The Bosstones
The Bosstones (also known as The Boss-Tones) were an American musical group who performed in the instrumentally-sparse, a cappella-based harmonic style known as Philadelphia doo-wop.
The Bosstones apparently released only one record in their history: "Mope-Itty Mope" b/w "Wings of an Angel" in 1959 on the Boss Records label.[1] The record was a not a national or regional hit (although it did manage to scrape into the playlists of a few stations, such as KIMN in Denver in May of that year).
"Mope-Itty Mope" would probably have fallen into complete obscurity except for fact that Mexican border blaster XEAK decided to play it in 1961 -- in fact, they played it over and over for 72 straight hours, stunting its new format: "Extra News", the first 24-hour all-news station in Southern California (and one of the first in the United States).
In 1962, The Dovells remade "Mope-itty Mope" as "The Mope-itty Mope Stomp".[2]
In 1983, a ska-core band was formed in Boston, also calling themselves The Bosstones; after finding out about the long-defunct group of that name, the newer band changed its name to The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.[3]
Notes
- ^ 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.
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