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Tom Lehrer on Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Tom-Lehrer/e/B000AQ1ECM
/ref=ntt_dp_mus_hqp
This song really is a show off for all Tom
Lehrer's talents and it will stay with us as
long as multi racial societies exists on this
earth. No, as long as there are people on
this earth :-) If you visit the channel front
page, you can also watch another version of
the song with Lehrer's intro.
Yes, Lehrer said "OK" to "The Tom Lehrer
Wisdom Channel", as long as the performance
is not altered and as long as it's free in
the YouTube flash video format. Do NOT ask
for any video originals, ever again.
Click on the Lehrer icon and visit the
channel's front page. The channel is Lehrer
only. And here is a link to a NEW channel
support page:
http://home.broadpark.no/~emeyn/tl/
© 2009 Tom Lehrer
Recording date: September 10th 1967
Format: Ampex Quadruplex PAL 4:3
Status: A very rare recording
Storage: Sony Digital Betacam
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Cassius Clay and Mrs. Wallace are mentioned
in this song, but were not mentioned in the
original recording. The two (little known)
people mentioned in the original recording
were:
Lena Horne, born 1917, was a mulatto lounge
singer, active in the 1960's, who became the
first black American movie star when she
signed a contract with MGM in 1942. Sheriff
Jim Clark of Selma, Alabama, was responsible
for several violent arrests of Civil Rights
protestors, over the wishes of Selma mayor
Joseph Smitherman, who wanted to bring
industry to the town, and didn't want the
negative publicity that violence would bring.
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