The Mighty Echoes are not your ordinary Lord Buckleyite, Off Broadway composing, Gold Record writing, ex-Fairy Kings and Spidermen doo-wop a cappella group. Here they are in the tyranny of alphabetization:

CHARLIE DAVIS: Actor, director, theatrical producer; made public appearances for several years as Spiderman; also known as the Food Dude; has run disco lights, been an advance man for the circus, a perfume exec and charter captain in the keys; real old New York family; bass deep as an ocean trench; played Oberon, King of the Fairies, on a Shakespeare bus tour in 1972

JOHN HOSTETTER: met Charlie on that Shakespeare bus tour. John was King Lear, Pataphysician; Stonehenge freak for neolithic culture; doppleganger for the late great hip Lord Buckley, whose routines he replicates with terrifying precision; commercial actor; played Elvis in "Aria"; is the balding stage manager on Dan Quayle's favorite show "Murphy Brown"; Renaissance della Bozo; zany-teen tragedy, silly-syllabic leader of the pack.

JON RUBIN: co-founder of Warner artists, The Rubinoos, along with Tommy Dunbar (occasional arranger for the Echoes); the Youthful Echo, looks good in black; has written several screenplays; ethereal alto-spheric hightoned dude, his voice has ghosted on many a major singer's session.

HARVEY SHIELD: the Englishman in the group; Mod member of Episode Six, a forerunner of Deep Purple, was front-paged having his clothes torn off in mid-60s UK rock riot; world tours as 'Harvey and Natasha' took him from Kenya to the lounge of the Achille Lauro; gold record for "the Way I Feel Tonight", the Bay City Rollers last hit; co-author of "1284" which became "Hamelin" at the circle in the Square in New York City; new father and homeowner; the sweet-voiced perfectly-pitched tenor.

HOW THEY CAME TOGETHER: "We were formed in the dressing room of the Olio," recalls Davis, "a little theatre in Silver Lake, while working on the L.A. production of '1284' Just goofin' and finding our voices all worked well. They were actors, I was the stage manager, and I would chime in from the hall. We made our debut on your program (The Roger Steffens Show, KCRW, May 88) which led to our being cast on "Who's The Boss?" Tony Danza has kind of adopted us. We've been Tony and the Dreamtones on his show twice. Next was "Frank's Place," where we sang "Pick A Bale of Cotton" Murphy Brown followed that, and then the movie."

THE MOVIE: five months on location in Florida with Debra Winger, Dennis Quaid and Arliss Howard, co-starring in a Major Hollywood Flick! "Wilder Napalm" (Tri-Star) features the boys playing the singing firemen of Midlothian Volunteer Fire Department, in a surrealistic tale of a pair of pyrotechnic brothers.

THE LIVE SHOE: Davis again: "We've always regarded ourselves as a live act, because of the Bozo aspect of our show. Hats, wigs, toy instruments, cue cards (??) ( "Yeah" says Hostetter, "We flash the real lyrics to 'Louie Louie" and I sing the dirty ones we all remember!"). You've got to see us to know the fullness." Until then, PUT THE TAPE/CD ON , and prepare to become a believer.