The latter are songs built on gimmick concepts. But what happens when those two wild worlds combine? Well, here below, we wanted to dive into that very question and find out the answer. Indeed, these ...

Several of his songs were also used in the satirical comedy TV show 'That Was the Week That Was.' By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Tom Lehrer, a mathematician and satirist whose musical influence ...

Tom Lehrer, the sardonic singer-songwriter-pianist who rose to national fame after his dark, tartly funny topical songs were used on the comedic ‘60s TV news show "That Was the Week That Was," has ...

For a generation of rock fans, they were one of music’s biggest “what if” stories. They had the sound, the hit single and the momentum to become household names before vanishing overnight at the ...

Bruce Springsteen has said “nothing was known” about mental health in the ‘50s and ‘60s, so “everybody just suffered through it”. The Boss has been speaking about his personal life in anticipation of ...

Tom Lehrer, the sardonic singer-songwriter-pianist who rose to national fame after his dark, tartly funny topical songs were used on the comedic ‘60s TV news show “That Was the Week That Was,” has ...