The Cheers The Cheers The Cheers were an American vocal group, that had a string of hits in the mid-1950s starting with "(Bazoom) I Need Your Lovin'." which hit number three on the U.S. chart in 1954. This was the first hit written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller to chart on the pop charts in the United States, and was one of the first rock and roll hits by a white group (after The Crew Cuts and Bill Haley and the Comets). The following year, they followed it with "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots" (also written by Leiber and Stoller),
Mike and the Mad Dog that intensity, that bravado, that fierce individual personality to our show, and that's what I thought made it so good." George Vecsey of "The New York Times" once described Russo's voice as "a bizarre mixture of Jerry Lewis, Archie Bunker and Daffy Duck." His voice has also been described as "Donald Duck on steroids." Both Francesa and Russo credited Imus for making the pairing possible. Russo said, "Imus was very, very, very, "very" important to the development of FAN... He solved a lot of problems for the company." Francesa said, "Without Imus, there's no "Mike and the Mad Dog", there's