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The King Brothers were a British pop vocal trio popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. They are best remembered for their cover versions of "Standing on the Corner " and "A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation) ".[1]
Career
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The group was composed of three brothers who first performed together professionally on the TV show Shop Window in 1952.[2] BBC Television early in their career on Six-Five Special [3] NME [2] UK Singles Chart was their cover of "A White Sport Coat ", which hit No. 6 in 1957. In October 1960, they were again voted "top vocal group" in the NME reader's poll.[4] singles through to 1961, after which time they continued recording, but found their popularity waning.[1]
Group leader Denis King later became an award-winning composer for television , film , and musicals ; among other things, he wrote the theme music for The Adventures of Black Beauty Lovejoy [1] Carol White , with whom he had two sons, Sean and Stephen.[5]
Members
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Singles
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Parlophone Records
Pye Records
1963 "One Boy Too Late" / "I've Got That Feeling Once Again"
1963 "Anyone Else" / "The Rainbow's End"
Oriole Records
1964 "Real Live Girl" / "Every Time It Rains"
CBS Records
Page One Records
Tupperware (EMI )[8]
See also
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References
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^ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 37. CN 5585.
^ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 87. CN 5585.
^ Reed, Rex (1969). Conversations in the Raw (First ed.). New York: World Publishing Co. p. 267.
^ "Mike King, guitarist with the Fifties vocal trio, the King Brothers" . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 4 July 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g h Search for "King Brothers" performed at Everyhit.com database on July 15, 2008.
^ "The King Brothers - There's No Business Like Our Business - Tupperware - UK" . 45cat. Retrieved 2012-04-14 .
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