The Palm Beach Band Boys
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The Palm Beach Band Boys was a studio recording group ostensibly assembled by RCA Victor to capitalize on the success of The New Vaudeville Band's hit single, "Winchester Cathedral". They performed in a style for which the New Vaudeville Band's promoters coined the term, newstalgia, a kind of faux 1920s/1930s sound, featuring nasal vocals, banjo, brass, electric guitar, rock drums, and bassoon. (Mort Goode uses the term in his liner notes for their first album.) According to a December 1966 TIME article, the vocalist is actually "an RCA executive who croons while holding his nose."[1]
Their album Winchester Cathedral peaked at #149 on the Billboard 200. Their song "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" peaked at #25 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[2]
Discography
Winchester Cathedral
Their first LP (Mono LPM-3734/Stereo LSP-3734), Winchester Cathedral, recorded in RCA Victor's Studios A and B in New York City was released in 1966. It featured arrangements by Billy Mure and was produced by Danny Davis.
- A side
- Winchester Cathedral
- A Little Bit Independent
- Boo-Hoo
- Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella
- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
- B side
- Bend It
- It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane
- I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
- Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider
- Gypsy Caravan
The Palm Beach Band Boys Strike Again
A subsequent album (LSP-3808) was released in 1967, The Palm Beach Band Boys Strike Again.
- Songs
- The Object of My Affection
- Josephine
- Me and My Shadow
- At Sundown
- You Tell Me Your Dream
- Wildflower
- Strangers in the Night
- Mean To Me
- I Don't Know Why
- I'll Get By
- Suzette
References
- ^ "Pop Tunes: Newstalgia". Time. December 2, 1966. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014.
- ^ "The Palm Beach Band Boys". Billboard. Retrieved November 26, 2020.