Wayne King(1901-1985)
- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Conductor, composer and clarinetist, educated at Valparaiso University.
He played professional football and was an insurance salesman and an
auto and railroad mechanic. His musical career began when he played
clarinet for the Del Lampe Orchestra, eventually leading his own
orchestra for nine years at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom. Later, his
orchestra toured. Joining ASCAP in 1933, his popular-song compositions
include "Josephine", "Annabelle", "That Little Boy of Mine", "Baby
Shoes", "Blue Hours", "With You Beside Me", "So Close to Me", "I'd Give
My Kingdom for a Smile", "Beautiful Love", and his theme "The Waltz You
Saved for Me".
