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 that all topped ...

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On December 4, a diverse lineup of celebrities and musicians will gather at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia for a tribute to famed musical satirist Allan ...

Allan Sherman achieved national fame in the 1960s with parody songs. (Photo credit: Sid Avery) Allan Sherman was a Jewish American comedy legend who earned fame as a song parodist throughout the 1960s ...

Who doesn’t remember “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh”? But parodist Allan Sherman wrote so many more songs than that and inspired all punny people after him. Learn all about history in “You Went The Wrong ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...