KING, CLAUDE
(*1923)
KING, CLAUDE (b. Shreveport, La., February 5, 1923) A master of the country-saga song, King had great success through the 1960s on the pop and country charts. Born and raised in Louisiana, King began playing GUITAR in his early teen years, but did not intend to be a professional musician; he attended college and business school in the 1950s, although at the same time he began to get work performing in local clubs. In 1961 he signed with Columbia Records, right at the beginning of the craze for…