Many of us have memorized the words of Allan Sherman's big hit novelty song Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah (A Letter from Camp) that he recorded in 1963. But did you know that in 1966 he came up with a sequel, Return to Camp Granada?
Sherman appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show on April 24, 1966 to sing the updated version.
The melody of the original version is taken from the ballet Dance of the Hours from the Opera "La Gioconda" by Amilcare Ponchielli, while Sherman wrote the lyrics with Lou Busch.
He 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.
In 2020, the song was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Here's Allan Sherman on the Ed Sullivan Show with his Return to Camp Granada.
Enjoy!
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