My Son, the Nut [SEP] performer
My Son, the Nut
My Son, the Nut is the third album by Allan Sherman, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1963. The album held the top spot on the Billboard Top 200 for nearly two months, from August 31 to October 25, 1963. It stayed on the charts for 140 weeks and sold 1.2 million copies. "My Son, the Nut" was also the last comedy album to hit #1 on the "Billboard" 200 for over half a century, until "Weird Al"
George Lovejoy Rockwell
George Lovejoy "Doc" Rockwell (1889-1978) was an American vaudeville performer and radio personality.
Life and career.
Rockwell was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Julia (Holden) and George Lyton Rockwell. Rockwell was a fast-talking "nut comic" who developed an act as a lecturing doctor.
One sign of Rockwell's success was his appearances as the headline act at the Palace Theater in New York City, the single most coveted booking in vaudeville