Biography
Born on 7 September 1897 in Kiev, Russia, and passing away on 15 September 1973 in Los Angeles, California, Al Sherman carved out a career as a songwriter whose strongest commercial years fell during the 1920s and 1930s. His earliest hit, “Save Your Sorrow,” appeared in 1925 and found favor with the Shannon Four, Ray Miller, and Gene Austin. Among his other memorable compositions from that era were “I Must Be Dreaming,” “He’s So Unusual,” “You Gotta Be A Football Hero,” “No, No, A Thousand Times No!,” “Now’s The Time To Fall In Love,” and “On The Beach At Bali Bali.” Scattered later efforts surfaced in the 1940s and 1950s, among them “Pretending,” “The Pigskin Polka,” and “Comes A-Long-A-Love.”
Al Lewis served as his principal writing partner, though Sherman also teamed at various times with Abner Silver, Buddy de Silva, Jack Meskill, Edward Heyman, and Harry Tobias. In 1930 he supplied Maurice Chevalier with “Livin’ In The Sunlight, Lovin’ In The Moonlight” for the film The Big Pond, in which Chevalier shared the screen with Claudette Colbert. More than three decades afterward, Sherman’s sons Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman created the songs “Merci Beaucoup,” “Enjoy It,” and “Grimpon” for Chevalier’s soundtrack to In Search Of The Castaways, one of the veteran performer’s final motion-picture appearances.
Al Lewis served as his principal writing partner, though Sherman also teamed at various times with Abner Silver, Buddy de Silva, Jack Meskill, Edward Heyman, and Harry Tobias. In 1930 he supplied Maurice Chevalier with “Livin’ In The Sunlight, Lovin’ In The Moonlight” for the film The Big Pond, in which Chevalier shared the screen with Claudette Colbert. More than three decades afterward, Sherman’s sons Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman created the songs “Merci Beaucoup,” “Enjoy It,” and “Grimpon” for Chevalier’s soundtrack to In Search Of The Castaways, one of the veteran performer’s final motion-picture appearances.
Singles
