November 30 - Allan Sherman (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for November 30th are here: Carl Loewe (2019), Allan Sherman (2020), Charles-Valentin Alkan (2021), Weston Noble (2022), Clay Aiken (2023), and Andreas Werckmeister (2024)

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Allan Sherman (30 November 1924 – 20 November 1973) had a short career in the early 1960s singing enormously successful comic song parodies. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

O Fortuna

Sherman's career success was short-lived: after peaking in 1963, his popularity declined rather quickly. – Wikipedia

Allan Sherman's sudden rise

Took the pundits by surprise;

Alas, they weren't surprised at all

By Allan Sherman's sudden fall.

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In High Places

The popularity of "Sarah Jackman" (his parody of "Frere Jacques") was enhanced after President John F. Kennedy was overheard singing the song in the lobby of the Carlyle hotel. -- Wikipedia

His parodies, though frivolous,

   Were eminently quotable,

And they were often quoted by

   The lowly and the notable.

 

 

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