My Son, the Nut is the third album by Allan Sherman, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1963. The album held the top spot on the Billboard Top 200 for nearly two months, from August 31 to October 25, 1963. It stayed on the charts for 140 weeks and sold 1.2 million copies.[3] My Son, the Nut was also the last comedy album to hit #1 on the Billboard 200 for over half a century, until "Weird Al" Yankovic's Mandatory Fun in 2014.[4]
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| Released | 1963 | |||
| Genre | Comedy music | |||
| Length | 33:56 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Hilliard | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
| Record Mirror |  [2] |
Unlike Sherman's first two albums, which had been filled with in-jokes about Jewish culture, on his third album, his parodies became more generic.
Track listing
editSide one
- "You Went the Wrong Way, Old King Louie" ("La Marseillaise," "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis," and the Peter Gunn theme)
- "Automation" ("Fascination")
- "I See Bones" ("C'est si bon")
- "Hungarian Goulash No 5" ("Brahms Hungarian Dance Number 5")
- "Headaches" ("Heartaches")
- "Here's to the Crabgrass" ("Country Gardens") (duet with Jacqueline Ward)
Side two
- "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter from Camp)" ("Dance of the Hours")
- "One Hippopotami" ("What Kind of Fool Am I?"")
- "Rat Fink" ("Rag Mop")
- "You're Getting to Be a Rabbit with Me" ("You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me")
- "Eight Foot Two, Solid Blue" ("Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue")
- "Hail to Thee, Fat Person" (spoken, with an instrumental rendition of "America the Beautiful" behind it)
Chart history
edit| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1963 | Billboard Pop Albums (Billboard 200)[3][4] | 1
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References
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Watson, Jimmy (30 November 1963). "Allan Sherman" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 142. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ a b Murrells, Joseph (1978). The book of golden discs. Barrie & Jenkins. p. 173. ISBN 9780214204807. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ^ a b Sisario, Ben (July 23, 2014). "No Joke! He's Topping the Charts". The New York Times.
External links
edit- My Son, the Nut at Discogs (list of releases)
- My Son, the Nut at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
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