Assumed/incorrect titles:
- Poisoning Pigeons In The Dark
Recorded:
- March 20/21, 1959 (live version)
- July 8, 1959 (studio version)
- January 21, 1960 (orchestral version)
Recording location:
- Sanders Theater, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (live version)
- RCA Victor Studio B, New York, NY (studio version)
- RCA Victor Studio A, New York, NY (orchestral version)
Released:
- 1959 (live and studio versions)
- 1960 (orchestral version)
Available on (*):
- 1959 LP An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (Lehrer TL-202; live version)
- 1959 LP More Of Tom Lehrer (Lehrer TL-102; studio version)
- 1960 45 rpm single (Capricorn C-451; orchestral version)
- 1988 CD Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty CD of All Time (Rhino R2 75768; orchestral version)
- 1991 CD set Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (Rhino R2 70743, May 21, 1991; orchestral 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; all versions)
- 2001 CD The Very Best Of Dr. Demento (Rhino R2 76704, February 6, 2001; orchestral version)
Alternate versions:
- The stereo mix of the orchestral version was prepared in 2012, but has not been released yet.
Chart information:
- #133 1966 (as part of album An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer)
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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