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WHAT HOT — THE
KINGS
Ken Darby
Radburn Robinson
Grafton Linn
i 4 HE KING'S MEN" — that's
the way they are known to radio audiences of KFWB, the Warner Brother's station. But to their friends — and they plenty, too, by the way — they're known as Ken (Darby), Jon (Dobson), Bud (Grafton Linn), and Rad (Radburn Robinson).
Their meeting and organization into a quartet was an accidental one. Some years ago, a tall slender lad was wandering through the halls of the Santa Monica high school, when he heard someone singing in the music room.
He peeked cautiously in the door and found blonde-haired, blue-eyed Jon Dobson exercising his tonsils considerably. Jon happened to turn, and caught the newcomer's gaze — stopped, grinned, and called, "Come on in!"
"My name's Dobson," he said, when the other approached.
"Mine's Darby." Ken replied. "T sing, too." They shook hands — and
thus began the formation of "The King's Men."
Grafton (Bud) Linn they met later at college, and Radburn Robinson joined the trio later.
Their first professional engagement was in the Paramount picture, "Sweetie." With trembling legs and moist brows, they stood in front of the demon recording mike, and sang their first quartette number. Audiences liked it. They began to sing together more and more, until they made their radio debut over KFWB, after four years of constant practice and steady improvement. And now they're considered one of the most promising on the air.
All four of the King's Men are single — all are under 25 years of age, and have had individual professional I raining in voice and instrumentation. Ken Darby makes the arrangements and accompanies on the piano, all the while singing die bass parts. Dobson is sec
MEN
When It Comes to Harmony, These Four KFWB Stars Do a Royal Job of It
by Kay Van Riper
ond tenor; Linn, first tenor; and Rad Robinson is baritone.
As for outside interests — well, the truth is that they don't have much time for them. Singing six nights a week at six-thirty, with continual rehearsing and practicing, doesn't leave much time. But when they do get away from the studio, here's what they do to fill in the time.
Rad Robinson has a mania for dancing— and also for flying. So you can see that he is in what could practically be called "perpetual motion," although he has never found a way of combining the two satisfactorily.
But Linn — hmmm. His hobby is a bit more difficult to describe. She's blonde, very pretty, and manages to usurp most of Linn's extra moments.
Jon Dobson still doesn't know what his hobby is. When you ask him, he goes into terrific coma of concentration, scratches his head, and comes up with the confession that "he guessed he didn't have any."
Ken Darby has a weakness for literature— both at the reading and writing end of the art, and one can find stray essays and bits of lyrical prose tucked up his sleeve almost any time.
These four amiable young gentlemen are vociferous in thei rpraise for radio. They like to broadcast; they like their listeners — they like everybody. And when they say that, they all grin expansively— and Ken Darby lowers his left eyelid in a slow and significant wink.
The King's Men often prove to be — jesters!
Heard Nightly at 6:30 from KFWB
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