Who sings this version of hello muddah hello faddah?

Allan Sherman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Muddah,_Hello_Fadduh

Sorry.

(Misread the question…!)

Again, I don’t want the original version.

Could it be Louis Armstrong? He has a gravelly voice…

Ok here’s some new info. I could have sworn there is a version of the song that sounded like Wayne’s imporession of Jimmy Durante.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGO_eXvx97k&feature=related&fmt=18
You can hear it at the 1:24 mark.

I seem to remember Louis Armstrong singing this one at one point or another, but I know that Dave Saville’s Alvin & The Chipmunks also did a version of this song.

Yeah, but I don’t recall the Chipmunks singing in a “gruff” voice :D

True. The Chipmunks reference was just a trivial offering. I understand that Spike Jones & The City Slickers did the song originally in the 30’s-40’s and that version included vocals by none other than Mel Blanc, the man of a thousand voices. It might possibly have been that version that Zathura12 is looking for.