelbarrow, through streets that are narrow…
Style:
Klezmer/Theatre

The Bronx Bird Watcher

Author:
Sherman, Allan
Author:
Busch, Lou
Composer:
Sullivan, Sir Arthur
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Accent
Subject:
Bird/Bronx/Eaten
Additional song notes:
Sung to the tune of "Tit Willow."

Recording

On album:
S-101(a) (My Son, The Celebrity Allan Sherman)
Track ID:
31294
Vocal:
Sherman, Allan
First line:
On a branch of a tree sat a little tom tit, singing "willow, tit, willow."
Language:
English
Style:
Theatre

Sir Greenbaum's Madrigal

Author:
Sherman, Allan
Genre:
Parody/Humor
Subject:
Knight/Occupation/Dragons/Armor/Marriage/Dry Goods
Additional song notes:
Parody of "Greensleeves"

Recording

On album:
N-031(a) (Now That Sounds Kosher)
Track ID:
33802
Vocal:
Sherman, Allan
First line:
In Sherwood Forest there dwellt a knight, known as the righteous Sir Greenbaum,
Language:
English
Style:
Novelty/Humorous/Parody
Length:
3:40

Shake Hands with Your Uncle Max

Author:
Sherman, Allan
Composer:
Sherman, Allan
Genre:
Novelty/Humorous/Dialect
Subject:
Traveling Salesman/Plastics/Family/Reunion/Friends/Brooklyn
Origin:
Ephemera 1613
Related information in folder 1613:
Comments:
1. 2/25/2018 Lyrics from internet entered in Ephemera on February 25, 2018

Recording

On album:
J-069(a) (The Jewish Songbook: The Heart and Humor of a People)
Track ID:
42748
Conductor/Arranger:
Ellis, Ray
Piano:
Garson, Mike
Vocal:
Alexander, Jason
Bass:
Berghofer, Chuck
Acoustic Guitar:
Ellis, Mark
Harmony Vocals:
Hammer, Betsy
Harmony Vocals:
Palombi, Rick
Harmony Vocals:
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
Drums:
Heffington, Don
First line:
I sell a line of plastics, and I travel on the road and I have a case of samples
Language:
English
Style:
Novelty/Humorous/Dialect
Length:
3:04