Records: My Son, the Millionaire

Comin' Thro' the Rye comes through like this:

Do not make a stingy sandwich.

Pile the cold cuts high.

Customers should see salami

Comin' thro' the rye.

Last week was a big one for the man who sings them that way. Quite recently, Allan Sherman was an obscure TV producer who liked to entertain friends by singing familiar songs with lyrics marinated in Jewish humor. Then, during the fall, he made a record called My Son, the Folk Singer, which has sold a million copies and made a world-famous nut of him. Last week, on the day that his new album. My Son, the...

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