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Morris Minor and the Majors

British band

Summary

British band

FieldValue
landscape
genreComedy
years_active1987
labelTen Record Ltd.
past_members

Morris Minor and the Majors were a British band formed by the comedians and writers Tony Hawks and Paul Boross. The group became famous with their 1987 song "Stutter Rap", an original song in the style of the then-popular rap song "No Sleep till Brooklyn" by the Beastie Boys.

The stage names of the group were 'Morris Minor', 'Rusty Wing' and 'Phil Errup' (real names Tony Hawks and Rotherham stars Paul Boross and Phil Judge).

The song reached No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart,{{cite book

On the 45 release, the record had a joke B-side titled "Another Boring B-side", the lyrics of which parody the actual creation of the song.

In Australia, they had a second charting single with "This Is the Chorus" (No. 22), which parodied Stock/Aitken/Waterman.

As a result of the popularity of the song, a television series was created in 1989, titled Morris Minor's Marvellous Motors and written by and starring Hawks. On the series, the fictional band-leader attempted to maintain his pop music career while running an automotive garage. It ran for just one series and aired on BBC1.

Discography

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart
positionsUK
AUS
"Stutter Rap""This Is the Chorus""Morris Minor"
198742
19889522
1989——

References

References

  1. "Morris Minor and the Majors biography". AllMusic.
  2. Stuart, Julia. (16 July 2002). "Tony Hawks: Big in Albania". The Independent.
  3. "australian-charts.com - Morris Minor And The Majors - This Is The Chorus".
  4. "Morris Minor & the Majors". [[Official Charts Company]].
  5. Kent, David. (1993). "Australian Chart Book 1970–1992". Australian Chart Book.
  6. "australian-charts.com - Morris Minor And The Majors - This Is The Chorus".
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