The Scuzzies were a mid-1960s recording and performing group of 5 teen cousins from the South Bay, Los Angeles area of California.

The song was a tribute to a popular Los Angeles Disc Jockey Dave Hull, AKA "The Hullabalooer" who worked at KRLA, a 50,000 watt AM radio station in South Pasadena, California.

[3][4] Their recording of "Dave Hull The Hullabalooer" became a regional hit when the song made the Top 40 charts in Los Angeles by March 1965.

Hull inadvertently gave the group their name when he introduced the song for the first time on his radio show as being sung by "The Scuzzy, No Good, Beat-Up, Bad Guys".

[9] Prior to the recording, The Vibrants had consisted of Cassey Van Beek, Armond Frank, Bob Young, Jessy Johnston and Larry Britain.

Suzie Cappetta would work and record with various acts including Christian hard rock, R&B group Stevie & the Saints,[17] and Jimmy Ellis.