Warmly remembered for the huge 1963 novelty hit 'Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh',
Allan Sherman built a good recording career as a clever parody act who won a
Grammy Award for his album 'My Son the Folk Singer'.
Born Allan Copelon to Jewish-American parents in Chicago, Illinois in 1924, he
was the son of a racing car driver and adopted his mother's maiden name Sherman
after his parents split up. He developed his humorous style writing for the
college newspaper while studying at the University of Illinois, but was expelled
before graduation for breaking into a sorority house with a...