The Best of Allan Sherman

1. Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah!

2. Crazy Downtown

3. Waste Of Money

4. Harvey and Sheila

5. Good Advice

6. Sarah Jackman

7. You Went The Wrong Way, Old King Louie

8. One Hippopotami

9. Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max

10. You're Getting To Be A Rabbit With Me

11. Shticks Of One And Half A Dozen Of The Other

12. Al 'N Yetta

13. Rebel

14. Pop Hates The Beatles

15. Twelve Gifts of Christmas

16. Chim Chim Cheree

17. Lotsa Luck

18. Streets Of Miami

19. Hail To Thee, Fat Person

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My Son, The Greatest: The Best Of Allan Sherman

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Hello Mother Hello Father
Allan Sherman in glorious STEREO!
Allen Sherman was a Genius!
Muddah Faddah Kindly Disregard Dis Lettah!
Love this CD!!!!

My Son, The Greatest: The Best Of Allan Sherman
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ASIN: B00000348Q
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh!
Crazy Downtown
A Waste of Money
Harvey And Shelia
Good Advice
Sarah Jackman
You Went The Wrong Way, Old King Louie
One Hippopotami
Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max
You're Getting To Be A Rabbit With Me
Shticks Of One And Half A Dozen Of The Other
Al 'N Yetta
The Rebel
Pop Hates The Beatles
The Twelve Gifts Of Christmas
Chim Chim Cheree
Lotsa Luck
The Streets Of Miami
Hail To Thee, Fat Person

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This collection gathers 19 of Sherman's humorous story-songs. The comic uses original lyrics and pre-existing tunes to poke fun at television shows and consumer items, to send-up the kids and generally riff on early and mid-'60s American pop culture. On tracks like "Pop Hates the Beatles" and "Crazy Downtown," his subject is the generation gap. "Al 'n Yetta" portrays a TV-dependent couple while "Lotsa Luck" describes the complicated hassles of dealing with faulty TVs and new-fangled tape recorders. Sherman assumed his audience had a little knowledge of history, too. On "Good Advice" and "You Went the Wrong Way, Old King Louie," he sings about inventors and French history, respectively. It's hard to imagine contemporary comedians working the historical beat. "One Hippopatami" is a delightfully goofy festival of wordplay that requires only a love of language and a tolerance for schmaltz. --Fred Cisterna

Customer Reviews:

Hello Mother Hello Father.......2007-05-14

If you remember Hello Mother Hello Father Here I am at camp Greanada. The Alum only gets better.
Lenny

Allan Sherman in glorious STEREO!.......2007-02-18

Describing his singing voice, Allan Sherman accurately compared himself to an average guy warbling badly in the bathtub. Yet, as Steve Allen writes in the liner notes for "MY SON THE GREATEST," Allan's odd pipes were perfect for the strange parodies, puns and wordplays that were his stock-in-trade.

This reviewer owned six of Sherman's WARNER BROTHERS LPs way back then, and over 40 years later can still sing most of his lyrics (just ask me- I dare you!). Allan Sherman had that sort of effect on you - loving to laugh at his silly songs made folks want to commit them to memory. But, the one thing that wasn't available in the early 60's (as any avid fan will tell you), were STEREO mixes. For some reason, WARNER must have pressed ten times as many monaural copies, so we had to make do with those.

This RHINO records "Best of" has corrected that situation in marvelous fashion. Our favorite Allan Sherman tracks have never sounded so "fine" (a loaded word, when describing Allan's music!). Highlights here are the exuberant "Good Advice," the schlamozzel's theme song "Lotsa Luck," and "Schticks Of One And Half A Dozen Of The Other," which has more bad puns packed into it than any recording in history.

Oh no-- stand back! I feel a song coming on---
"On top of old Smokey, all covered with hair;
Of course I'm referrin'.... to Smokey da Bear..." (oy!)

TOTAL RUNNING TIME -- 66:23

Allen Sherman was a Genius!.......2007-02-17

I have been a fan of Allan Sherman almost my entire life. What a funny, funny guy! It is wonderful to have this CD with most of his very best work on it readily available to enjoy. I suppose some of the humor would not appeal to some very young listeners - sadly it is linked to a period of time that they will never relate to in our rapidly changing world. But for the most part, it is timeless, FUNNY, and delightfully silly stuff.

Muddah Faddah Kindly Disregard Dis Lettah!.......2007-01-31

Listening to Dr. Demento shows or singing songs around the campfire may have acquainted you with one or more of these gems. They are all Allan Sherman originals, and he delivers them in his own unequivecal way. My main reason for purchasing this CD was, as a Beatles memento-fiend, to grab the cut, "Pop Hates the Beatles", which, as you can imagine, tells of the agony of the American father anticipating the British invasion (Parents of America,/It's time to do it again, folks./When they come back, here's how we'll begin,/We'll throw 'em in Boston harbor./But please, before we toss 'em all in,/Let's take 'em to a barber). But
in doing so, I've added a number of childhood favorites to my collection, especially the perennial, "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah", the chronicle of a youngster fearful of camp who decides camp isn't so bad by the time the letter is done. This was our family anthem as we set out camping each summer, one that is sure to serve the same function for other families. The songs all are based on well-known, often classical melodies, with Mr. Sherman's lyrics. The humor ranges from silly to hilarious. Some, like the Beatles' number, are dated; some, like "Hello Muddah", are timeless.

Love this CD!!!!.......2007-01-25

I love this CD! It's in my car and I even put in on my ipod!! Allan Sherman was a genius!!

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