details for Shelley Berman

Also credited as:
• Lovelady Powell & Shelley Berman
• Shelley Berman, Jack De Lon & Chorus

Common misspellings:
• Shelly Berman
• Shelley Burman
• Shelly Burman

General type of music:
• stand-up comedy

Real name:
• Sheldon Berman

Born:
• February 3, 1925

Died:
• September 1, 2017

Based in:
• New York City, NY (stand-up career)
• southern California (later life)

Web sites:
• http://www.shelleyberman.com/

interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
• His Grammy-winning first album, Inside Shelley Berman (1959), kicked off a golden age of stand-up comedy on LP.
• He was the first comedian to sell a whole lot of albums.
• He continued to perform stand-up comedy into his 80s.