King had a short-lived series of international music during 1960 and 1961. Apparently, Syd Nathan
learned from his association with Eli Oberstein in the early 1950s that anonymous orchestras with made-
up names could be hired cheaply for a fixed fee. This 1960s experiment lasted about a year.
The mono label for the albums in the International series was quite similar to the regular King label (far left), with the word "INTERNATIONAL" beneath the curved "KING." Promotional copies (near left) were white with black print. There were a very few stereo releases in this series. We presume they had a blue label like the regular stereo releases. |
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Number - Title - Artist - [Release Date] Contents |
King International 2000 Series: | |
2001 - Dance Date on the Champs Elysees - Golden Trumpets Of Paris [11/60] Toi
L'andalou/Marchand De Bonheur/Happy Mandoline/Plume De Ma Tante/C'est Ca L'amour/Amour
D'italie/Natalie/S'en Va/De Tes Mains/Forever/Milord/Ronde Mexicaine/Notre Amour Est Tout Nuef
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2002 - Latin and European Cha Cha Cha - Los Cangaceiros [1961] Dale a
Beber/Marchand De Bonheur/C'est Ma Tante/Til L'andalou/Strange Tango/Tagula Cha Cha/Ronde
Mexicaine/Oriental Cha Cha/Nathalie S'en Va/Forever
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2003 - Latin Tempo Continental Style - Muchachos Y Su Mariachis [1961] La
Bamba/Guarare/Cucara Cha Cha/Cha Cha Moro/Guajira Guantannamera/Espana En Cha
Cha/Amanacer Guajira/Vagabundo/Venus/Tanto Tienes Tanto Vales/Cuba En Espana/Carinito Mio
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2004 - French Corn, Charleston Style - The Wa Ga Das [8/60] Charleston
Dancer/Shimmy/Ain't She Sweet/Chicago/Swanee/Early Session/Sweet Georgia Brown/Let's Go
Charleston/Down Among the Sheltering Palms/Park avenue Fantasy/Charleston for Bon Bon/I'm
Through With Love
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2005 - Very Frenchy - Jo Courtin [8/60] Piano/Milord/Strange Tango/Toi
L'Andalou/Valse a Mille Temps/Flons Flons Du Bal//Ole Amigo/Fete A Napoli/C'est Ca L'amore/Nathalie
S'en Va/Marchand De Bonheur/Bar Des Amours D'un Soir
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2006 - The Italian Singing Rage - Betty Curtis [11/60] Nessuno/Colpevole/Mi
Arrendo/Mon Sei Felice/Un Po' Per Gioco/Sono Innamorata Di Te/Noi/I'Vero/Invoco Te/Pioggia
Cadra/Amore Senza Sole/Quando Vien La Sera
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2007 - Sentimental Journey - Dennis Lotis [8/60] Sentimental Journey/It Can't Be
Wrong/How Little We Know/May I/Body and Soul/Bidin' My Time/What Makes the Sunset/My Foolish
Heart/Now It Can Be Told/As Time Goes By/Once Upon a Time/Goodnight My Love
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2008 - Serenade for Intimate Moments - Jack Payne Strings and Orchestra [11/60] Say
It With Music/I'm In the Mood For Love/I'll Get By/Try a Little Tenderness/Blue Pacific Moonlight/Guilty/I
Surrender Dear/There's a Small Hotel/Just One More Chance/Memories of You/Love in Bloom/Love is
the Sweetest Thing
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2009 - Sparkling Music for Fireside Listening - Mayfair Strings [1960]
Greensleeves/Wyoming/Jealousy/Blue Danube/Amoureuse/Catari Catari/Love's Last Word is
Spoken/Emperor Waltz/Love's Dream After the Ball/Chiquita Mia/Just For a While/Du Und Du Waltz
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2010 - Melodies Reminiscent of the Riviera - Dover Strings [1961] J'Attendrai/Why Do
You Pass Me By/Under the Bridges of Paris/I'll Never Smile Again/Yana/Play the Music/Temptation in
Napoli/Almost Like Being In Love/I'll Need You Love/Mademoiselle De Paree/Boum
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2011 - Hits and Themes from the Great Movies - Continental Theatre Orchestra [1961]
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2012 - A Real Swinging Affair - Tammy Watt And Orchestra [8/60] Bill Baily/Easy
Street/Going to the County Fair/Beaulieu Beef/Poor Little Rich Girl/Moon Was Yellow/I'll String Along
With You/Piper's Song/Scatter Brain/Vibe Rations/Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue/Rock Bottom/Plus Medley
of standards
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2013 - Music of Paris in the Spring - Oxford Strings [1961] I Married an Angel/Waltz of
the Stars/Stardust/No Other Love/Feeling Sentimental/In a Little Dutch Kindergarten/Blue Skies/No Te
Enganes Corazon/Goodnight Whereever You Are/Deep in a Dream/We'll Gather Lilacs/Maria My Own
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2014 - Concert in the Park - Deutschmeister Band, Julius Herrmann [11/60] Hoch Und
Deutschmeister/Wien Bleibt Wien/Egerlander Regimentsmarsch/Hoch Tirol/Vindobona/Jetz, Geht's
Los/Regimentsmarsch/Alpenliedermarsch/Stets Munter/Mit Sack Und Pack/Zauber Der
Montur/Felsenfest Furs Vaterland/Grillenbanner/Habsburg/Donner
Marsch/Kalserschutzen/Grenadiermarsch
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2015/2015 stereo - Sleek, Smooth, Danceable - Palladium Swing Band [11/60] Label
title is Shades of Glenn Miller. Stereo copy (blue label) is rechanneled. Hot
Toddy/J'Attendrai/Perfidia/Intermission Riff/Strike Up the Band/Turky in the Straw/Hawk Talks/My Guy's
Come Back/Horse and Buggy/Delicado/Alpine Boogie/Great Day/She's a Lassis From
Lancashire/Colonel Bogey
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2016/2016 stereo - Romantic Interlude - Mayfair Strings [8/60] Diane/Tico Tico/Prima
Donna/Gypsy Legend/Love Here Is My Heart/Love Come Back to Me/Poeme/La Mer/Agnes
Waltz/Symphony/Blue Mantilla/Belle of the Ball
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2017 - Broadway Spectacular - Continental Theatre Orchestra [1961]
Medleys From: Carousel/Call Me Madam/South Pacific/Annie Get Your Gun
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2018 - Our Love Affair - Dover Strings [1961] Our Love Affair/Sleighride In July/Here In
My Arms/My Prayer/I'll Be Around/Chicago/My Foolish Heart/Man With The Golden Arm/Bye Bye
Blues/Stars Shine In Your Eyes/Things We Did Last Summer/Day In The Country
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2019 - Palladium Swing Band - Palladium Swing Band [1961]
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2020 - Dancing in Piccadilly Square - Various Artists [1961]
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2021 - Malcolm Lockyer Orchestra - Malcolm Lockyer Orchestra [1961]
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2022 - Wally Scott Orchestra - Wally Scott Orchestra [1961]
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2023 - Music for a Starry Night - Oxford Strings [1961]
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2024 - This Is for Dancing... - Felix King Orchestra [1/61] On The Street
Where You Live/I Could Have Danced All Night/Trudie/Lullaby Of The Leaves/Little Serenade/My
Melancholy Baby/I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face/Say It Isn't So/Don't Go Home/Belonging To
Someone/Chico Mexico/I'm Coming Virginia
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2025 - Musical Gems of All Time - Mayfair Strings [1961] Mexicali Rose/So In Love/La
Ronde/At Dawning/Snakes and Ladders/Separate Rooms/We'll gather Lilacs/Dancing with Tears in My
Eyes/Lovely Lady/Ad Infinitum/Sous Les Toits De Paris/Adios Muchachos
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2026 - Latin Satin - Mambo Palace Orchestra [1961] Venezia/Cavacino/Adios, Mariquita
Linda/Mambo Negro/Mambo Jambo/Merry Mambo/Sax Cantabile/Bolero/Dream of Love/Come Closer to
Me/There's Still a Little Time/Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
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2027 - Dixieland Merry Go Round - All Star Dixieland Artists [1/61] Joshua Fit De Battle
of Jericho/Avalon/Stay Out of the North/Copenhagen/At the Jazz Band Ball/Doctor Jazz Stomp/That's a
Plenty/Royal Garden Blues/Ory's Creole Trombone/Way Down Yonder in New Orleans/St. Louis
Blues/Chicago Buzz
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2028 - Musical Reflections - Royal Concert Strings [1961] Highly
Strung/Florentine/Vienna Story/Peacock Patrol/Serrenata/Ole-Chico/Going For a Ride/Invitation
Waltz/Baby Ballerina/Zazra/Sarabande/Elizabethan Serenade
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2029 - Time for Two Guitars - Two Guitars [1961] Anema E Core/Maid of Cadiz/Let the
Guitars Sing/Prelude No. 7/Recuerdos De L'alahambra/Liebeslied/Arrivederci Roma/Spanish
Dance/Greensleeves/Green Eyes/Brightly Shines the Moon/Barina/Shy Serenade
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2030 - [Unissued]
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2031 - Everybody Sing with Big Ben's Banjos - Big Ben's Banjo Band [11/60] On the
Mississippi/Steamboat Bill/He'd Have to Get Out and Get Under/After You've Gone/Wait 'Til the Sun
Shines Nellie/Breakaway/Chinatown My Chinatown/Old Folks at Home/Poor Old Joe/My Old Kentucky
Home/Oh Susanna/Camptown Races/Oh Dem Golden Slippers/Three O'clock in the Morning/Peggy
O'Neil/California Here I Come//Back in Your Own Back Yard/I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister
Kate/When My Sugar Walks Down the Street/Cruising Down the River/The Band Played On/Sidewalks
of New York/I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair/Carry Me Back to Old Virginny/I Can't Give
You Anything But Love/Glad Rag Doll/Constantinople/Sweet Sue Just You/Waiting For the Robert E.
Lee/Toot Toot Tootsie
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2032 - Continental Theatre Orchestra - Continental Theatre Orchestra [1961]
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2033 - Pops Concert - International Strings [1961] Tchaikovsky Fantasy/Memory of the
Ballad Poems/Merry Widow Selections/Overture to a Famous Bride/London Pageant
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2034 - [Unissued]
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2035 - [Unissued]
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2036 - Sing Along with Ben: Big Ben's Banjos, Volume 2 - Big Ben's Banjo Band [1961]
Medley: Music Music, Music, I Love My Baby, Ain't She Sweet/Medley: I Want to Be Happy, What a Little
Moonlight Can Do, Don't Dilly Daily/Medley: Whispering, Makin' Whoopee, I Don't Want to Set the World
on Fire/Medley: On the Banks of the Wabash, Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Mary's a Grand Old
Name/Medley: Indiana, Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey/Medley: Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly,
Where Did You Get That Hat/Medley: So Early In the Morning, That's My Weakness Now, Yes We Have
No Banannas, It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo!/Medley: Carolina Moon, I Used to Sigh For the Silvery
Moon/Medley: Avalon. Margie/Medley: Last Night on the Back Porch, Tea For Two
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2037 - [Unissued]
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2038 - Melachrino - Melachrino [1961]
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2039 - Continental Theatre Orchestra - Continental Theatre Orchestra [1961]
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King KSD 1600 (Stereo only) Series: | |
KSD 1601 - Eddie Davis and Charlie Ventura in Stereo - Eddie Davis/Charlie Ventura
[5/59] This is the stereo-only release scheduled for AudioLab 1601. Mean To Me - Eddie Davis/All God's
Chillun' Got Rhythm - Eddie Davis/This Can't Be Love - Eddie Davis/All Of You - Eddie Davis/Out Of
Nowhere - Eddie Davis//Liza - Charlie Ventura/If I Had You - Charlie Ventura/Give Me The Simple Life -
Charlie Ventura/Give Me The Simple Life- Charlie Ventura/I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Charlie
Ventura/Sweet Georgia Brown - Charlie Ventura
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King KC (King Comedy) Series: | |
KC 1 - The Royal Family: The Lives and Loves of King Richard and Queen Elizabeth -
Triangle Players [6/64] Kermit Schaefer produced skit on romance between Elizabeth Taylor
and Richard Burton. The Lovers/The Senator/House Hunting/Dinner At Home/Bed-Time
Story/Shakespeare/World Opinion/Privacy/Incognito/The Tragedy/The Budget/The Psychiatrist's Hour:
A) Hers ; B) His/Hollywood Surprise Party/The Wedding
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