- Claude King was born on February 5, 1923 in Keithville, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Seven Psychopaths (2012), The Year of the Yahoo! (1971) and Volunteers (1985). He died on March 7, 2013 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
- Best known for his million selling 1962 hit, "Wolverton Mountain".
- American country music singer and songwriter.
- He left Columbia Records in 1973 after twenty-nine hits.
- He joined the Louisiana Hayride, a television and radio show produced at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium and broadcast throughout the United States and in the United Kingdom. King was frequently on the same programs with Elvis Presley, Tex Ritter, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells, Jimmie Davis, Slim Whitman, Faron Young, Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, George Jones, Tommy Tomlinson, and Lefty Frizzell.
- King was a part of the "Magic Circle", which was a description of the ArkLaTex area coined by his longtime friend Tillman Franks, described as: "an area 50 miles in radius from downtown Shreveport. All kinds of music evolved from this Magic Circle.".
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