CLUB44 RECORDS will celebrate the new Nicolas King album Act One: Celebrating 25 Years of Recordings on Wednesday, April 28 at 8:00 PM Eastern with an all-star online release party event. King will perform several songs with Mike Renzi at the piano. His friends who will drop in to congratulate him include Tom Selleck and the cast of “Blue Bloods,” Angela Bacari, Carol Burnett, Fran Drescher, Charles Calello, Max von Essen, Michael Feinstein, Connie Francis, Ernie Haas, Clint Holmes, Richard Jay-Alexander, Linda Lavin, Norm Lewis, Jane Monheit, Christine Pedi, Linda Purl, Mark Sendroff, Billy Stritch, and Veronica Swift, along with special surprise guests.
Act One: Celebrating 25 Years of Recordings, which was released earlier this year, looks back on King’s already multi-decade career, showcasing standards and newer songs. The album features guest appearances from stage and screen luminaries Liza Minnelli, Tom Selleck, Jane Monheit and Norm Lewis, as well as major musical contributions from two-time Grammy Award nominee Mike Renzi (renowned pianist and music director for Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, and Mel Tormé) and Charles Calello (arranger and producer for Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, and Ray Charles). Music legend Connie Francis provides liner notes.
The album is a compilation of new studio tracks, selections from King’s previous solo albums and vintage archival gems from early in his career. The collection opens with a spoken live introduction by Liza Minnelli, a memento from the decade Nicolas toured the world with her. New selections include “But Beautiful,” performed with jazz singer Jane Monheit. Among many more tracks, a vintage recording of “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby,” captures a 10-year-old King with Tom Selleck when they appeared in the Broadway play A Thousand Clowns.
Nicolas King has been performing since he was four years old. He was in three Broadway productions (Beauty and the Beast, A Thousand Clowns with Tom Selleck, and Carol Burnett’s Hollywood Arms, directed by Hal Prince) before the age of 12. He has also appeared in many national TV commercials and on a wide variety of TV talk shows, such as “The View,” “The Today Show” and “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno. He is the recipient of the Talent America Award, the Julie Wilson Award, the Bistro Award for Outstanding Performer of the Year, the AMG Award for Artist of the Year, and the Legends Award for his contribution to the preservation of the Great American Songbook. His previous solo albums include On Another Note (2017), Nineteen (2010), and Blame it on My Youth (2006) www.TheNicolasKing.com
Act One: Celebrating 25 Years of Recordings will be broadcast live on Kinng’s YouTube channel, where it will be archived after the event. Tune in on YouTube HERE.
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