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3 unusual facts about Allan Sherman


Country Gardens

Comedian Allan Sherman used this melody as the tune for his 1963 song, "Here's to the Crabgrass".

Paul Tishman

Allan Sherman parodied Tishman on his last Warner Brothers release (Togetherness, 1967) in the song "If I Were A Tishman" (All day long I'd buildy-buildy build, if I were a building man...) to the tune of "If I Were a Rich Man" from Fiddler on the Roof.

The Twelve Gifts of Christmas

"The Twelve Gifts of Christmas" is a song written and performed by Allan Sherman.


C'est si bon

Allan Sherman did a parody of "C'est si bon" in 1963 called "I See Bones", in which a doctor recounts what he sees in an X-ray.

Rag Mop

Allan Sherman parodied this song in 1963 for his album My Son, the Nut; he renamed it "Rat Fink".


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