The Nairobi Trio consisting of three "gorillas" were part of The Ernie Kovacs Show in the fifties. Ernie played the cigar smoking character while a variety of others played the remaining two. Often celebrities were involved in the suits. These included Frank Sinatra, Edie Adams and Jack Lemmon. As the Robert Maxwell tune "Solfeggio" aka "Song Of The Nairobi Trio" played, the gorilla suited players completed the routine.

In 1976 Neil Diamond recorded the Robbie Robertson produced and simply gorgeous concept album "Beautiful Noise". The track "Don't Think ... Feel" featuring Dr. John on the Hammond organ was issued as a single and peaked at number forty-three on the Top One Hundred.