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There are two entries for King Harvest.
1. King Harvest is a 4 piece band that formed in 1969 and is most well known for the classic hit “Dancing in the Moonlight.”
For the four musicians who would eventually band together to form King Harvest – David “Doc” Robinson, Eddie Tuleja, Rod Novak and Ronny Altbach - whatever their original plans had been when they applied to the prestigious Cornell University, the college’s 53 fraternities, local bars, and the many other colleges within easy driving range presented an opportunity that pushed them away from their original scholarly goals, to become rock musicians.
By 1969, they banded together, with a few other friends, in a copy band that was tearing up Ithaca New York in those politically troubled times. They played songs from Sly and the Family Stone, Traffic, Hendrix, Dr. John and, finally, The Band – a mixed yet cohesive core of soulful music. And then they dispersed, presumably to “grow up”.
However, within two years these four had regrouped in Paris, France, where they built a reputation as the one and only American touring band, playing clubs, pop festivals, and generally enjoying a lifestyle of motorcycles, music and, women. By this time, the band was performing, for the most part anyway, songs that the various members had written. Again, the musical range went from R&B tinged funky tunes to harder rock songs, influenced by their heroes but increasingly influenced by The Band. In fact, after recording and performing under various names - e.g. E Rodney Jones and the Prairie Dogs ( what did the French know anyway?), they settled on the title of one of their favorite Band songs, “King Harvest Has Surely Come,” and won a rock contest under the name “King Harvest.” It stuck.
1. King Harvest is a 4 piece band that formed in 1969 and is most well known for the classic hit “Dancing in the Moonlight.”
For the four musicians who would eventually band together to form King Harvest – David “Doc” Robinson, Eddie Tuleja, Rod Novak and Ronny Altbach - whatever their original plans had been when they applied to the prestigious Cornell University, the college’s 53 fraternities, local bars, and the many other colleges within easy driving range presented an opportunity that pushed them away from their original scholarly goals, to become rock musicians.
By 1969, they banded together, with a few other friends, in a copy band that was tearing up Ithaca New York in those politically troubled times. They played songs from Sly and the Family Stone, Traffic, Hendrix, Dr. John and, finally, The Band – a mixed yet cohesive core of soulful music. And then they dispersed, presumably to “grow up”.
However, within two years these four had regrouped in Paris, France, where they built a reputation as the one and only American touring band, playing clubs, pop festivals, and generally enjoying a lifestyle of motorcycles, music and, women. By this time, the band was performing, for the most part anyway, songs that the various members had written. Again, the musical range went from R&B tinged funky tunes to harder rock songs, influenced by their heroes but increasingly influenced by The Band. In fact, after recording and performing under various names - e.g. E Rodney Jones and the Prairie Dogs ( what did the French know anyway?), they settled on the title of one of their favorite Band songs, “King Harvest Has Surely Come,” and won a rock contest under the name “King Harvest.” It stuck.
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silverpsycho13 wrote:
oh i see i'm not the only one who always thought this was a van morrison song. i can understand our confusion, though, since van had a song "moondance."
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cxmg08 wrote:
I love to DANCE IN THE MOONLIGHT!!
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MRKILLINGJOKE wrote:
Just think, these guys still get a nice royalty check after all theses years. For a great 1 hit wonder.
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islandwoods wrote:
ok now....can I go back in time now please
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kingharvestband wrote:
If anyone can find a recording of Van Morrison doing Dancing in the Moonlight, let me know what album it was on. As far as I know, his doing DITM is an urban myth that started 30 years ago.
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gadois2 wrote:
van did cover it
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PhamilyJules wrote:
Vote between King Harvest and Van Morrison? Weird. Those are two totally different artists. Dancing In The Moonlight was originally by King Harvest. Van Morrison never did that song.
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Laskou wrote:
Everybody dancing in the moonlight !!!
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Rozatron wrote:
Quality.
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Dancing In the Moonlight… full track | 3:00 |
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A Little Bit More Like Magic full track | 2:19 |
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Take It Easy full track | 6:44 |
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Dancing in the Moonlight # 24 Top 500 WCBS FM New York Countdown!!!
8 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/kingharvest
WCBS FM Top 500 - 2009 Thanks to all the listeners who voted in New York City's WCBS -FM 101.1 Labor Day "Top 500 of all Time" 2009 countdown. …
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