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1. www.npr.org › 2013/06/03 › 186020818Interview: Mark Cohen, Author Of 'Overweight Sensation' : NPR

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   Jun 3, 2013 · A new biography, Overweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman, explains how the performer's 1960s crossover fell in line with a collective awakening to ethnic identity in America...

2. genius.com › artists › Allan-shermanAllan Sherman Lyrics, Songs, and Albums | Genius

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   Allan Sherman (born Allan Copelon) was a television producer and song parodist. Many of his songs were reworkings of folk songs, popular standards, and classical music – often.

3. www.youtube.com › playlistAllan Sherman: Greatest Hits - YouTube

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   Oct 30, 2023 · Enjoy the hilarious parodies and original songs of Allan Sherman, the master of musical comedy, in this playlist of his greatest hits.

4. themarginaliareview.com › no-escaping-the-cliche-the-legacyNo Escaping the Cliché: The Legacy of Allan Sherman – By ...

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   Nov 26, 2013 · The most revelatory feature of Overweight Sensation is the case its author makes to support his generalization that “a cliché in the telling of a humorist’s life is a trauma, sadness, or despair that comedy never assuages, and there is no escaping that cliché here.”. Sherman’s commitment to self-destruction was boundless.

5. www.npr.org › 2006/03/14 › 5279983Allan Sherman: Beyond 'Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh' - NPR

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   Mar 14, 2006 · Allan Sherman: Beyond 'Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh' Forty years ago, Allan Sherman topped the pop charts by replacing the lyrics of folk songs with satires of Jewish American life. And in...

6. www.thefamouspeople.com › profiles › allan-sherman-3597Allan Sherman Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline

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   See the events in life of Allan Sherman in Chronological Order. Pop humourist Allan Sherman, was the creator of the famous compilation of parodies ‘My Son, the Folk Singer’, ‘My Son, the Celebrity’ and ‘My Son, the Nut’. To read more about his childhood, profile, timeline and career read on.

7. listen.sdpb.org › arts-culture › 2014/08/29Allan Sherman's Song Parodies Still Relevant 50 Years Later

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   Aug 29, 2014 · Sherman was a short, rotund man with a crew cut and black-rimmed glasses and a genius for writing clever, witty lyrics set to favorite folk tunes, classical melodies and pop songs. His song parodies were so popular in the early 60's that reportedly even President Kennedy was heard singing them in halls of the White House.