The Bosstones

The Bosstones were an African American musical group in the 1950s who performed in the instrumentally-sparse, a cappella-based harmonic style known as Philadelphia doo-wop.

The Bosstones released "Mope-Itty Mope" as a 45 rpm single in 1959.^[1] The B-side of "Mope-Itty" was a song called "Wings of an Angel".^[1]In 1962 The Dovells remade "Mope-itty Mope" as "The Mope-itty Mope Stomp".^[2]

After their existence was called to the attention of the Boston-based ska-core band formed in 1983 and also called The Bosstones, the latter group changed its name to The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Dave Thompson (8 April 2016). Standard Catalog of American Records. "F+W Media, Inc.". pp. 148–. ISBN 978-1-4402-4628-9.
^ Barry Blinderman; Paul Laffoley; University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Gallery of Contemporary Art (2000). The UFO show. University Galleries, Illinois State University. ISBN 978-0-945558-30-9.
^ Dave Thompson (2000). Alternative Rock. Miller Freeman Books. pp. 495–. ISBN 978-0-87930-607-6.

[Thompson2016-1] Dave Thompson (8 April 2016). Standard Catalog of American Records. "F+W Media, Inc.". pp. 148–. ISBN 978-1-4402-4628-9.

[BlindermanLaffoley2000-2] Barry Blinderman; Paul Laffoley; University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Gallery of Contemporary Art (2000). The UFO show. University Galleries, Illinois State University. ISBN 978-0-945558-30-9.

[Thompson2000-3] Dave Thompson (2000). Alternative Rock. Miller Freeman Books. pp. 495–. ISBN 978-0-87930-607-6.

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