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The Stanford Fleet Street Singers, usually called simply "Fleet Street", is an all-male a cappella group, founded in 1981 at Stanford University. The group is most well-known for its irreverent, comedic, member-written songs, such as 'Prayer to the God of Partial Credit' and 'Everyone Pees in the Shower'. Other songs in Fleet Street's wide repertoire include parodies of current rock and hip-hop hits, jazz classics, and medleys of popular songs.

Fleet Street has performed in many venues, including the New York City jazz club Birdland, on the talk show 'View from the Bay', at various universities including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and UC-Berkeley, private dinner parties, and corporate events. Performances produced by the group itself typically consist of alternating songs and original skits.

The group is known for its inside jokes, including, for instance, frequent references to penguins, inspired by the Fleet Street "uniform". The uniform consists of:

-A black tuxedo vest -Matching black pants -Black and white oxford shoes -Most notably, a red bow tie

Fleet Street has produced several albums, which are generally highly-praised by the Recorded A Cappella Review Board (RARB). The album titled 'Fleet Street', with cover art consisting of a picture of a block of Swiss cheese, was the first major a cappella album produced to contain only student-written, all-original songs.

Albums produced: Curious 50-Minute Fun Break (1994) What You Want (1995) Greatest Hits & Skits (1996) All the Rage (1998) Fearless (2001) Fleet Street (2005)

Fleet Street also performed all tracks of 'Up Toward Mountains Higher' (1999), a promotional album released by the Stanford Alumni Association.