The band started their career by playing instrumentals inspired by the music of The Tornados, Johnny and the Hurricanes, The Champs, The Coasters, The Drifters, Santo & Johnny, and soon achieved notable popularity.
The band inspired the song "Johnny and the Hurricanes" on the album How I Learned to Love the Bootboys, by the band the Auteurs.
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Johnny and the Hurricanes followed with "Red River Rock", an instrumental version of "Red River Valley", on Warwick Records, that became a Top Ten hit on both sides of the Atlantic (No. 5 in the U.S., No. 3 in the UK), and sold over a million copies.
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Johnny and the Hurricanes recorded "Crossfire" in a vacant cinema to provide echo.
The record that the Dancing Priest is seen dancing to is a pastiche of Beatnik Fly by Johnny and the Hurricanes probably recorded by The Divine Comedy (and he encourages Ted to join him in his dancing, saying prayer isn't the only way to praise God, and it keeps you fit too).
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