The Kingsmen

Formed
1955 
Active Decades
19001020304050607080902000 
 
by Bryan Thomas
Not much is known about the early days of the King's Men quintet, an old-time Southern gospel act who are not to be confused with the Portland, OR-based garage band The Kingsmen (the band whose enduring "Louie, Louie" survives today as one of the all-time frat rock classics).



The King's Men were founded as a quartet by Big Jim Hamill in 1955 and based in Ashland, NC. Two other members, Theodore J. Twiggs and Eugene R. Smith, were listed as songwriters on what turned out to be their only record of the day, "Don't Say You're Sorry," released in March 1957 to little fanfare. Shortly after this single, two of the five members were drafted into the Armed Services.



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