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...some extent Chis Cerf and the groovers at the Castle have done this, and where they most closely identify with the rich rock 'n roll heritage, they have been most successful. But the failures stem from more than irrelevance. The lyrics suffer from complexity and a lack of really funny lines. They try too hard to be cute and end up pompous. The average rock 'n roll hit does not usually have more than one or two verses of any consequence, and often there are little more than a dozen major words in the whole song. (A recent, but almost...
Leonard M. Chazen, Yale '63, collaborated with Christopher B. Cerf '63 on "John Foster Dulles," 'Fallout Filly", and "I'm Losing Irv to the Ready Reserve." The latter two songs have been acclaimed by disk jockeys in Boston and New York as perhaps the best of the "Lampoon's songs...
Christopher B. Cerf '63, composer of the Penguin, reported that the Lampoon's record was well received in Cambridge. The entire first pressing was sold out within three weeks. A 45 r.p.m. version of the record was cut soon after the original record gained its popularity. Music Suppliers, Inc. of Boston have been handling publicity for the record and are currently distributing it to major radio stations throughout the country...
...Harvard Lampoon, a local humor magazine, has elected Michael K. Firth '63, of Adams House and Paget, Bermuda as its President for 1962-63. Christopher B. Cerf '63, of Dunster House and Mount Kisco, N.Y., was named Ibis...
...billing goes to the 'Poon; Cerf, who wrote, sings, and provides piano accompaniment for most of the numbers; and "Gordie Main and the Main-iacs," a student rock 'a' roll combo...