Founded by brothers Jussi and Eero Raittinen, the band's lineup included a total of 37 members over nearly six decades.
Several of them subsequently found success in other bands or as solo artists, earning The Boys the nickname "University of Finnish Rock and Roll".
[4] Their debut single consisted of Finnish-language cover versions of The Beatles' "All My Loving" ("Kaikki rakkauteni") and "Do You Want to Know a Secret" ("Salaisuuteni").
After a hiatus in recording in the late 1960s, The Boys found commercial success during the first half of the 1970s that culminated in winning the Syksyn sävel television song contest in 1974 with the song "Metsämökin tonttu", which became the band's most successful single, peaking at #4 in the Finnish chart and spending five months in the Top 20.
[1] Eero Raittinen quit the band again at the turn of the millennium, and for the remainder of its career, the group again became Jussi & The Boys.