Morris Minor and the Majors was a British band, created and led by the British comedian and writer Tony Hawks. The group became famous with their 1988 song "Stutter Rap (No Sleep til Bedtime)", a parody of the then-popular rap song "No Sleep till Brooklyn" by the Beastie Boys.
The other two members of the group (who also helped rap certain parts of the song) were "Rusty Wing" and "Phil Errup" (real names Paul Boross and Phil Judge).
The song reached No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart, No. 14 in Canada and was a No. 2 hit in Australia. It sold over 220,000 copies, but subsequent song releases never had the same popularity or sales, earning them the title one-hit wonders in the United Kingdom.
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 itself.
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 TV series was created in 1989, titled Morris Minor's Marvellous Motors also written by and starring Hawks. On the show the fictional band leader attempted to maintain his pop music career while running an automotive garage. It ran for one series.
Famous quotes containing the words morris and/or minor:
“Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time,
Why should I strive to set the crooked straight?
Let it suffice me that my murmuring rhyme
Beats with light wing against the ivory gate,”
—William Morris (1834–1896)
“If, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to “a semi-official statement”; if they have fallen into conversation with a stranger at a bar, they can conscientiously describe him as “a source that has hitherto proved unimpeachable.” It is only when the journalist is reporting a whim of his own, and one to which he attaches minor importance, that he defines it as the opinion of “well-informed circles.””
—Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)