Hey, thanks for the info Anonymous. I suppose it's a possibility that "Mott the Hoople" chose their name from the prankster, after all they are an English band and could have been impressed with this amusing tale from the '50s.
The rock band Queen (who toured with Mott the Hoople in the early '70s) also had a lyric, "Down in the city, just Hoople and me. Don't I love him so." So this new info you bring opens up a whole can of wonderment for me. I must get this book!
