Hmmmm. I wonder if Mr. Savage might be a Kingston Trio fan...
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Well, let's see, Pete,words and music for both Merry Little Minuet (They're Rioting in Africa) and "The Ballad of the Shape of Things" were written by Sheldon Harnick, who was born in 1924. You might recognize several other songs by Harnick - does the name "Fiddler of the Roof" ring a bell? Harnick did the lyrics, and Jerry Bock the music for "Fiddler" and several other Broadway shows.

"The Unicorn" (Green Alligators) is by kidbook writer and Playboy cartoonist Shel Silverstein, author of "The Giving Tree" and "Boy Named Sue."

Well, that's a start. By the way, I like the Kingston Trio, too.
-Joe Offer-