The Kingsmen

The Kingsmen

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Rock

The Kingsmen operated in 1958 and was made up of members of Bill Haley's Comets who were moonlighting from their regular work with Haley. This group scored a hit record (#35) on Billboard with the instrumental entitled "Week End", written by Rudy Pompilli, Franny Beecher, and Billy Williamson, backed with "Better Believe It" as the B side. They released a follow-up single on East West Records featuring "The Catwalk" backed with "Conga Rock". Although the Comets did the actual recordings, when The Kingsmen went on tour a different set of musicians performed instead of Haley's people. The band made at least one appearance on American Bandstand in 1958.

Members

	Rudy Pompilli ts, sax 1924-1976 US
	Johnny Grande acc, p 1930-2006 US
	Frank Beecher g *1921
	Al Rex b *1928 US
	Ralph Jones dr
	Bill Fisher g

Popular Tracks

Louie Louie on The Best of The Kingsmen by The Kingsmen

Money (That's What I Want) on The Best of The Kingsmen by The Kingsmen

Jolly Green Giant on The Best of The Kingsmen by The Kingsmen

Death Of An Angel on The Best of The Kingsmen by The Kingsmen

Little Latin Lupe Lu on The Best of The Kingsmen by The Kingsmen

Twist And Shout on The Best of The Kingsmen by The Kingsmen

Louie Louie on Live At The Castle by The Kingsmen

Killer Joe on The Best of The Kingsmen by The Kingsmen

Shout on The Best of The Kingsmen by The Kingsmen

Under My Thumb on House Party by The Kingsmen

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Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
The Kingsmen	The Kingsmen	2013	Single
The Kingsmen	The Kingsmen	1959	Single
Better Believe It / Week End	The Kingsmen	1958	Single
The Cat Walk / Conga Rock	The Kingsmen	1958	Single
Weekend / El Tecolote	The Kingsmen / Calvin Cool		Single

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