- Father of Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.
- Son of Samuel Sherman (1871-1947), who worked as Court Composer/Conductor during the reign of Emperor Franz Josef in Prague.
- Grandfather of Robert J. Sherman.
- His weekend hobby of making kites for neighborhood children inspired his own sons to write the song, "Let's Go Fly A Kite" for Mary Poppins (1964).
- Challenged his sons, Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, to write songs together.
- Although he would continue to write songs and musical compositions until his death, Al wrote his last big song in 1952, "Comes A-Long A-Love", and was sung by Kay Starr.
- Alongside his sons Robert and Richard, Al Sherman became the subjects of a London musical concert, A Spoonful of Sherman narrated by Sherman's grandson, Robert J. Sherman.
- In 1983, Sherman's song, "He's So Unusual" was chosen as the title song of Cyndi Lauper's signature album, She's So Unusual.
- Al Sherman, was active during the Tin Pan Alley era in American music history.
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