Up the Junction (song) Up the Junction (song) "Up the Junction" was the third single released from Squeeze's second album, "Cool for Cats", sung by Glenn Tilbrook. It is one of the band's most popular and well-remembered songs (especially in the UK), and reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, the same position as its predecessor, "Cool for Cats" . "Up the Junction" is also the name of a collection of short stories by Nell Dunn, first published in 1963. Lyricist Chris Difford said that the title phrase was lifted from the 1965 TV play version of the work, directed by Ken Loach,
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