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| "The Stripper" | |
|---|---|
| Single by David Rose & His Orchestra | |
| A-side | "Ebb Tide" |
| B-side | "The Stripper" |
| Released | May 1962 |
| Recorded | 1958 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 1:57 |
| Label | MGM |
| Songwriter(s) | David Rose |
"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 #1 on Billboard's Top 100 chart in July 1962.[2] It became a gold record. Billboard ranked the record as the #5 song of 1962.[3]
The tune came to prominence by chance.[citation needed] Rose had recorded "Ebb Tide" as the A-side of a record. His record company, MGM Records, wanted to get it on the market quickly, but discovered there was no B-side available for it. Rose was away at the time the need for the B-side surfaced. An MGM office boy was given the job of going through some of Rose's tapes of unreleased material to find something that would work; he liked "The Stripper" and chose it as the flip side for the record.
- ^ 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".
- ^ Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits. New York: Billboard Books. p. 112. ISBN 978-0823076772. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
- ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1962