Have you ever looked at your “partner” after a night out, a few drinks and some fun and seductively told them as they start to undress, “take it off, take it all off!”?
Where did that come from?
And then he or she starts giggling and bouncing around the bedroom, twirling clothes, wrapping something around your neck, pulling off your panties like a choir, mimicking a trumpet or trombone (or maybe a kazoo!) to the tune of “The Stripper”?
Where did that come from?
We barely remember where we got these pop culture clichés from… but they all come from somewhere!
“The Stripper” is a very famous song written by a man named David Rose, “a British-born American composer, arranger, and bandleader.” –Wikipedia
He was married to actress Martha Raye and also to Judy Garland.
While David Rose isn’t famous, HIS SONG IS. And he was a #1 Billboard hit in 1962 for David Rose and his orchestra.
“The Stripper” is performed strictly at bachelor and bachelorette parties, at strip clubs, at wedding receptions (when the groom removes the bride’s garter), and has been used in COUNTLESS TV shows and movies, including slap Y The full amount.
But perhaps the most memorable performance of all came in a commercial for Noxzema shaving cream from the late 1960s, where the beautiful Swedish model Gunilla Knutson demanded, “Take it off, take it all off.”
(Later iterations included sports icons Carl Yaztremski, left fielder for the Boston Red Sox and LAST Triple Crown winner, for you baseball fans…and Joe Willie Namath, who was known for perverted commercials: ” Ladies, I want to see Joe. Is Namath creamed?”…Of course you did!)
Thanks to YouTube and Events-in-Music.com, you can watch this nostalgic slice of life (and listen to “The Stripper”) by clicking here.