The Stripper.
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David Rose (1910 – 1990) was a British-born American songwriter, composer, arranger and
orchestra leader. His most famous
compositions were "The Stripper", "Holiday for Strings" and "Calypso Melody". He also wrote music for the television series Little House on the Prairie and Bonanza.
Recipient of four Emmy awards, David Rose was born in London to Jewish parents and raised in Chicago Illinois.
He was married for a while to the actress and singer Judy Garland. They had no children though Garland reportedly underwent at least one abortion during the marriage at the insistence of her mother, her husband and the studio that employed her - MGM! Garland and Rose divorced in 1945.
Rose died in Burbank, California at the age of 80 and was buried in Mount Sinai Memorial
Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills California.
"The Stripper" is a famous piece of music composed by Rose. It evinces a jazz influence and is famously used in stripteases. It played recently in the Wallace and Gromit film Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and it even played in time to the "Breakfast" scene on The Morecambe and
Wise Show. It also is often used in cartoons and sitcoms when an attractive female enters a scene. It also plays in the film The Full Monty.
orchestra leader. His most famous
compositions were "The Stripper", "Holiday for Strings" and "Calypso Melody". He also wrote music for the television series Little House on the Prairie and Bonanza.
Recipient of four Emmy awards, David Rose was born in London to Jewish parents and raised in Chicago Illinois.
He was married for a while to the actress and singer Judy Garland. They had no children though Garland reportedly underwent at least one abortion during the marriage at the insistence of her mother, her husband and the studio that employed her - MGM! Garland and Rose divorced in 1945.
Rose died in Burbank, California at the age of 80 and was buried in Mount Sinai Memorial
Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills California.
"The Stripper" is a famous piece of music composed by Rose. It evinces a jazz influence and is famously used in stripteases. It played recently in the Wallace and Gromit film Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and it even played in time to the "Breakfast" scene on The Morecambe and
Wise Show. It also is often used in cartoons and sitcoms when an attractive female enters a scene. It also plays in the film The Full Monty.