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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 ...

"Overweight Sensation" tracks the meteoric rise and tragic fall of the humorist whose song parodies have influenced generations. By Alex Ben Block Overweight Sensation by Mark Cohen Book Cover - P ...

Fifty years ago in the summer of 1963, Chicago-born Allan Sherman's "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" was the worldwide hit that marked the peak of Sherman's extraordinary fame. On Memorial Day evening, ...

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There I was at Camp Columbus. It was the summer of 1964. Somehow, I had passed the fifth grade and Mom and Dad were sending me to a one-week sleepover camp way out on Owasco Lake. Sunday to Saturday. ...

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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 ...

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 ...