Funny guys are often tragic figures, and Allan Sherman surely fits into this category. In the span of several years, Sherman went from the pinnacle of success as a TV sketch writer and recording artist who had a huge hit with the song “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh,” (plus the requisite books, cartoons and board games that spun off of the song’s success), to being a divorced … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Sarah Jackman” by Allan Sherman
Allan Sherman
Song Of The Day – “The Painless Dentist Song” by Allan Sherman
Funny guys are often tragic figures, and Allan Sherman surely fits into this category. In the span of several years, Sherman went from the pinnacle of success as a TV sketch writer and recording artist who had a huge hit with the song “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh,” (plus the requisite books, cartoons and board games that spun off of the song’s success), to being a divorced … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “The Painless Dentist Song” by Allan Sherman
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Harvey And Sheila” by Allan Sherman
Allan Sherman was the borscht-belt Bob Dylan for my parent's generation. He was a brilliant writer and song satirist who pretty much brought the East Coast Jewish aesthetic to the top of the charts in the early 1960s. His first album, "My Son, The Folk Singer" was released in 1963 and was one of the fastest selling records of its time surpassing a million copies within a month … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Harvey And Sheila” by Allan Sherman
Music By The Letter On The 3D RadioActivity
As technology has diversified, posted letters have become less important as a routine form of communication; they however still remain but in a modified forms like email. The development of the telegraph around 1792 shortened the time taken to send a letter by transferring the letter as an electrical signal between distant points, which is sort of what we are doing this time … [Read more...] about Music By The Letter On The 3D RadioActivity