Rose was known for covering many famed trials in the United States as a courtroom artist.
Ex-brother-in-law of Mary Jane Gumm and Virginia Gumm.
Wrote the song "The Stripper". The recording by David Rose and His Orchestra debuted on Billboards pop music chart on 12 May 1962 and remained on the chart for a total of 17 weeks. It reached #1 on 7 July 1962. The recording also reached #1 on Cash Box magazines pop music chart.
His marriage to Judy Garland dissolved after Louis B. Mayer , head of MGM, insisted that Judy have an abortion to avoid damaging her "girl-next-door" image with the movie-going public. This emotionally scarred Judy and doomed her marriage to Rose.
Musical director for the syndicated radio show "Bold Venture" (1950-1952).
He was the musical director of "The Red Skelton Show" / "The Red Skelton Comedy Hour". He was also the composer of the tune, "Holiday For Strings", the theme music for show.
His estate in California included one of the largest private steam collections, including a small scale railroad track around his home
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6514 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
David Rose was originally hired to compose the music score for Forbidden Planet (MGM, 1956), but was let out of his contract in December 1955 by Dore Schary, when Schary hired Louis & Bebe Barron to compose an all-new electronic music score, called "Electronic Tonalities". His score was then discarded, except for his already-composed Main Title Theme, which he went ahead and recorded and released in April 1956 on MGM Records, for which he recovered some money lost from not completing his score.
Brother of the actor Clifford Rose
