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Paul Allen Wood Shaffer CM [2] (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian [3] [4] singer, keyboardist, composer, actor, author, comedian, and musician who served as David Letterman's musical director, band leader, and sidekick on the entire run of both Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993) and Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015).
For the April 6, 2001, show, the band expanded to 50 players to become the CBS Giant Orchestra with 16 violins, 8 violas, 4 cellos, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, 1 bass trombone, 4 saxophones, 2 harps, 1 keyboard and 1 percussionist. [11] Phil Collins played drums with Steve Jordan in the band when he was a guest on the Letterman show on March 26, 1985.
David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer and producer. He hosted late-night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman on CBS.
David Letterman is no longer a late night talk show host, but he’s definitely not ready to stop working. In a recently published interview with GQ , Letterman talked about his career, including ...
Members of Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band, which was known as the CBS Orchestra from 1993 to 2015 – the house band on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman. For the house band on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert see Stay Human.
Alan Kalter, the quirky, red-headed announcer for David Letterman for two decades who frequently appeared in the show's comedy bits, has died. Kalter died Monday at Stamford Hospital in ...
David Letterman's mother, Dorothy Mengering, died at the age of 95, a rep for the Letterman family confirmed to CBS News. David Letterman's mother and 'Late Show' regular, Dorothy Mengering, dies ...
In the wake of his NBC morning show being cancelled in October 1980 after 18 weeks on the air, [1] David Letterman was still held in high enough regard by the network brass, especially NBC president Fred Silverman, that upon hearing the 33-year-old comedian was being courted by a first-run syndication company, NBC gave him a US$20,000 per week ($1,000,000 for a year) deal to sit out a year and ...