The Kings<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Kings were formed in Vancouver, British Columbia and Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Original members were David Diamond, lead vocals, bass guitar and songwriter, Sonny Keyes, vocals, keyboards and songwriter, Max Styles, drums, and Mister Zero, guitar and songwriter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Kings were originally known as WhistleKing and rehearsed, did club gigs and wrote lots of songs for more than three years before going into Nimbus 9 Studio in Toronto to record their first album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While recording, world famous producer Bob (Pink Floyd) Ezrin dropped by to visit and checked the band out and liked what he heard. He agreed to mix the tracks The Kings had recorded but soon discovered that the whole thing needed to be re-done. He approached Elektra Records in Los Angeles with The Kings\u2019 tapes and the unknown band was signed to a world-wide deal.
The Kings did re-record the songs and the project was released as \u201cThe Kings Are Here\u201d. The first single, \u2018Switchin\u2019 To Glide\u2019, was put out and did get noticed but the tune was really two songs in one and the band insisted they be released together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So when the segue \u2018This Beat Goes On\/Switchin\u2019 To Glide\u2019 was released radio really picked up on it. Even at over five minutes in length, the segue caught on all over the USA and Canada with huge airplay in every major market and stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 for six months. It was named one of the Top 100 U.S. Radio Programmers Picks of the Decade by Album Network Magazine and The Kings were named most promising group by Cashbox Magazine, and nominated for a Juno Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An amazing appearance on Dick Clark\u2019s \u2018American Bandstand\u2019 helped spread the word as well. The album \u2018The Kings Are Here\u2019 went gold in Canada, and since it was re-released on cd as \u2018The Kings Are Here and More\u2019, combined sales have passed platinum status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second Ezrin produced Elektra effort \u2018Amazon Beach\u2019 did not fare as well and the band left the label and signed with Capitol Canada which released \u2018RSVP\u2019 which contains the holiday classic \u2018This Christmas\u2019 which gets lots of airplay every yuletide season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next studio project was called \u2018Unstoppable\u2019 and the title track reached the Top 10 in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next came the studio album \u201cBecause of You\u201d, which once again showed the depth and versatility of the songwriting from The Kings. After that came other different projects, \u201cAnthology One\u201d which is a collection of rare early unreleased tracks, and what has become The Kings amazing \u201cLive Trilogy\u201d, \u201cThe Lost Tapes of a Seventies Bar Band\u201d, \u201cParty Live in \u201985\u201d, both audio only, and the DVD \u201cNo Covers-Live at O\u2019Tooles Roadhouse\u201d, all of which document the energy of the band in concert. And also the great documentary about the band\u2019s biggest hit: \u201cAnatomy of a One-Hit Wonder\u201d where the guys tell their own story with trademark candour and humour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2019, The Kings released another two-song segue, \u201cCircle of Friends\/Man That I Am\u201d which has all the energy and feel-good hooks the band is known for. Mixed in Nashville by famed producer Bob Ezrin, it is a rocker for sure.The Kings have continued to rock fans around the world through the release of archived footage and current releases and vlogs; their YouTube channel has a total stream stack of more than 4.5+ million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year, February 2020 saw the unveiling of The Lost Tapes of a Seventies Bar Band<\/em>, a 17-track audio LP featuring live recordings from the Flamingo Lounge and an instalment of what has become The Kings\u2019 Live Trilogy<\/em> \u2014 including audio release Party Live in \u201985<\/em> and DVD release No Covers: Live at O\u2019Tooles Roadhouse<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And now August 2020 both celebrates and continues to cement the band\u2019s 40 years of Canadian music legacy status with the release of The Kings: Live at Heatwave<\/em> \u2014 available August 23rd, 2020 8pm EST via their YouTube channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Kings The Kings were formed in Vancouver, British Columbia and Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Original members were David Diamond, lead vocals, bass guitar and songwriter, Sonny Keyes, vocals, keyboards and songwriter, Max Styles, drums, and Mister Zero, guitar and songwriter. The Kings were originally known as WhistleKing and rehearsed, did club gigs and wrote lots […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rock","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26076,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26055\/revisions\/26076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}