Also known as: Rooney Brothers, The
Origin: Los Angeles, CA, USA
This group of siblings was led by Mickey Rooney, Jr. (guitar, vocals) and his brothers Tim and Teddy. Mickey and Tim had previously both been Mouseketeers on The Mickey Mouse Club TV show in 1955 and, following in their famous movie star father's footsteps (Mickey Rooney, Sr.), have dabbled in show business all of their lives. Teddy had previously been in the locally popular L.A. band the Yellow Payges for a stint. Mickey, Jr. got his musical start in 1964-65 on the TV show Shindig and by 1967 had helped score the soundtrack to the MGM movie Hot Rods to Hell , but it was never officially relea…