The Palm Beach Band Boys
# 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.

## 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
