After
studying piano as a child, and playing in various bands in his teenage
years, Brian King began a full time career in music when he formed
the pop group "The Executives".
The
Executives performed on all the major Australian TV shows of the time, such
as Countdown, The Don Lane Show, Paul Hogan Special, The Johnny
O'Keefe Show and of course Bandstand where they appeared regularly.
The
group also enjoyed recording success with three top ten singles
and achieved recognition for their live shows with three "MO"
nominations.
In
the early 70's The Executives were signed by the American Buddah
label who's stable included acts like The Lovin' Spoonfull and Melanie.
The
group was managed by DiBlasio, Wald & Day who's client list
featured Billy Joel, Helen Reddy and Tiny Tim.
During the years living in Hollywood, Brian gained a wealth of experience
in music recording and on returning to Australia set up a jingle
and film music production company.
He
has written and produced music for three feature films, several
documentary scores and literally hundreds of advertising jingles.
In
addition to his music recording activities, Brian works as a solo
performer in Sydney club, restaurant and cruise ship venues.
Brian is an Australian Entertainment "Mo" award winner and has been nominated several times in the "ACE" (Australian Club Entertainment Awards) awards in the piano/vocal category.
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