Band Name
The band was initially unnamed, although it was occasionally jokingly referred to as "The NBC Orchestra", after The Tonight Show Band, and later, "The World's Most Dangerous Band" after professional wrestler Dick the Bruiser. Still, these names were not official and the 1985 video "You Kill Me" (aired on the David Letterman Holiday Film Festival special) is credited on-screen simply to "Paul Shaffer and the Band". By 1987, the "NBC Orchestra" name was being used in the opening announcements, before "The World's Most Dangerous Band" became the official name circa 1988.
The group was forced to rename itself when Letterman left NBC, and NBC claimed that the name "The World's Most Dangerous Band," was its intellectual property. Around this time, the group released an album credited to "Paul Shaffer and the Party Boys of Rock 'n' Roll". The current name ("Paul Shaffer and The CBS Orchestra" ) dates from the start of the show on CBS in 1993. The band has no direct relationship to any former CBS Orchestras heard on the CBS Radio Network, and is not featured on CBS programming outside of The Late Show.
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