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My Son, the Celebrity

My Son, the Celebrity is a musical comedy album by Allan Sherman, released in the United States by Warner Bros. in January 1963.

Track listing
Side One • "Al 'n' Yetta" ("Alouette") • "Barry is the Baby's Name" / "Horowitz" / "Get on the Garden Freeway" ("Mary is a Grand Old Name", "Harrigan", "Give My Regards to Broadway") • "Mexican Hat Dance" ("Jarabe Tapatío") • "The Bronx Bird Watcher" ("Willow, tit-willow (On a tree by a river)") • "The Let's All Call Up A.T.&T. and Protest to the President March" • "Harvey and Sheila" ("Hava Nagila") Side Two • "Won't You Come Home, Disraeli" ("Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey") • "No One's Perfect" ("Far Above Cayuga's Waters") • "When I Was a Lad" (from H.M.S. Pinafore) • "Me" ("Torna a Surriento") • "Shticks of One and a Half a Dozen of the Other" ("Molly Malone" / "Auld Lang Syne" / "Billy Boy" / "Marianne" / "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" / "On Top of Old Smoky" / "Aura Lea" / "My Grandfather's Clock" / "Comin' Thro' the Rye" / "Polly Wolly Doodle" / "Down by the Riverside") == Chart positions ==
Songs
As with My Son, The Folk Singer, almost all the songs on the album contain some Jewish reference, or at least a main character or characters with apparently Jewish names. • "Al 'n' Yetta" - References to TV shows of the day • Cohan medley: • "Barry is the Baby's Name" • "Horowitz" • "Get On The Garden Freeway" • "The Bronx Bird Watcher" - A talking / singing bird with a Jewish accent. • "Harvey and Sheila" - Filled with alphabetical references: IBM, PTA, GOP, USA, etc. • "When I Was a Lad" - Recast as the story of a young man who succeeds at an advertising agency: So I thank old Yale / And I thank the Lord / And I also thank my father / Who is chairman of the board. • "Shticks of One and Half a Dozen of the Other" is a stylistic followup to "Shticks and Stones", another medley of short parodies, some Jewish-oriented, some not. For example: • New words to "Molly Malone", describing her as "Cockeyed and muscle-bound". • ''On top of Old Smokey / All covered with hair / Of course I'm referring / To Smokey the Bear'' (On Top of Old Smoky) • ''When you go to the delicatessen store / Don't buy the liverwurst'' (Down by the Riverside) == References ==
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