The classic novelty song from the 1960s about a kid's (wildly exaggerated) disastrous first day at summer camp is given a refreshingly silly look in this picture book by the illustrator of the Zack ...

Does the name Allan Sherman sound familiar? Every summer, after school lets out, hordes of kids leave home for sleep-away camp. For many children, it’s their first time away from home, and they go ...

side 1: Allan Sherman. Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp); side 2: [Ides of March]. Vehicle (American Pie 9007) 45 rpm side 1 is a re-ssue of Warner Bros. 5378 side 2 is a re-issue of ...

The summertime novelty tune "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" has been pouring out of radios for 50 years now. In late July of 1963, Billboard magazine reported that fans were "actually breaking down doors ...

PHILADELPHIA — Sixty-two years ago, Allan Sherman was all the rage. Sherman, the singer and comedian who specialized in wry song parodies rife with references to Jewish culture, released three albums ...

Composer Allan Sherman is best known for his lyrical parodies about human foibles set to familiar melodies. His comic song from the 1960s, the Grammy Award-winning "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh," about ...

Song parodist chronicled Jewish suburban life and more through the '60s with songs like “Harvey & Sheila," “Sarah Jackman," “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" and “Pop Hates the Beatles." LOS ANGELES, Calif ...

Sherman worked a tight niche: classic songs rewritten to tickle a Jewish audience's funny bone. A new biography, Overweight Sensation: The Life... Hello Muddah, Hello Drama: The Brief Bloom Of ...

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