The Lee Kings — “On My Way”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 16, 2025

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD

1,524) The Lee Kings — “On My Way”

Who’s dat band? No, not the Who! It’s primo Swedish freakbeat, a “Who-ish mod pop-art feedback frenzy”. (happening45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkynB3RzJ8w) Vild!

Tim Sendra says of the Lee Kings that:

So many beat groups were able to pull off a passable imitation of the sounds of the day, but stumbled hard when it came to the songs themselves. The members of the Lee Kings were no slouches at crafting snappy, sweet, and poppy tunes that have a graceful, autumnal quality . . . or rock hard enough to fill discotheque floors . . . or sound like lost classics of the beat era . . . . a very solid mid-’60s beat group.

https://www.allmusic.com/album/bingo%21%21-for-the-lee-kings-mw0002616134

Marcy Donelson writes:

The Lee Kings were a short-lived Swedish rock quintet who rode the wave of the British Invasion to multiple appearances in the Top Ten of their country’s singles chart in 1966 and 1967. Formed in 1964 as Lenne & the Lee Kings, founding members included Lenn Broberg, guitarists Bengt Dahlén and Bjärne Möller, bassist Olle Nordström, and drummer Lasse Sandgren. Nordström parted ways with the band in 1966 and was replaced by Mike Watson. The next year, Johnny Lundin would replace Möller and Tony Walter took over for Sandgren before the band dissolved. After hitting number two with their song “Stop the Music” in January 1966, they topped the chart with their sole number one, “L.O.D.,” a month later. Both tunes appeared on their 1966 debut album, Stop the Music . . . . “Why, Why, Why” from the RCA Victor LP Bingo! made the Top Ten later that year, and “I Can’t Go on Living” was a summer hit in Sweden in 1967.

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-lee-kings-mn0002573090#biography

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