Tom Lehrer - More of Tom Lehrer (1959)

Tom Lehrer is an American singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician. He has lectured on mathematics and musical theater.  His songs are musical parodies of common styles on piano with satirical original lyrics.  He's probably best known for his song "The Elements" where he recites all of the elements that were known at the time (in 1959) to the tune of "The Major-General's Song" from The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan.  "We Will All Go Together When We Go" is an ode to the coming nuclear apocalypse.  "A Christmas Carol" is probably one of the best Christmas songs I've ever heard.  Lehrer earned his AB in mathematics (magna cum laude) from Harvard University in 1946.  He received his MA degree the next year, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He taught classes at MIT, Harvard, and Wellesley.

More of Tom Lehrer

1. "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"
2. "Bright College Days"
3. "A Christmas Carol"
4. "The Elements" (music by Arthur Sullivan)
5. "Oedipus Rex"
6. "In Old Mexico"
7. "Clementine"
8. "It Makes a Fellow Proud to Be a Soldier"
9. "She's My Girl"
10. "The Masochism Tango"
11. "We Will All Go Together When We Go"