It was a seminal moment, to be sure. The Yale Whiffenpoofs (and their first alcohol-infused chords) kick-started a movement that over the next 100 years would come to include more than 1,200 undergraduate a cappella groups on campuses across the nation.
Do not underestimate the genre. These vocal bands tour the country.
2009
http://www.benfolds.com/acappella
+ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibszn1zo7gk&fmt=18
(Still Fighting It)
+ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enxA1PY8Vbk&fmt=18
+ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibszn1zo7gk&fmt=18
(Still Fighting It)
+ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enxA1PY8Vbk&fmt=18
(The Luckiest)