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David Rose and His Orchestra – The Stripper and Other Fun Songs for the Family (1962)

  • Posted on March 11, 2010 at 11:24 pm
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A nice find from Smiley’s Flea Market in Macon, GA.  The title is what caught my eye.  I don’t normally think of strippers as family fun but the thought was too intriguing to pass up.  ”That’s right Jimmy, tuck that dollar into the nice lady’s g-string”.  I know a little education at a young age would have helped make my first trip to a “Gentleman’s Club” a little less awkward.  Which brings me to my next inappropriate thought.  How exactly did he collect royalties every time his song was played in a nudie bar?  Hmmm….so many questions.

I did a little research on David Rose since I wasn’t familiar with him or his work.  It turns out that the guy was married to Martha Raye and then Judy Garland.  Holy crap!  I guess he was pretty famous.  Each marriage lasted three years which is pretty much the norm for Hollywood nuptials, even today.  According to Wikipedia, Judy had at least one abortion while she was married to Rose due to the insistence of her mother, her husband, and her employer, MGM studios.  Wow!  All religious views aside, that’s just disturbing.  In addition to his hit “The Stripper”, Rose wrote music for Bonanza,  Little House on the Prairie and was musical director for the Red Skelton Show during its entire 21 year run.

My initial thought was to include an old Betty Page striptease video along with this record but as I was perusing them, the whole idea just felt a little too pervy.  It’s not that I’m on a high moral horse so much as that I’ve always tried to keep this site somewhere around “PG”.  Even a fairly sanitized 1960′s striptease seems like a step over that line to “R” so I’ll forgo any video amusement this week.  (Ok, the Family Guy vasectomy video might have already broken that barrier). For those of you who feel the need for something a little more “adult” while listening to this album, I’ve heard that you might be able to find some risqué stuff on the internet.  Huh….seriously?

Tracks:

Side One

Side Two

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