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King was a British New Wave Pop Band of the Mid-eighties from Coventry . The band were formed from the remnants of Birmingham rock-ska band ''The Reluctant Stereotypes'' - which not also contained producer Paul Sampson . Riding on the back of the Two Tone wave, they had two UK Top 10 albums on CBS both produced and mixed by Richard James Burgess .http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=king After the demise of ''The Reluctant Stereotypes,'' singer Paul King formed ''"The Raw Screens"'' who perfected their act and style to what King and his manager Perry Haines called ''multi-tone,'' and then in 1983 relaunched the group as self-named Eighties band King .http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/content/articles/2005/08/05/pop_past_thirteen_king.shtml As lead singer, King was famed for his '' both produced and mixed by Burgess, who also played drums on most of ''Steps in Time.'' The CBS albums were both certified Gold and produced five hit singles, the most successful being the UK no.2 hit Love & Pride . ''King'' as a band lasted just over one year, so Paul King went solo with an album titled ''"Joy"'' produced by American producer Dan Hartman .http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=king KING DISCOGRAPHY Singles
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REFERENCES '' Guinness Book Of British Hit Singles '' 7th Edition - 1988 |
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