King Harvest dissolved in 1976 to work with The Beach Boys, playing tours in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and England, and recording on Beach Boys, Celebration, and Dennis Wilson albums. Released in the U.S., Dancing in the Moonlight became a hit and stayed high on the Billboard charts for 22 weeks. In 1972 King Harvest teamed up with their producers Pierre Jaubert and Jack Robinson to record Dancing in the Moonlight, written by their old friend Sherman Kelly. Joined by Doc Robinson (keys, vocals) they were booked to open for BB King at the Olympia Theatre in Paris and headline at the Speakeasy in London. The band was asked to score the soundtrack to a film, Le Feu Sacre, which represented France at the Cannes Film Festival in 1971, where they performed nightly at the Juan-les-Pins Whiskey-a-Go-Go. The band recorded under various names in Paris and after winning a rock contest as King Harvest, recorded their first album and added French bassist Didier Alexandre to the group. In 2000, a cover by English band Toploader became a worldwide hit and achieved multi. King Harvest, formed in France in 1970, included Eddie Tuleja (guitar), Ron Altbach (keys), Rod Novak (bass, sax) and Wells Kelly (drums). ' Dancing in the Moonlight ' is a song written by Sherman Kelly, originally recorded in 1970 by Kelly's band Boffalongo, and then a hit single by King Harvest in 1972, reaching number 5 in Canada and number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.

King harvest dancing in the moonlight