Genres Rock & Roll | Years active 1956 - ? Genre Rock and roll | |
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Past members Olaf KeilHerman Keil aka Herma KeilRudolf KeilKlaus KeilFreddie Keil Albums Keils A-Go-Go!, Herma and the Keil Isles, I Could Have Danced All Night Similar The Kavaliers, Howard Morrison Quartet, Gerry Merito, Ray Columbus & the Inva, Johnny Devlin |
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The Keil Isles were a New Zealand-based Rock & Roll group which consisted of the Keil Brothers, Olaf, Herman, Rudolf, Klaus and their cousin Freddie Keil. They were all Samoans with German ancestry.
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- Flip flop and fly herma keil the keil isles
- Band history
- Line Up
- Others
- Occasional member
- 45 Rpm
- EP
- LP
- Compact Disc
- Songs
- References
Band history
Their lead guitarist Olaf Keil was born in Apia, Western Samoa in 1934 and came to New Zealand when he was about 18 years of age. He began playing guitar in a band that his uncle had. His cousin Fredde would ask him to back him on rock & roll songs. Later on the other brothers became proficient and they formed the band in 1956. Freddie Keil left the band in the early 1960s after having a falling out with cousin Herma. He went on to form his own band. After becoming very popular, selling records and having hits, the band had gone through numerous personnel changes, and by 1967 there were no members of the Keil family left in the band.
During their popularity their version of The Twist sold more copies in New Zealand than the Chubby Checker version did.
Line Up
Others
Occasional member
45 Rpm
EP
LP
Compact Disc
Songs
Flip Flop and Fly1962
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White2013
'Til the End of the World2012