Allan Sherman now at My Son, The Blog

This and That / October 17th, 2012 / Comments (0)

I know a lot about Allan Sherman but not too much about social media.

People said I needed a blog dedicated solely to my forthcoming Allan Sherman biography, so I started such a blog here.

People said I needed a Facebook page for my book. It is here.

Good thing people didn’t tell me I needed to unfurl banners from the Chrysler building.

Hope that if you found your way here, you’ll follow me to either of the above destinations. Facebook is probably best. Once you Like the page, you’ll be notified of all blog posts, speaking engagements and book news.

Thank you!

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“There Is Nothing Like a Lox”

Allan Sherman: My Son, The Blog / August 30th, 2012 / Comments (0)

photo by ToastyKen

This post was inspired by the Library of Congress researcher excited to learn about the Allan Sherman biography.

“There Is Nothin’ Like A Lox” is one of Sherman’s unreleased parodies of Broadway show tunes, in this case, “There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame,” from South Pacific.

Sherman called such parodies “Goldeneh Moments from Broadway.” Here’s a good example of what they are like.

Enjoy.

We got cole slaw, freshly made,

And chopped liver, also fresh,

And a lot of things to please a man

Whose name is Moish or Hesh.

We got plenty pumpernickel,

We got bagels hard as rocks,

What ain’t we got?

We ain’t got lox!

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Another Allan Sherman fan says, “at last!”

Allan Sherman: My Son, The Blog / August 30th, 2012 / Comments (0)

This has happened before, but I’m always surprised and wowed when it does.

I emailed the Library of Congress to see if I needed its permission to quote Allan Sherman items I found there. Not necessary, emailed a reference assistant.

And then he added,

“Incidentally, I am happy to hear that Allan Sherman is finally going to be the subject of a full-length biography!”

Awesome.

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