A Spoonful of Sugar: Robert Sherman, 1925-2012
Robert Sherman, who has died at the age of 86, was three years old than his brother Richard. And much much quieter. On the two occasions I interviewed the songwriting brothers " once in person, the other time on the phone from California " his personality radiated a quality that was distinctly at odds with the benignity of their songbook, mostly consisting of the cheery children's anthems they wrote for Chitty Chitty…