An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer

An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer
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Released1959
RecordedMarch 1959
GenreSatire
Length42:23
LabelLehrer Records
Reprise/Warner Bros. Records
Tom Lehrer chronology
Songs by Tom Lehrer
(1953)
An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer
(1959)
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An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer is an album recorded by Tom Lehrer, the well-known satirist and Harvard lecturer. The recording was made on March 20–21, 1959 in Sanders Theater at Harvard.

In October 2020, Lehrer transferred the music and lyrics for all songs he had ever written into the public domain.[2][3] In November 2022, he formally relinquished the copyright and performing/recording rights on his songs, making all music and lyrics composed by him free for anyone to use.[4]

  1. ^ Lehrer, Tom (March 1959). An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer. Cambridge, MA: Allmusic.com.
  2. ^ Sanderson, David (October 22, 2020). "Copyright-busting website is invitation to have a laugh with Tom Lehrer". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Ho, Justin (21 October 2020). "Satirist Tom Lehrer has put his songs into the public domain". Marketplace. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Tom Lehrer Songs". Tom Lehrer. 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2022-12-16.