The Chips

The Chips

The Chips was a short-lived New York doo-wop band consisting of teenage friends Charles Johnson (lead vocal), Nathaniel Epps (baritone), Paul Fulton (bass), Sammy Strain and Shedwick Lincoln (tenors).The group's first recording is their most enduring; "Rubber Biscuit" started life as Johnson's answer to the marching rhythms of the Warwick School For Delinquent Teenagers while he was an intern there.

When Josie Records heard the tune they signed the band and the record was issued in September 1956. Although it did not chart, "Rubber Biscuit" became an instant east coast radio favourite, and saw its performers touring alongside The Dells, Cadillacs and Bo Diddley, but the momentum gained by their debut single was waning and the group broke up at the end of 1957. Only Sammy Strain went on to success in the music industry, as a member of Little Anthony & The Imperials from about 1961 to 1972 when he left to join The O'Jays.

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"Rubber Biscuit" was resurrected in 1973 in Martin Scorcese's "Mean Streets" film about street punks (not punk rockers) in the early 70's, then later in the decade by the Blues Brothers, John Belushi and Dan Ankroyd's SNL skit turned full-on band. That version is available on the Blues Brothers LP "Briefcase Full of Blues".


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