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Ladies and gents, for tonight’s Bond on Vinyl post, we’ve got one more night of listening to music related to Goldfinger!
Founded by Henry Casella (King Henry) in 1960, King Henry & the Showmen was a band that endured for decades. Known as the house band in Pennsylvania’s Poconos Mountains’ Mount Airy Lodge since 1965, they played live shows through 2015. The show band quickly gained fans across the East Coast and took their show on the road, selling out at Carnegie Hall in New York, Atlantic City, and the MGM Grand Resort in Las Vegas.
Along the way, they met show business stars such as Barbara Eden, Frankie Avalon, Gregory Hines, Jerry Lewis, Joan Rivers, Rip Taylor, and Tony Bennett. After playing in Las Vegas with Lou Rawls in the 1970s, they later shared the stage with him in the Poconos in the 1990s.
Maintaining three of the band’s original members, the group adapted to the sounds of the time. This versatility meant they could play a rumba or a tango, then switch to country, Dixieland, Italian music, pop, or rock as the audience dictated. One of their most popular tunes during the last decade of their run was a cover of Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines.’😛
King Henry & the Showmen released over thirty albums during their career, including this 1976 LP, ‘Volume VIII,’ which features exotica/lounge/jazz pop/ rock music. Not only does this album include a cover of Pinball Wizard’ by The Who, but it also features their cover of John Barry’s ‘Goldfinger.’ It is a very loungey rendition, and a fun listen. Unfortunately, I cannot find a recording online, so you’re going to have to dive into the lounge music on your own to hear the cheesy tune for yourself.
134. King Henry And The Showmen – Volume VIII
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