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The Elements" is a 1959 song with lyrics by musical humorist, mathematician and lecturer Tom Lehrer, which recites the names of all the chemical elements known at the time of writing, up to number 102, nobelium. Lehrer arranged the music of the song from the tune of the "Major-General's Song" from The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan ...
Lehrer in Loomis School's 1943 yearbook. Thomas Andrew Lehrer was born on April 9, 1928, to a secular Jewish family and grew up on Manhattan's Upper East Side. [2] [3] He is the son of Morris James Lehrer (1897–1986) and Anna Lehrer (née Waller; 1905–1978) and older brother of Barry Waller Lehrer (1930–2007).
The lyrics of "The Elements" [9] are a recitation of the names of all the chemical elements that were known at the time of writing, up to number 102, nobelium; sixteen more have been discovered since then. It can be found on his albums Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer as well as An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer.
The Remains of Tom Lehrer is a box set containing all the songs from musical satirist Tom Lehrer's previous albums along with previously unreleased songs and his works featured on the public television show The Electric Company. Some of the songs from his debut album, Songs by Tom Lehrer, were re-recorded for the CD.
Songs by Tom Lehrer was recorded in a single one-hour session on January 22, 1953, at the TransRadio studio in Boston for the total studio cost of $15. The first pressing was an issue of 400 copies, produced at Lehrer's own expense in the 10" LP record format.
Tom Lehrer: "The Elements" (1959) uses the tune of the "Major-General's Song" [42] Lucky Starr: "I've Been Everywhere" (1959 by Geoff Mack) [43] Phineas and Ferb: "History of the Tri-State Area", "I Really Don't Hate Christmas" [44] Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention: "Let's Make the Water Turn Black" from We're Only in It for the Money ...
The Remains of Tom Lehrer (2000) Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer is a reissue of musical satirist Tom Lehrer 's two studio albums ( Songs by Tom Lehrer and More of Tom Lehrer ), combined with other studio sessions and a newly recorded version of "I Got It From Agnes".
The Elements (song) F. Fight Fiercely, Harvard; I. I Got It From Agnes; ... Wernher Von Braun (Tom Lehrer song) Media in category "Songs written by Tom Lehrer"