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Allan Sherman’s novelty song, ‘Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh’ (A Letter from Camp), was released #onthisday in 1963, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 100 chart. The satirical song got its melody from the ‘Dance of the Hours’ from Ponchielli’s opera ‘La Gioconda’. Here is an excerpt of that melody performed by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra under Ondrej Lenárd. 🎵 LISTEN to the full track here: https://Naxos.lnk.to/DanceHoursFA . . . #LightClassics #DanceMusic #BalletMusic #OperaClassics #