His faddah was a muddah!!!
Posted on 04/17/2016 6:06:22 AM PDT by Fai Mao
Summer camp time is coming!
Didn’t like it then,still don’t
In the early 1960s, Sherman was a mega-star. He had the fastest selling album of all time (that included Elvis Presley!).
After the JFK assassination and the emergence of The Beatles, Sherman dropped out of favor rather quickly and became rather "un-hip" among the youngsters - who at that time were beginning to determine what was popular and what wasn't. It probably didn't help him with the younger demographic when he went on TV with Dean Martin and pilloried the mop tops.
In other words, the hippie-dippie 1960s did Allan Sherman in. He was definitely from the era of "Mad Men" and I think on the TV show, one of his albums was passed around among the ad executives of the time.
Sherman came to a rather sad ending and died very young at age 48 in 1973. He suffered from morbid obesity, alcoholism, diabetes, and lung disease. Not to mention a bitter divorce in which ex-wife took nearly all.
Sherman always made light of his problems and often made fun of them in his parodies. He would refer to himself as an "Overweight Sensation."
Sounds like a guy who would have been great to meet and have a few beers with. Too bad he couldn't live longer, he might have done some work with Weird Al.
His faddah was a muddah!!!
I remember playing this album until the grooves wore out! Funny then, funny now. Thanx for sharing!
Bent Fabric Alley Cat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODyCmIXbUFo
Duane Eddy ~ Rebel Rouser (HQ)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xskC4E2jmss
Miller’s Cave Bobby Bare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xcHmBCxgxE
I remember there was a “Camp Granada” board game around that time.
You and me both. I worked on a small fishing boat out of San Pedro and one guy sang this song constantly—wanted to throw him overboard by the end of the summer. It still provokes the “Niagra Falls!” response in me.
here’s a couple more in parody form
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv10kbVnMkE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE9_jVU2WLU
My favorite (Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic)
The Drapes of Roth
(echo: Glory, glory, Harry Lewis,
Glory, glory Harry Lewis,
Glory, glory, Harry Lewis,
His cloth goes shining on!)
I’ll sing to you a story of a great man of the cloth,
His name was Harry Lewis and he worked for Irving Roth,
He died while cutting velvet on a hot July the fourth,
His cloth goes marching on.
Harry Lewis perished in the service of his lord,
He was trampling through the warehouse where the drapes of Roth are stored,
He had the finest funeral his union could afford,
His cloth goes shining on!
With the fire raging ‘bout him, Harry stood by his machine,
And when the fireman broke in, they discovered him between,
A pile of roasted dacron and some french fried gabardine,
His cloth goes shining on!
Some other great Allen Sherman songs:
You Went the Wrong Way, Ol’ King Louis
Sir Greenbaum’s Madrigal
When I Was a Lad
Pop Hates the Beatles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj-2Tcuzy0I
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