The Showstoppers has been played on NTS in shows including Naomi Asa, featured first on 16 February 2026. Songs played include The First Time Ever.

There are two distinct bands named Showstoppers.

1) A fictional band of animatronics originating from the YouTube webshow The Walten Files.

2) The Showstoppers were a four-piece vocal soul group from Philadelphia, their line-up including Alex and Laddie, younger brothers of Solomon Burke. They are best remembered for their 1968 hit ‘Ain’t Nothin’ But a Houseparty’, which was released on the local Philly label Showtime and sold well locally, but despite rights being acquired for national release by MGM, failed to become a national hit. However it caught on with DJs in the UK, was released on the small London independent label Beacon (giving it its only hit), reached No. 11 in 1968 and made the charts again on reissue in 1971, reaching No. 33. Regarded as a Northern soul classic, the song has since been covered by the Tremeloes, the Paper Dolls, and The J. Geils Band, who had a US hit with it in 1973.

The Showstoppers also had a minor UK hit later in 1968 with ‘Eeny Meeny’, which reached No. 33, but the subsequent single ‘Shake Your Mini’ was unsuccessful.