The Bates College Deansmen or simply, Deansmen are a College A Cappella group formed in 1957 at Bates College with a repertoire spanning genres as diverse as pop, rock and roll, soul, funk and electro. The group has released several LPs in their 50 year history including their debut The Sturgis Tapes (1969) and their most recent, to be released in the fall of 2007