In 1958 someone in my class had a copy of his record; we all learned Lobachevsky first, but I still occasionally sing "Twas a year ago November...."; my daughters gave me the boxed set of CDs and promptly ripped the entire contents onto their iPods and started learning them.

Was it he who commented to the effect that, when Kissinger got the Nobel Peace prize, there was no longer any room for satire?

Cheers, Rowan