Thomas Andrew Tom Lehrer is an American singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician. He has lectured on mathematics and musical theater. He is best known for the pithy, humorous songs he recorded in the 1950s and 1960s.
His work often parodies popular song forms, though he usually creates original melodies when doing so. A notable exception is The Elements, where he sets the names of the chemical elements to the tune of the Major-General's Song from Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of...
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