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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since this Sunday is Valentine's Day, my wife suggested I do a Valentine's Day "Acoustic Sunday" ("Acoustic Sunday" is my radio show) full of love songs. I told her, with tongue in cheek, I wasn't ...

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 ...

The Great Neck Library will host an afternoon of hits from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s with instrumental tracks and a cappella on Oct. 12 at 2:30 p.m. Dream, a vocal group, will sing songs such as All I ...

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 ...