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Don King

 
Artist: Don King
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  • Born: May 01, 1954, Omaha, NE
  • Active: '70s, '80s, '90s
  • Genres: Country
  • Instrument: Vocals, Trumpet, Guitar
  • Representative Albums: "Days of You and Me", "Thanks to You", "The Don King Collection, Vol. 1
  • Representative Songs: "Closer You Get", "I Still Miss Someone", "Here Comes That Feeling Again

Biography

Singer/songwriter/guitarist/trumpeter Don King first learned to play trumpet in high school, and took up classical guitar at age 14 after learning to play the electric guitar. Born and raised in Nebraska, he got his professional start playing in Omaha clubs. His success there inspired King to try his luck in Nashville in 1974; his first job was playing at the Quality Inn Hotel club for two years, where he met important people in the music business. He used his connections to get a contract with Con Brio Records and in 1976 made his chart debut with "Cabin High (In the Blue Ridge Mountains)." The following year, he had his first Top 20 hit with "I've Got You to Come Home To," which was followed by two other medium-level hits and his first album, Dreams and Things. In 1978, he released his second album, Feelings So Right, and had four Top 30 hits, including "Music Is My Woman." In 1979, the single "Lonely Hotel" made it to the Top 40. He had two more hits the following year and began touring with Alabama, Reba McEntire, John Anderson, the Oak Ridge Boys, Conway Twitty, and Tammy Wynette, among others. He scored a Top 40 hit with his cover of Johnny Cash's "I Still Miss Someone" in 1981 and had another with "The Closer You Get" while completing his album, Whirlwind. At the end of the year, he launched the Don King Music Group with his father. They built a 24-track studio in 1985 to record demos and added a video production company in 1992. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Music Guide
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Don King

Background information
Birth name Donald Alan King[1]
Born May 4, 1954 (1954-05-04) (age 55)[2]
Origin Fremont, Nebraska, USA
Genres Country, Nashville Sound
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar, trumpet
Years active 1976-?
Labels Con Brio, Epic, Readio Theatre
Associated acts Tammy Wynette, The Oak Ridge Boys, Alabama, Reba McEntire

Donald Alan (Don) King (b. May 4, 1954, in Fremont, Nebraska) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and trumpeter. In the 1970s and 1980s, he recorded a total of four major label albums, and charted more than fifteen hit singles on the Billboard country music charts.

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Early career

His first job was at a Quality Inn Hotel club in Nashville in 1974, where he was able to make valuable connections. He signed with Con Brio Records and in 1976 his song "Cabin High (In the Blue Ridge Mountains)" placed him on the charts. In 1977 he reached the Top 20 with "I've Got You to Come Home To", after which he released his first album, Dreams and Things. His second album, Feelings So Right, (1978) yielded four Top 30 hits. In 1979, the single "Lonely Hotel" reached the Top 40. After two more hits in 1980 he began touring with well-known artists, such as Alabama, Reba McEntire, John Anderson, The Oak Ridge Boys, Conway Twitty, and Tammy Wynette. In 1981, he reached the Top 40 twice, first with his cover of Johnny Cash's "I Still Miss Someone" and then with "The Closer You Get". That same year he released his third album, Whirlwind.

Later years

By the end of 1981, he had launched the Don King Music Group, a recording studio, with his father. In 1985 they built a 24-track studio to record demos. In 1992, they added a video production company. In late 2007, GMV Nashville released two albums on King, and in 2008 they released two more many including un-released tracks.

Discography

Albums

Year Album US Country Label
1977 Dreams and Things 42 Con Brio Records
1978 The Feelings So Right —
1980 Lonely Hotel — Epic
1981 Whirlwind —
2006 Hymns of Faith — Radio Theatre
2007 Don King Collection Vol.1 — GMV Nashville
Don King Collection Vol.2 —
2008 Thanks to You —
Days of You and Me —

Singles

Year Single US Country Album
1976 "Cabin High (In the Blue Ridge Mountains)" 78 Dreams and Things
1977 "I've Got You (To Come Home To)" 16
"She's the Girl of My Dreams" 17
"I Must Be Dreaming" 41
1978 "Music Is My Woman" 29 The Feelings So Right
"Don't Make No Promises (You Can't Keep)" 29
"The Feelings So Right Tonight" 26
1979 "You Were Worth Waiting For" 28
"Live Entertainment" 39
"I've Got Country Music in My Soul" 73
1980 "Lonely Hotel" 40 Lonely Hotel
"Here Comes That Feeling Again" 32
"Take This Heart" 44
1981 "I Still Miss Someone" 38 Whirlwind
"The Closer You Get" 27
1982 "Running on Love" 40
"Maximum Security (To Minimum Wage)" 64 singles only
1986 "All We Had Was One Another" 71
1988 "Can't Stop the Music" 86

References

  1. ^ "Don King biography". MyStrands.com. http://www.mystrands.com/artist/38803/biography. Retrieved 2008-02-28. 
  2. ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Don King biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:g9fixqu5ldse~T1. Retrieved 2008-02-28. 
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