A graduate of Harvard (M.A. in mathematics) Lehrer kept himself, and his friends, amused during undergraduate days by writing and singing grisly songs about sick people. This was developed into a night-club act. Then followed an L.P. of 12 of his comparatively innocuous songs. An example: "I hold your hand in mine"—a cute number about a guy who murdered his girl-friend, then chopped off her hand as a souvenir. Of course, the L.P. was an immediate success and is still selling well.