Sherman, Allan

Last Edited: 29-Oct-2015 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
1962
My Son, the Folk Singer
  1. 'The Ballad of Harry Lewis' ('The Battle Hymn
    of the Republic')
  2. 'Shake Hands with Your Uncle Max' ('Dear Old
    Donegal', a.k.a. 'Shake Hands with Your
    Uncle Mike')
  3. 'Sir Greenbaum's Madrigal' ('Greensleeves')
  4. 'My Zelda' ('Matilda')
  5. 'The Streets of Miami' ('The Streets of Laredo')
  6. 'Sarah Jackman' (with Christine Nelson) ('Frère
    Jacques')
  7. 'Jump Down, Spin Around (Pick a Dress o'
    Cotton)' ('Pick a Bale of Cotton')
  8. 'Seltzer Boy' ('Waterboy')
  9. 'Oh Boy' (Chiapanecas a.k.a. 'The Hand
    Clapping Song')
  10. 'Shticks and Stones' (medley)
 Allan Sherman, Christine Nelson,
Orchestra and Chorus, Lou Busch
 Warner Bros. W-1475 (1962) LP
  1. 3:40, 3431, s
  2. 2:46, 3894, s
  3. 3:46, 5302, s
  4. 3:43, 5226, s
  5. 5:31, 7765, s
  6. 2:36, 3658, s
  7. 2:21, 3309, s
  8. 3:34, 5019, s
  9. 4:15, 5989, s
  10. 5:38, 7935, s
1963
My Son, the Celebrity
  1. 'Al 'n' Yetta' ('Alouette')
  2. 'Barry is the Baby's Name', 'Horowitz', 'Get on
    the Garden Freeway' ('Mary is a Grand Old
    Name', 'Harrigan', 'Give My Regards to
    Broadway')
  3. 'Mexican Hat Dance'
  4. 'The Bronx Bird Watcher' ('Willow, tit-willow
    (On a tree by a river)')
  5.  'The Let's All Call Up A.T.&T. and Protest to
    the President March'
  6. 'Harvey and Sheila' ('Hava Nagila')
  7. 'Won't You Come Home, Disraeli' ('Won't You
    Come Home Bill Bailey')
  8. 'No One's Perfect' (to the tune of a
    well-known Alma Mater, 'Far Above Cayuga's
    Waters')
  9. 'When I Was a Lad' (to the tune of the same
    name from H.M.S. Pinafore)
  10. 'Me' ('Torna a Surriento')
  11. 'Shticks of One and a Half a Dozen of
    the Other' (medley)

Allan Sherman,
Orchestra and Chorus, Lou Busch
 Warner Bros. W-1487 (1963) LP
  1. 3:31, 4969, s
  2. 2:20, 3290, s
  3. 2:07, 2994, s
  4. 3:19, 4674, s
  5. 2:42, 3807, s
  6. 3:35, 5064, s
  7. 2:22, 3352, s
  8. 3:40, 5179, s
  9. 2:43, 3827, s
  10. 2:41, 3787, s
  11. 5:51, 8237, s
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