The Kings were formed in Vancouver, British Columbia and Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Original members were David Diamond, lead vocals, bass guitar and songwriter, Sonny Keyes, vocals, keyboards and songwriter, Max Styles, drums, and Mister Zero, guitar and songwriter.

Recording with Bob Ezrin, who arranged the band's worldwide signing with Elektra/Warner Records LA, The Kings debut release “The Kings Are Here” featuring CANCON classic and MAPL standard ‘Switchin’ To Glide’, was a stand alone, singularly unique two songs in one offering stamped by its legendary seque.

Even at over five minutes in length, the segue caught on all over the USA and Canada with huge airplay in every major market and stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 for six months. It was named one of the Top 100 U.S. Radio Programmers Picks of the Decade by Album Network Magazine.