That first album soon sold 350,000, fueled primarily by word of mouth, especially on college campuses. Most Chicagoans first ...

Singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer, who gained prominence for his political satire, has reportedly died at the age of 97.

The legendary satirist who rose to fame in the ’50s and ’60s with darkly funny songs about war, politics, and society has ...

Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities, ...

Thomas A. Lehrer ’47 — a beloved musician and mathematics instructor who set sardonic commentary to upbeat piano melodies — ...

The musical humorist used his Army experience as the basis for several of his songs, and in turn worked in references to his music in his work at the NSA.

Tom Lehrer, a mathematician and satirist whose musical influence peaked in the 1950s and ’60s with his topical songs, died ...

Tom Lehrer, an influential musical satirist who came to fame with songs addressing topical events in the '50s and '60s, has ...

Brief though his career as an entertainer was, Tom Lehrer inscribed his signature on a brainy, no-holds-barred brand of ...

Reports about the death of singer-songwriter and satirist Tom Lehrer have surfaced online. He was a Harvard-educated ...

The mathematician, songwriter and imp has died at 97.

Lehrer, who died Saturday, was a Harvard-educated math prodigy whose satirical music was everything my nerdy teenage self ...