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The Busboys
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The BusBoys are a musical group known for playing rock & roll with a bar band, boogie woogie flavor. Formed in Los Angeles in the late 1970s, the original lineup featured brothers Brian O'Neal (keyboards, vocals) and Kevin O'Neal (bass, vocals), Gus Louderman (vocals), Mike Jones (keyboards, vocals), Vic Johnson (guitar), and Steve Felix (drums). All of the original band's members were African-American except Felix, who is of Hispanic heritage. The group is best known for their appearance in the 1982 film 48 Hrs., in which they performed their songs "New Shoes" and "The Boys Are Back in Town" (the latter song also heard during the closing credits). The band opened for the film's costar, comedian Eddie Murphy, during his subsequent Delirious standup comedy tour in which he referred to them throughout, including an hour-long special that aired on HBO. On January 29, 1983, the Busboys were also musical guests on an episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Murphy. A follow-up song, "Cleanin' Up the Town", written for the soundtrack to the 1984 film Ghostbusters, was a minor hit for the group, reaching #68 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart in the United States. The album was nominated for a Grammy award. Their first two albums on Arista Records, Minimum Wage Rock & Roll and American Worker, both reached the Billboard 200 chart. In 1985 they released a third album entitled Money Don't Make No Man with a more synth-funk feel. The band replaced Louderman and Jones with keyboa
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albums
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters (Original Soundtrack Album)
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Ghostbusters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Boys Are Back in Town
The Best of the Busboys
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Minimum Wage Rock & Roll
Ghostbusters: Original Soundtrack Album
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VH1: The Big 80's The Big Movies
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Ghostbusters [Bonus Track]
48 Hrs.
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(Boys Are) Back in Town
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Ghostbusters Soundtrack