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Tom Lehrer ’47, Mathematician and Musician Who Set Wicked Satire to Cheery Tunes, Dies at 97
Thomas A. Lehrer ’47 — a beloved musician and mathematics instructor who set sardonic commentary to upbeat piano melodies — ...
Tom Lehrer shut up far too early
Tom Lehrer died on Saturday, aged 97. His album That Was the Year That Was records a live performance, including his ...
The Buffalo News9h
Erik Brady: Mark Russell and Tom Lehrer were kindred spirits of piano-key comedy
Alison Kaplan fell for Tom Lehrer's parody songs long before she met Mark Russell. Then she fell for Russell's parodies – and ...
Here’s every mention of Harvard in the lyrics of Tom Lehrer
Musician and satirist Tom Lehrer stuck his alma mater into his music. Here's all the times he was singing about Harvard.
Why today’s toothless comedians can’t compare to Tom Lehrer
If you’ve ever laughed at a satirical song, whether watching a panel show, a live comedy gig or on Radio 4, there’s a good ...
I discovered Tom Lehrer in high school. His transgressive black humor hooked me.
Lehrer, who died Saturday, was a Harvard-educated math prodigy whose satirical music was everything my nerdy teenage self ...