Jonathan King much airtime to one person. King's 1971 releases included a version of Bob Dylan's "Baby, You've Been On My Mind", released as Nemo, which failed to chart; "The Sun Has Got His Hat On", also as Nemo; "Sugar, Sugar" as Sakkarin; "Leap Up and Down (Wave Your Knickers in the Air)" by St Cecelia (this one a real band, rather than a pseudonym), which went to number 12; and "Lazy Bones", "Flirt" and "Hooked On A Feeling" released under his own name. Bell Records asked King to produce four songs for the Bay City Rollers, including their first hit, "Keep
The Number Twelve Looks Like You cited jazz fusion players John McLaughlin and Robert Fripp as some of his primary inspirations. Jesse Korman was trained by vocal coach Melissa Cross and credits screamo bands such as Love Lost But Not Forgotten, pop singer Michael Jackson, death metal bands, and System of a Down as shaping his style. For his part, former co-vocalist Justin Pedrick stated that Tom Waits "musically changed [his] life." In addition to rock music, the band has been deeply influenced by jazz, citing artists such as Mark Guiliana, Tigran Hamasyan, Miles Davis, Avishai Cohen and John Coltrane. The Number Twelve Looks Like You