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| '''Bob Kuban''' is an ] ] and ]. Best known for his 1966 #12 ] ], "The Cheater," Kuban is honored in the ]'s permanent exhibit on ]s. | '''Bob Kuban''' is an ] ] and ]. Best known for his 1966 #12 ] ], "The Cheater," Kuban is honored in the ]'s permanent exhibit on ]s. | ||
| Kuban was born in ], ], and was graduated from the St. Louis Institute of Music. In 1963, he formed the group ]. Kuban was both ] and bandleader. The group was an eight-piece ] with horns, somewhat of a throwback for the time, considering that the ] was taking place during that period. Kuban was heavily influenced by ] whom he'd watch perform at Club Imperial in St. Louis before his band became regulars. He said, “I just loved the band so much... I mimicked a lot of the stuff that they did. We had the horn section in my band. When Ike and Tina Turner left, we were able to play there. We were there on Tuesday nights."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/demolition-denied-future-of-club-imperial-remains-in-limbo/63-510628709|title=Demolition denied: Future of Club Imperial remains in limbo|last=Holliday|first=Art|date=January 23, 2018|website=ksdk |
Kuban was born in ], ], and was graduated from the St. Louis Institute of Music. In 1963, he formed the group ]. Kuban was both ] and bandleader. The group was an eight-piece ] with horns, somewhat of a throwback for the time, considering that the ] was taking place during that period. Kuban was heavily influenced by ] whom he'd watch perform at Club Imperial in St. Louis before his band became regulars. He said, “I just loved the band so much... I mimicked a lot of the stuff that they did. We had the horn section in my band. When Ike and Tina Turner left, we were able to play there. We were there on Tuesday nights."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/demolition-denied-future-of-club-imperial-remains-in-limbo/63-510628709|title=Demolition denied: Future of Club Imperial remains in limbo|last=Holliday|first=Art|date=January 23, 2018|website=ksdk|access-date=}}</ref> | ||
| After "The Cheater," Kuban never scored high on the pop ] again. He had two other top 100 hits: "The Teaser" peaked at #70; and a remake of the ] song "]" went to #93. Kuban remained a fixture on the St. Louis music scene for decades, and still tours and performs at private parties. Bob Kuban and The In-Men performed for the opening ceremonies of ] in St. Louis on May 10, 1966; and The Bob Kuban Brass performed before the last regular-season ] game there on October 2, 2005. | After "The Cheater," Kuban never scored high on the pop ] again. He had two other top 100 hits: "The Teaser" peaked at #70; and a remake of the ] song "]" went to #93. Kuban remained a fixture on the St. Louis music scene for decades, and still tours and performs at private parties. Bob Kuban and The In-Men performed for the opening ceremonies of ] in St. Louis on May 10, 1966; and The Bob Kuban Brass performed before the last regular-season ] game there on October 2, 2005. | ||
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Bob Kuban is an American musician and bandleader. Best known for his 1966 #12 pop hit, "The Cheater," Kuban is honored in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's permanent exhibit on one-hit wonders.
Kuban was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was graduated from the St. Louis Institute of Music. In 1963, he formed the group Bob Kuban and The In-Men. Kuban was both drummer and bandleader. The group was an eight-piece band with horns, somewhat of a throwback for the time, considering that the British Invasion was taking place during that period. Kuban was heavily influenced by Ike & Tina Turner whom he'd watch perform at Club Imperial in St. Louis before his band became regulars. He said, “I just loved the band so much... I mimicked a lot of the stuff that they did. We had the horn section in my band. When Ike and Tina Turner left, we were able to play there. We were there on Tuesday nights."
After "The Cheater," Kuban never scored high on the pop charts again. He had two other top 100 hits: "The Teaser" peaked at #70; and a remake of the Lennon–McCartney song "Drive My Car" went to #93. Kuban remained a fixture on the St. Louis music scene for decades, and still tours and performs at private parties. Bob Kuban and The In-Men performed for the opening ceremonies of Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis on May 10, 1966; and The Bob Kuban Brass performed before the last regular-season baseball game there on October 2, 2005.
A spin-off of the group was a band called The Guise, led by In-Men organist and songwriter Greg Hoeltzel. The Guise performed in the 1969 St. Louis premiere of a composition by classical composer Arthur Custer and jazz composer Julius Hemphill entitled "Songs of Freedom, Love, and War."
In a tragic coincidence, Walter Scott, frontman for The In-Men and singer of "The Cheater," a song whose lyrics speak of infidelity, was murdered in 1983 by his wife's lover in an extremely tangled case that did not come to light until 1987. The wife eventually admitted to helping conceal Scott's death.
References
- Holliday, Art (January 23, 2018). "Demolition denied: Future of Club Imperial remains in limbo". ksdk.
- Benjamin Looker, "Point from Which Creation Begins": The Black Artists' Group of St. Louis (St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 2004), pp. 176-177.
- http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/stcharles/man-who-murdered-st-louis-singer-dies-in-prison/article_142a7f38-dd8b-11e0-b912-0019bb30f31a.html
- http://www.criticsatlarge.ca/2010/03/song-cheater.html