Thanks Anthony, I think that I first heard it from Tom Lehrer... Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Anthony Farr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Sullivan hazily remembered: > "I think the song was written and originally sung by Tom Lehrer in the '60's > while he was a grad student in Boston." > > According to Wikipedia*: > > "Ed Rush and George Cromarty wrote the song in 1957 and recorded it (as a > humorous ad spoof) in 1962 as The Goldcoast Singers on World Pacific Records > Here They Are! The Goldcoast Singers" > The authorship of the song has historically been incorrectly attributed to > Ernie Marrs. > Rush and Cromarty are listed as the authors by ASCAP[1] and by the song's > publisher, EMI Music Publishing." > > Regards, Anthony Farr > > * Being the lazybones I am, my fact-checking is often done through > Wikipedia, in spite of that source's low standing in the eyes of > intellectual snobs. 80% to 90% reliability is good enough for me > considering the speed and ease of access that Wikipedia affords. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
