Most notably, his sons Robert and Richard (referred to popularly as the Sherman Brothers) were to join the ranks of America's most highly regarded songwriters.

In 1911, frustrated by the lack of available work, Samuel left his wife Lena and their five young children: Olga, Al, Edith, Regina, and newborn Harold.

Despite his parents' separation and the resulting hardships, Sherman maintained great respect for his father and remained in close contact with him until Samuel's death in 1947.

Despite youth and scant knowledge of English, his natural talent for piano improvisation soon earned him a reputation as a top "mood music" pianist.

His services to improvise inspirational music were sought by many silent film stars including Pauline Frederick, Mae Murray and Olga Petrova.

Between 1931 and 1934, during the last days of vaudeville, he and several of his fellow hitmakers formed a sensational review, Songwriters on Parade, performing all across the Eastern seaboard on the Loew's and Keith circuits.

[3]: 101  Some of Al Sherman's most well known songs also include: "Wanita", "Save Your Sorrow", "Lindbergh (The Eagle of the U.S.A.)", "Pretending", "On the Beach at Bali-Bali", "Over Somebody Else's Shoulder", "No!

Maurice Chevalier's American breakthrough hit was an Al Sherman/Al Lewis song entitled "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" from the Paramount Picture The Big Pond.

Beside writing "Livin' in the Sunlight" for The Big Pond, Al also wrote for many other films including songs for the motion pictures Sweetie, The Sky's the Limit and Sensations of 1945.

[4] Sherman's style and settings are suggested by such song titles as "Got the Bench, Got the Park", "Woodland Reverie", "Never a Dream Goes By" and "When You Waltz with the One You Love".

[3]: 88–125 In 1973 the Associated Press wrote, "Al Sherman helped raise the spirits of a Depression-era generation with his hit 'Now's the Time to Fall in Love'.

She's So Unusual won its sole Grammy Award in the category of Best Album Package, the concept of which clearly was founded on the title of the Sherman's song.

[8] A Spoonful of Sherman was revived twice in London, once in 2014 and then in 2017, and then completely reworked once again as a musical stage show revue in 2018 touring the UK and Ireland.