Squeeze (band) band and album were dubbed "UK Squeeze" owing to legal conflicts arising from a contemporary American band called "Tight Squeeze". The "U.K." was dropped for all subsequent releases. In Australia, the same name change was used due to legal conflicts arising from an existing Sydney-based band also called "Squeeze". Albums in Australia were credited to "UK Squeeze" up to and including 1985's "Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti". The band's second album, "Cool for Cats" (1979), contained the band's two highest charting UK singles in "Cool For Cats" and "Up The Junction", both of which peaked at No. 2. John Bentley replaced
Strike Up the Band (song) Strike Up the Band (song) "Strike Up the Band" is a 1927 song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin with the collaboration of Millie Raush. It was written for the 1927 musical "Strike Up the Band", where it formed part of a satire on war and militaristic music. Although the musical was not successful, the instrumental version of the song, titled the "March from "Strike Up the Band"", has become quite well known. The song was also used in the Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney 1940 film "Strike Up the Band". In 1936, UCLA students were looking for a