I was watching the concert he did in Copenhagen in 1967; it was on our local PBS station recently.
Thought I'd see what Tom was up to these days. He's still around and in the news.
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Songwriter Tom Lehrer became a star in the 1950s and ’60s writing and performing satirical songs that skewered just about everything. Since then, his work has appeared on stages in London and New York, been translated into Spanish and Swedish and even sampled on a rap track.
Lehrer, 92, announced Tuesday via his website that he’s effectively putting everything he ever wrote into the public domain. That means his lyrics and sheet music are available for anyone to use or perform, without having to pay royalties or deal with lawyers.
I grew up listening to Professor Tom and knew all the words to all the songs on his first three or four albums.
My favorite line, though was not from a song, but from an interview in which he said his "parents were gastronomic Jews... they worshipped at the deli".
