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 continuing to tour Canada and the US throughout the remainder of the 1980s. Īmazon Beach, the 1981 follow-up to The Kings Are Here, produced little in the way of sales, and the band was soon dropped from their label, Elektra Records. 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 August. Two other singles followed, including "Don't Let Me Know" which only reached #109 on Billboard, and the band began touring extensively with Bob Seger, Jeff Beck, The Beach Boys and Eric Clapton. On superstation WLS-AM in Chicago, the song peaked at number nine during January 1981. charts, peaking at #43 on the Billboard Hot 100. Together they created the album The Kings Are Here with the songs "This Beat Goes On" and "Switchin' To Glide", The double-A side single spent 23 weeks on the U.S. While recording, renowned producer Bob Ezrin visited the studio, listened to the band, and liked what he heard. In early 1980, the band went into Nimbus 9 Studio in Toronto to record their first album. The Kings were originally known as WhistleKing and rehearsed, performed club gigs, and wrote a considerable number of songs for more than three years. The original lineup included David Diamond, bass, lead vocals Mister Zero (aka John Picard, listed as Aryan Zero in the original "Kings Are Here" LP liner notes), guitar Sonny Keyes, keyboards and vocals and Max Styles (drums), with Zero and Diamond serving as the main songwriters with contributions from Keyes. The Kings were formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Oakville, Ontario in the late 1970s.
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