The Princeton Tigertones are an all male acapella group at the prestigious Ivy League university. Their history is written in that special Princeton-issued purple crayon:

“When Spring came to war-weary Princeton in 1946, it found thirteen men who had decided that there was no real outlet for a variety of close harmony singing on campus.”

The group quickly began performing outside of just Princeton’s campus, and in 1947 began making their World Tours. The Tigertones have been featured in magazines from Rolling Stone to LIFE. Notable alumni include filmmakers Andrew and Eugene Jarecki, actor Wentworth Miller and, of course, Paul Kinsey.

Here’s footage of the Tigertones preforming “Runaround Sue” in 2007. There’s a yacht joke. 

• footnote - by Natasha Simons

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