| "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter from Camp)" | ||||
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| Single by Allan Sherman | ||||
| from the album My Son, the Nut | ||||
| B-side | "(Rag Mop) Rat Fink" | |||
| Released | August 1963 | |||
| Genre | Novelty song | |||
| Length | 2:47 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Amilcare Ponchielli, Allan Sherman, Lou Busch | |||
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Hilliard | |||
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"Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter from Camp)" is a novelty song recorded by Allan Sherman released in 1963. The melody is taken from the ballet Dance of the Hours from the opera La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli, while the lyrics were written by Sherman and Lou Busch.
Allan based the lyrics on letters of complaint which he received from his son Robert who was attending Camp Champlain, a summer camp in Westport, New York.[1]
In 2020, the song was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2] The song's mention of "Leonard Skinner", a boy at the camp who "got ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner", was an inspiration for the name of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, although the band's name was also inspired by a physical education instructor of the same name.[3]
- ^ Lieberman, Paul (August 16, 2003). "The Boy in Camp Granada". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
- ^ "National Recording Registry Class Produces Ultimate 'Stay at Home' Playlist". Library of Congress. March 25, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ Joseph, Hudak (30 May 2018), "Lynyrd Skynyrd's New 'If I Leave Here Tomorrow' Doc: 10 Things We Learned", Rolling Stone, retrieved 18 January 2021.