The band was formed in 1963 as The Roadrunners, but changed their name to The Bo Street Runners when it was discovered that another British group was already recording with the name.
The single, "I'm a Bo Street Runner" which had a B-side entitled "Tell Me", sold over 20,000 copies in the United Kingdom, but did not chart nationally.
This line-up was to record the band's second single, a James Brown track, "Tell Me What You Gonna Do", which had no success.
The third line up, in the summer of 1965 brought in Tim Hinkley on keys and Mick Fleetwood in the drum seat.
The song brought favourable reviews from critics and regional acclaim when it reached number 36 on the Radio London Fab Forty.
However, there was a workers strike at the record plant issuing the band's single so only limited copies were pressed.
The A-side was a soul-oriented cover of The Beatles song "Drive My Car", the group's only recording to feature Patto.