Verified listings:
- Fight Fiercely, Harvard - Tom Lehrer
- Fight Fiercely Harvard - Tom Lehrer
Recorded:
- January 22, 1953 (original studio version)
- November 23/24, 1959 (live in U.S. version)
- March 21/May 4, 1960 (live in Australia version)
- circa 1966 (re-recorded studio version)
Recording location:
- Trans Radio Studios, Boston, MA (original studio version)
- Kresge Auditorium, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Cambridge, MA (live in U.S. version)
- Town Hall, Melbourne or Sydney, Australia (live in Australia version)
Released:
- 1953 (original studio version)
- 1960 (live versions)
- 1966 (re-recorded studio version)
Available on (*):
- 1953 LP Songs By Tom Lehrer (Trans Radio TR 740, March, 1953; original studio version)
- 1960 LP Tom Lehrer Revisited (Lehrer TL-201; live in Australia version)
- 1960 LP Tom Lehrer Revisited (Decca LK 4375; live in U.S. version; U.K. release)
- 1960 LP Tom Lehrer Discovers Australia (And Vice Versa) (Decca LKA 7505; live in Australia version; Australian release)
- 1966 LP Songs By Tom Lehrer (Reprise RS 6216; re-recorded studio version)
- 1997 CD Songs & More Songs By Tom Lehrer (Rhino R2 72776, May 6, 1997; original studio version)
- 2000 CD set The Remains Of Tom Lehrer (Rhino R2 79831, May 23, 2000)
Topics (not including words that are part of the title):
- football
- college
Alternate versions:
- unless otherwise noted, the live version Dr. Demento plays is the one recorded in the U.S.
interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
- the Reprise re-recording omits the comma from the title
general information about Tom Lehrer
Common misspellings:
- Tom Lehr
- Tom Lerer
- Tom Lair
- Tom Leher
- Tom Leer
- Tom Lehaer
- Tim Lehrer
General type of music:
- satire
- piano
Real name:
- Thomas Andrew Lehrer
Also recorded with:
- Richard Hayman
- Joe Raposo
interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
- one of the most requested artists in the history of "The Dr. Demento Show"
- only recorded and performed for a few years; his main profession is teaching
- never actually became a professor, despite the fact that Dr. Demento used to call him by that title
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