Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! – Allan Sherman

Allan Sherman took this track into the UK top 40 for nine weeks in 1963.

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Fifty years ago this week, Hello Mudduh, hello Fadduh! by Allan Sherman was at its highest position of number 14 in the UK singles chart for the second of two weeks, having entered the top 40 six weeks previously at number 28. After falling from its peak position, the song spent two more weeks in the top 40 and then left the chart.

Hello Mudduh, hello Fadduh! was released on the Warner Brothers record label and was the only top 40 hit for Allan Sherman in the UK. It was taken from the album My son, the nut, which did not enter the UK album chart.

The song’s tune was taken from Dance of the hours, a ballet section from Amilcare Ponchielli’s opera La Gioconda. This was the second time the tune had been a chart entry in 1963 as it had also been used in Like I do, a number 3 hit for Maureen Evans.

More music from Allan Sherman

 

UK singles chart for the week ending 2 November 1963

1. You’ll never walk alone – Gerry and the Pacemakers

2. She loves you – Beatles

3. Do you love me? – Brian Poole and the Tremeloes

4. Blue bayou / Mean woman blues – Roy Orbison

5. Then he kissed me – Crystals

6. If I had a hammer – Trini Lopez

7. I (who have nothing) – Shirley Bassey

8. Sugar and spice – Searchers

9. Let it rock / Memphis Tennessee – Chuck Berry

10. The first time – Adam Faith with the Roulettes

 

14. Hello Mudduh, hello Fadduh! – Allan Sherman