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Born Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski 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. 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 Redd Stewart And Pee Wee King Interview |
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