Pee Wee King

Born Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski
(February 18, 1914 – March 07, 2000), was an American country music songwriter and recording artist. He was born in Milwaukee to a Polish American family and lived in Abrams, Wisconsin, during his youth.

King learned to play fiddle from his father, who was a professional polka musician. In the 1930s, he toured and made cowboy movies with Gene Autry.

King joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1937.

In 1946, while the bandleader of the Golden West Cowboys, King, together with the band's vocalist, Redd Stewart, composed "The Tennessee Waltz", a song inspired by "The Kentucky Waltz" by bluegrass musician Bill Monroe. King and Stewart first recorded "The Tenneesee Waltz" in 1948, and it went on to become a country music standard.

King's other songs included "Slow Poke" and "You Belong to Me". His songs introduced waltzes, polkas, and cowboy songs to country music.

He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1974. He died of a heart attack in Louisville, Kentucky, at age 86.

Country Music Hall of Fame - Pee Wee King
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame - Pee Wee King
The Internet Movie Database - Pee Wee King
Pee Wee King Biography (Musician Biographies)

Pee Wee King & Golden West Cowboys - Redd Sings, 'Oh Monah!'
Pee Wee King & Golden West Cowboys - Redd Doing Some Rag Time!
Pee Wee King & Golden West Cowboys - Pee Wee King - 'Tennesse Waltz' & 'You Belong to Me'
Pee Wee King & Golden West Cowboys - Pee Wee King - Slow Poke
Pee Wee King & Golden West Cowboys - Redd Sings 'You Belong To Me'
Pee Wee King & Golden West Cowboys - Patti Page, Redd, & Pee Wee (TN Waltz)

Redd Stewart And Pee Wee King Interview




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