- Chips Trivia: Formed in 1956, The Chips were a short-lived New York City doo-wop vocal group consisting of teenage friends Charles Johnson (lead vocal), Nathaniel Epps (baritone), Paul Fulton (bass), Sammy Strain and Shedrick Lincoln (tenors).
- Chips Trivia: 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.
- Chips Trivia: Although it did not chart, "Rubber Biscuit" became an instant east coast radio favorite, and saw its performers touring alongside The Dells, Cadillacs and Bo Diddley.
- Chips Trivia: Look up One Hit Wonder in the dictionary and you’ll probably see The Chips mentioned. 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.
- Chips Trivia: "Rubber Biscuit" was resurrected in 1973 in Scorsese's film Mean Streets, about small-time gangsters. In 1978, The Blues Brothers recorded a cover of "Rubber Biscuit" on the album Briefcase Full of Blues. More recently it has been used as the theme music to the BBC television show Jimmy's Food Factory.
- Chips Trivia: After The Blues Brother’s cover of "Rubber Biscuit" The Chips promptly regrouped in 1980 -- minus Sammy Strain, who had connected with the O'Jays -- and recorded "Everyone's Laughing", their first single in 24 years.
