Ken Tamplin has always been referred to as a "singer's singer" with vocal references to his cousin Sammy Hagar, while guitarists have hailed his playing, songwriting and production in equality to some of the biggest names in the business. Ken’s past successes, such as his highly acclaimed groups Shout and Magdallan, has continued to expanded horizons for Tamplin to be asked to sing for such groups as, Foreigner, Motley Crue, INXS, Skunk Baxter, Jeff Lynn (ELO), Geazer Butler (Black Sabbath), Accept, and even Peter Frampton.
Ken has performed in arenas all over the world including the Monsters Of Rock festival touring with Ozzy Osborne, Bon Jovi, The Scorpions, Def Leopard, Judas Priest and has even headlined for the President at the Phoenix Memorial Coliseum and for Governor Arnie for the RNC at Madison Square Gardens.
Ken’s group “Ballroom Blitz” has been featured in major feature films such as The Punisher, Inspector Gadget, The Perfect Storm, The Waterboy, Charlie's Angels, Mod Squad, Wild America, Major League III as well as TV series' such as Laguna Beach, The O.C., MTV’s The Real World, The Hills, Melrose Place, 90210, The X-Files, Baywatch, the theme for Ace Ventura (Nickelodeon), Spin City, On Disney Now!, and Entertainment Tonight.
His band features world renown players that have performed with:
Temptations, O’Jays, Stevie Wonder, Beyonce, Whitney Houston, Quincy Jones,
Natalie Cole, The Manhattan Transfer, Frank Sinatra, Lionel Richie, En Vogue, Patti La Belle, Lou Rawls, David Foster, Maya, Janet Jackson, Glenn Hughes, The Zippers, Haute Chili, Brothers Johnson, Coolio, Sophie B. Hawkins, Sheena Easton, Stanley Clarke, George Duke and many many others.
Ken has many accomplishments with his musical groups over the years such as:
Dove Awards (Grammies) for “Best Metal Group” 1994, “Best Metal Album” 1989, “Best Metal Song” 1987.