Featuring original interviews with Weird Al Yankovic, Mark Cohen, Lily Hirsch and Robert Sherman. Originally aired on April 1, 2020 on NPR’s 1A.

The Library of Congress is famous for its collection of American cultural treasures. More than 10 million items—including books, manuscripts and photographs. The collection also includes nearly four million pieces of audio.

Each year, the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress chooses just 25 pieces of audio to showcase the rich heritage of America's recorded sound—it's like an audio "Hall of Fame." Selections in the past have included music, of course, but also plenty of famous speeches, news reports, sports games, and much, much more.

The Sounds of America is BMP Audio’s Peabody Award winning series showcasing some of the works selected for the National Recording Registry.

This installment of the series is a profile of Allan Sherman’s “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh,” a parody song about a boy at the fictional Camp Granada. Hear the story behind the song, along with other parodies from Allan Sherman’s career.