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Canadian rock band formed 1977

The Kings
The Kings performing at Gage Park, Hamilton (Canada Day 2010)

The Kings performing at Gage Park, Hamilton (Canada Day 2010)
Groundwork information
Origin Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres Rock, pop
Years active 1977–present
Website thekingsarehere.com
Members David Diamond
Mister Zilch
Peter Nunn
Sonny Keyes
Todd Reynolds
Past members Gary Craig
Greg Chritchley
Josh Broadbent
Marty Cordrey
Max Styles
Randall Coryell
Rich Roxborough
Whitey Glan
Atilla Turi

The Kings are a Canadian rock band formed in 1977 in Oakville, Ontario. They are best known for their 1980 vocal "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide", which was a hit in the Usa and Canada.[one]

Recording history [edit]

The Kings were formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Oakville, Ontario in the late 1970s. The original lineup included David Diamond, bass, lead vocals; Mister Nil (aka John Picard,[2] listed as Aryan Cypher in the original "Kings Are Here" LP liner notes), guitar; Sonny Keyes, keyboards and vocals; and Max Styles (drums), with Zero and Diamond serving every bit the primary songwriters with contributions from Keyes. The Kings were originally known as WhistleKing and rehearsed, performed club gigs, and wrote a considerable number of songs for more than 3 years.

In early on 1980, the band went into Nimbus 9 Studio in Toronto to record their first anthology. While recording, renowned producer Bob Ezrin visited the studio, listened to the ring, and liked what he heard.[three] Together they created the album The Kings Are Here with the songs "This Beat Goes On" and "Switchin' To Glide", The double-A side unmarried spent 23 weeks on the U.S. charts, peaking at #43 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] On superstation WLS-AM in Chicago, the song peaked at number ix during January 1981.[five] It reached #59 in Canada. 2 other singles followed, including "Don't Let Me Know" which just reached #109 on Billboard, and the ring began touring extensively with Bob Seger, Jeff Beck, The Embankment Boys and Eric Clapton. During 1980, their rising commercial fortunes culminated in an appearance on Dick Clark's American Bandstand, and the closing spot at the major Heatwave festival in Baronial.[1]

Amazon Embankment, the 1981 follow-up to The Kings Are Here, produced little in the way of sales, and the band was presently dropped from their label, Elektra Records. The Kings soldiered on and released the EP R.S.V.P and the live album Party Live '85 on their own Dizzy label, while standing to tour Canada and the The states throughout the remainder of the 1980s. Max Styles left the band in approximately 1982.

Comebacks [edit]

The late 1980s were a difficult period for The Kings every bit they lost their drummer and their record label. As information technology was, the group was on the verge of a major revival as the unmarried "This Trounce Goes On" and "Switchin' To Glide" became a huge radio striking in Chicago one time again, getting major play on all of the main rock stations: Archetype rock WCKG, Culling rock WXRT, and Mainstream Stone WLUP, also as Summit twoscore powerhouse WLS-AM. The unavailability of the Kings records led Chicago DJ Bob Stroud of WLUP to record his own version of the single with his band Rockestra.[6] Elektra Records unfortunately remained unaware of the burgeoning hitting and never reissued the unmarried or anthology.

The single "Departing of the Ways" appeared on Bullseye Records compilation Unsigned, Sealed and Delivered in 1991. This comeback prompted The Kings to return to the studio to tape Unstoppable produced by John Punter, David Diamond and Mister Zero in 1993. Unstoppable produced several hits in Canada including "Lesson To Learn", "Shoulda Been Me", "Tonight I Got You", "Parting Of The Means", and the championship track "Unstoppable". A phone telephone call in 1999 from Mister Null to Alan Fletcher at Warner Canada led to the dark-green light needed for Warner to re-event The Kings Are Here...and More than which allowed fans to go their songs "This Beat Goes On" and "Switchin' to Glide" on CD, which was fully remastered from the original ii track tapes by Zero. ...and More also contained a few re-mixed tracks from Unstoppable and two previously unreleased tracks - "If the Stars Come Out Tonight" and "Right to the Top". A remixed and more mature version of "If the Stars Come up Out This night" appeared on Because Of You released in 2003 on Bullseye Records. Combined original sales and CD sales have passed the platinum mark in Canada only no certification is allowed because of the bonus tracks on the CD, which are the only way the band makes money from that project.

Throughout the residuum of the 1990s, The Kings continued to tour and play live shows around Toronto, but Sonny Keyes' role with The Kings macerated and simply Mister Null and David Diamond remain as permanent members from the original lineup. However, Sonny Keyes continued to contribute when called upon by Nil and Diamond.

Drummer Atilla Turi and keyboard players Peter Nunn and Rich Roxborough joined Mister Zero and David Diamond on the abovementioned Because of You anthology (Josh Broadbent - Diamond's son - was also recruited into The Kings to contribute his vocals). Because of You would be The Kings' strongest effort to appointment, with Harry Hess recording aslope producers Nada and Diamond. A video was made for the title track, "It's Up to You" and "The Fools Are in Love," the last of which was remixed from the original version that appeared on the Amazon Beach release. Sonny Keyes co-wrote "A Way Y'all'll Never Be" with Mister Zero.

A reunion of the original lineup of The Kings occurred in the wintertime of 2001 with Max Styles and Sonny Keyes joining their onetime mates for Alan Frew's (Glass Tiger) children'south do good concert for Military camp Trillium in Toronto. They played the benefit concert again in 2002.

In belatedly 2005, The Kings had a total length reunion concert in Toronto which was filmed for inclusion in the DVD documentary existence assembled past Mister Cipher.[i] The starting time part of this film to be seen is the video for "This Beat Goes On" and "Switchin' to Glide," released in October 2006.[7]

Another focus for The Kings was to put every bit many songs as possible on iTunes, thus having the itemize available worldwide instantly. The album The Kings Anthology One is the latest addition, 12 songs from unlike eras including never before heard songs from the band'south WhistleKing days.

The Kings continue to play live shows across southern Ontario and, from time to time, the northern United States. They released a documentary about their career, more specifically about "This Shell Goes On / Switchin' to Glide" on YouTube in Nov, 2017.[8]

In pop civilization [edit]

In 2017, Milwaukee sports radio station 105.7 FM The Fan began using "Switching to Glide" for the Milwaukee Baseball Post Game Show. Host Tim Allen began playing the vocal starting in May when the Brewers got off to a hot beginning. After every win Allen played the chorus of "This Beat Goes On" as the squad's unofficial canticle.[ citation needed ]

In 2020, American band the Scarlet Poppin' Daddies released a cover of "Switchin' to Glide" as a standalone unmarried, accompanied by a music video.[ix]

Lineups [edit]

The Kings 1977 - 1982

  1. David Diamond (vocals, bass)
  2. Mister Zero (guitar)
  3. Sonny Keyes (keyboards)
  4. Max Styles (drums)

The Kings 1982 - 1999

  1. David Diamond (vocals, bass)
  2. Mister Zero (guitar)
  3. Sonny Keyes (keyboards)
  4. Peter Nunn (1994) (keyboards)
  5. Marty Cordrey, Whitey Glan, Gary Craig, Randall Coryell, Greg Chritchley, Atilla Turi (drums)
  6. Josh Broadbent (vocals)

The Kings 1999 - 2005

  1. David Diamond (vocals, bass)
  2. Mister Aught (guitar)
  3. Atilla Turi (drums)
  4. Peter Nunn (keyboards)
  5. Rich Roxborough (keyboards)
  6. Josh Broadbent (vocals)

The Kings 2005–nowadays

  1. David Diamond (vocals, bass)
  2. Mister Null (guitar)
  3. Atilla Turi (drums)
  4. Peter Nunn (keyboards)
  5. Sonny Keyes (keyboards)
  6. Peter Kadar (keyboards)
  7. Josh Broadbent (vocals)
  8. Todd Reynolds (Drums)
  9. Rob Cooper (keyboards)
  10. Martin Aucoin (keyboards)
  11. Christina Melanie (keyboards)

Discography [edit]

  • The Kings Are Here anthology (Elektra, 1980) Us #74
  • Amazon Embankment anthology (Elektra, 1981) U.s.a. #170
  • R.S.V.P [4-Song EP] (Airheaded, 1982)
  • Political party Alive '85 live album (Dizzy, 1985)
  • Parting Of The Ways unmarried (1991)
  • Unstoppable CD (Dizzy, 1993)
  • Unstoppable [with "This Shell Goes On" and "Switchin' To Glide" added] CD (Griffin, 1995)
  • The Kings Are Hither..and More than CD (Warner, 2000)
  • The Kings Are Here/Amazon Beach (ii on i CD, Wounded Bird, 2003)
  • Because Of You CD (2003)
  • Anthology One CD (2006)

Run across also [edit]

  • Canadian rock
  • Music of Canada

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c Bartlett, J. A. (April 29, 2009). "This Beat Goes On: More With Mister Zero of the Kings". WNEW-FM. CBS Radio. Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  2. ^ "The beat out keeps going on for The Kings". InsideHalton.com . Retrieved 2020-x-29 .
  3. ^ Rob Jones (May thirteen, 2010). "The Kings Play "This Beat Goes On/Switching To Glide"". The Delete Bin . Retrieved xiv September 2010.
  4. ^ [1] Billboard
  5. ^ "WLS Alphabetize 1981". oldiesloon.com. 1981-01-17. Retrieved 2019-04-27 .
  6. ^ "Family Album The LOOP (WLUP - 97.9 FM)". Amazon.com. Retrieved xx July 2015.
  7. ^ Skope Staff (March 4, 2009). "New DVD Documentary 'The Kings: Anatomy of a Ane-Hit Wonder' Out March 24, 2009". Skope. Skope Amusement Inc. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  8. ^ "The Kings: Anatomy Of A One-Striking Wonder (Full Documentary)". youtube.com. The Kings. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Cherry-red Poppin' Daddies - Switchin' to Glide - The Kings Cover [Official Video]". YouTube. May 20, 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.

External links [edit]

  • The Kings Official website
  • Bullseye Records
  • The Kings: Beefcake of a Ane-Hit Wonder DVD review

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kings

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