Alan Sherman: Live At The Hollywood Bowl

“ALLAN SHERMAN MAKES HISTORY AT HOLLYWOOD BOWL” — that was Variety’s headline following Sherman’s record-breaking concert on Friday, July 19, 1963, when he performed live at the Hollywood Bowl to an over-capacity crowd of 16,076.

This album, “LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL” by Allan Sherman, contains his complete concert performance — every hilarious song he sang, every nutty joke he told, every spontaneous ad lib, and even a couple of goofs Sherman turns into moments of comedy gold. When you play all twenty-nine tracks back-to-back they exactly recreate everything the Hollywood Bowl audience heard on that magical night.

Behind Allan Sherman’s ridiculous voice is truly glorious music performed by the full 106-musician Hollywood Bowl Orchestra — with all new arrangements and orchestrations expanded just for this one remarkable performance.
Special guest-star Rosemary Clooney joins Sherman for the duet of “Sarah Jackman.” The New Christy Minstrels accompany him for several songs. And Sherman himself conducts the New Christy Minstrels for “No One’s Perfect” — no small feat considering he can’t read music!

Track List:

1. Overture
2. Why Am I Here?
3. Harvey and Sheila
4. A Number of Short Songs
5. My First Medical Song
6. I See Bones (X-Ray Song)
7. Hail To Thee Fat Person
8. A Crazy Thought
9. Overweight People
10. To Those Interested In British Foreign Policy During the Latter Half of the 19th Century
11. Disraeli Won’t You Please Come Home
12. When I Was A Lad, I Went To Yale
13. I Just Recorded My Third Album
14. It Was Automation
15. Next, A Sociological Phenomenon
16. Sarah Jackman, Sarah Jackman (feat. Rosemary Clooney)
17. I Keep Notes On the Floor
18. One Hippopotomi
19. To Those Interested in French Internal Policy During the Latter Half of the 18th Century
20. Old King Louie
21. I Made A Folk Hero For My Folk
22. Ballad of Harry Lewis
23. A Nice Letter From Camp
24. Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah
25. Beautiful Music Behind My Ridiculous Voice
26. No One’s Perfect (feat. New Christy Minstrels)
27. Shticks and Stones
28. A Man In A Strange City
29. When You Walk Through the Bronx, Hold Your Head Up High