Four King Cousins
| The Four King Cousins | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | The Five King Cousins |
| Origin | Hollywood |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 1966–1979, 2009–present |
| Labels | Capitol Records |
| Associated acts | The King Sisters, The King Family |
| Website | fourkingcousins.com |
| Members |
Tina Cole Cathy Cole Green Candy Conkling Brand Carolyn Cameron |
| Past members | Jamie Conkling |
The Four King Cousins are an American female harmonizing pop singing group.
Born into a show business family, the cousins are daughters of the members of the singing group The King Sisters. Sisters Tina Cole & Cathy Cole Green are the daughters of King Sister Yvonne King, and musician Buddy Cole; cousin Candy Conkling Brand is the daughter of King Sister Donna King and music executive Jim Conkling, and cousin Carolyn Cameron is the daughter of original King Sister Maxine Thomas and King Family performer LaVarn Thomas.
The members of the Four King Cousins made their individual professional television debuts, along with their mothers, as part of the extended family of musical performers known as the King Family. The King Family starred in two network musical variety television series titled The King Family Show, in addition to seventeen syndicated television specials which aired for over a decade.
Following the successful run of The King Family’s initial ABC series, sisters Tina & Cathy Cole, along with their cousins Carolyn Thomas, and Candy & Jamie Conkling, joined the cast of NBC’s Kraft Summer Music Hall during the summer of 1966. The group, then billed as The Five King Cousins, were featured in the show’s youthful ensemble of performers which included host John Davidson, and comedians Richard Pryor, Flip Wilson and George Carlin. The series lead to a nationwide concert tour with John Davidson and George Carlin. Before the tour began, Jamie Conkling left to pursue her education at Brigham Young University, and thus the group officially became The Four King Cousins.
The Four King Cousins appeared on musical variety and talk shows of the day including The Hollywood Palace, Operation: Entertainment (where they entertained the troops at military bases around the country), The Don Knotts Show, Della (the Della Reese Show), The Barbara McNair Show, The Pat Boone Show, The Donald O'Connor Show, The Merv Griffin Show, It's Happening, The Joey Bishop Show, The Mike Douglas Show and as semi-regular guest-star performers on The Jonathan Winters Show. The Four King Cousins also made a series of appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson where they joined the Mighty Carson Art Players in comedy sketches.
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