Bernie Knee

Who was Bernie Knee?

Bernie Knee was an actor and singer/musician. He appeared in Country Music Holiday and Stick. He also had a cameo as a musician in Woody Allen's film Zelig.

In 1958, he put together a group of studio musicians called "The Five Blobs" to record the theme song for The Blob, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Later, he worked on "Sixteen Cubes of Sugar" and "That's What I Call True Love", both with Carole King. He also recorded a version of Robert Preston's song "Chicken Fat" for Kimbo Educational Records and makes appearances on the Ballroom Broadway cast album, Frank Sinatra's Trilogy and Max Conrad's Let's Fly! Flight Inspired Music.