Tom Lehrer
Thomas Andrew Lehrer ( ; April 9, 1928 – July 26, 2025) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist and mathematician, who later taught mathematics and musical theater. He recorded pithy, humorous, and often political songs that became popular in the 1950s and 1960s. His songs parodied popular musical forms, often with original melodies. Lehrer's early performances dealt with non-topical subjects and black humor in songs such as "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park". In the 1960s, he produced songs about timely social and political issues, particularly for the U.S. version of the television show That Was the Week That Was. Lehrer quoted a friend's explanation: "Always predict the worst and you'll be hailed as a prophet." In the early 1970s, Lehrer largely retired from public performance to devote his time to teaching mathematics and musical theater history at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Genre: comic
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Top Tracks
- Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
- The Masochism Tango
- The Hunting Song
- The Masochism Tango
- The Elements
- Hanukkah in Santa Monica - I'M Spending
- Send the Marines
- The Wild West Is Where I Want to Be
- National Brotherhood Week
- We Will All Go Together When We Go
- The Elements
- I Hold Your Hand in Mine
- My Home Town
- The Old Dope Peddler
- Silent E
- S‐N - Snore, Sniff and Sneeze
- The Elements
- Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
- The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
- Fight Fiercely Harvard
Albums (40)
- The Wild West (2023)
- Tom Lehrer - Satirical Witty Musical Irreverent, Vol. 2 (2023)
- Tom Lehrer - Satirical, Witty, Musical, Irreverent, Vol. 1 (2023)
- Essential Classics, Vol. 114: Tom Lehrer (2023)
- Tom Lehrer - Poisoning Pigeons in the Park (2023)
- Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go (Original) (2023)
- The Conducted Tom Lehrer (2023)
- 10 Hits of Tom Lehrer (2023)
- Two of a Kind: Spike Jones & Tom Lehrer (2022)
- Two of a Kind: Mike Sammes Singers & Tom Lehrer (2022)
- Tom Lehrer - That's Mathematics of all (2022)
- Tom Lehrer Otherwise and Live (2022)
- Remastered Classics, Vol. 77, Tom Lehrer (2022)
- The Elements (2021)
- The Queen's Six Murder the Songs of Tom Lehrer (2021)
- The Masochism Tango (2021)
- We Will All Go Together When We Go (1970)
- Tom Lehrer - Satirical Witty Musical Irreverent, Vol. 3 (1970)
- Satirical Witty Musical Irreverent, Vol.4 (1970)
- The Old Dope Peddler (2019)
- The Best & Worst of Tom Lehrer (2019)
- We Will All Go Together When We Go (Remastered) (2019)
- That Was the Year That Was - An Evening with Tom Lehrer (2019)
- An Evening with the Infinite Genius of Tom Lehrer (2019)
- Kings of Comedy Presents Tom Lehrer and George Formby (2015)
- Essential Tom Lehrer, Vol. 2 (Live) (2013)
- Essential Tom Lehrer, Vol. 1 (Live) (2013)
- Revisited Remastered (2013)
- Be Prepared, It's Tom Lehrer (2013)
- Laugh-a-Long-a-Lehrer (The Dave Cash Collection) (2013)
- Live in Concert (2013)
- Tom Lehrer Live (2013)
- Tom Lehrer Sings, Vol. 2 (Live) (2013)
- Tom Lehrer Sings, Vol. 1 (Live) (2013)
- Selected Recordings (Live) (2012)
- Evenings Wasted with Tom Lehrer (2011)
- In Concert (2011)
- Entertaining (2009)
- My Home Town (2009)
- We're Listening To Tom Lehrer, Vol. 2 (2008)
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