The
Medallions were a
rhythm and blues band led by
Vernon Green. They were the first doo-wop group to record for Dootone Records. Their first release, "Buick 69," (based on Todd Rhodes's double-entendre R&B hit "Rocket 69") was backed with a ballad called
"The Letter." "The Letter" contained the nonsense lyric, "the pulpitudes of love," which was later picked up by
Steve Miller[?] as "the
Pompatus of love."