How Boyz II Men’s ‘End of the Road’ wrestled the No. 1 record from Elvis Presley
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nypost.com“End of the Road,” they weren’t all in “Cooleyhighharmony” about the song.In fact, the demo sung by writer and producer Babyface fell flat with one member of the Grammy-winning group.“Nate [Morris] didn’t like it at first.
He was just saying, ‘Uh, it’s all right,’ ” Boyz II Men’s Shawn Stockman told The Post. “And we were like, ‘Man, you are crazy.
It’s better than all right. We gon’ do this record!’ ”And the rest was truly history 30 years ago: After “End of the Road” ascended to No.
1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on Aug. 15, 1992, it remained atop the chart for 13 consecutive weeks, breaking a longstanding record held by Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog”/“Don’t Be Cruel” single.
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