And the Band Played On (disambiguation)

And the band played on is an expression used to describe the deliberate masking or downplaying of an impending calamity by authorities. The expression is reflected in:

Films

And the Band Played On (film), a 1993 American television film docudrama based on Randy Shilts' book

Literature

And the Band Played On: People, Politics, and the AIDS Epidemic (1987), a nonfiction book by Randy Shilts
And the Band Played On...: The Titanic Violinist and the Glovemaker: A True Story of Love, Loss and Betrayal (2011), a nonfiction book by Christopher Ward
The Band that Played On: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic (2011), a nonfiction book by Steve Turner

Music

Albums

And the Band Played On... (album), a 1998 album by The Jaggerz

Songs

"The Band Played On" (1895), a popular song that popularized the phrase in its chorus
The Band Plays On (1975), the debut album from Back Street Crawler
And the Bands Played On (1981), a song by Saxon

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