- In 1946, he played a musical duet with André Previn at graduation from Beverly Hills High School. 21 years later, both composers won Academy Awards for different films that same year, both in musical categories.
- Worked together with his older brother, Robert B. Sherman.
- Along with his brother, he had three of films play consecutively at New York's prestigious Radio City Music Hall in 1973 with "Charlotte's Web", "Tom Sawyer" and "Mary Poppins".
- The Sherman Brothers were awarded the 2008 American National Medal of the Arts by President George W. Bush in Washington, D.C. for their services to music.
- Son of Al Sherman and Rosa Dancis Sherman.
- He and Robert B. Sherman were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6914 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- Inducted into the American Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 9, 2005 in New York City alongside brother/collaborator Robert B. Sherman, Bill Withers, John Fogerty, Steve Cropper, David Porter and Isaac Hayes.
- The classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) was adapted into a London West End Musical and performed at the London Palladium in 2002 and was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for The Hilton Award for Best New Musical.
- His oldest daughter, Linda Sherman, was from his first marriage, which ended in divorce.
- Robert B. Sherman and his musical, "Mary Poppins" at the Paramount Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2015 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Large Musical Production.
- Wrote new lyrics for "I Wanna Be Like You" to reflect King Louis being a gigantopithicus in The Jungle Book (2016).
- He and his wife Ursula Elizabeth Gluck currently reside in Beverly Hills, California.
- His musical, "The Jungle Book" at the Goodman Theatre and Huntington Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2013 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Large Musical Production.
- "Disney's Mary Poppins" at the Mercury Theater Chicago was nominated for a 2017 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Midsize Musical Production.
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