The Palm Beach Band Boys

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."

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.

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
 * 1) Winchester Cathedral
 * 2) A Little Bit Independent
 * 3) Boo-Hoo
 * 4) Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella
 * 5) I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter


 * B side
 * 1) Bend It
 * 2) It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane
 * 3) I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
 * 4) Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider
 * 5) 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
 * 1) The Object of My Affection
 * 2) Josephine
 * 3) Me and My Shadow
 * 4) At Sundown
 * 5) You Tell Me Your Dream
 * 6) Wildflower
 * 7) Strangers in the Night
 * 8) Mean To Me
 * 9) I Don't Know Why
 * 10) I'll Get By
 * 11) Suzette