The Stripper

"The Stripper"
Single by David Rose & His Orchestra
A-side"Ebb Tide"
B-side"The Stripper"
ReleasedMay 1962
Recorded1958
Genre
Length1:57
LabelMGM
Songwriter(s)David Rose
David Rose (standing on the right) in AFRS Radio Show, c. 1946

"The Stripper" is an instrumental composed by David Rose, recorded in 1958 and released four years later. It evinces a jazz influence with especially prominent trombone slides, and evokes the feel of music used to accompany striptease artists.

"The Stripper" reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in July 1962.[2] It became a gold record. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 5 song of 1962.[3]

  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (April 26, 2018). "The Number Ones: David Rose's "The Stripper"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 10, 2023. ...strippers used to have to get down to horny big-band jazz instrumentals, apparently. You've heard "The Stripper" even if you don't know you've heard "The Stripper".
  2. ^ Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits. New York: Billboard Books. p. 112. ISBN 978-0823076772. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
  3. ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1962