Personalities | Pee Wee King | Cowboys & Playboys | Country
(Accordion, bandleader, 1914–2000)
Pee Wee King And His Golden West Cowboys were the chief exponents of western music and western swing east of the Mississippi, best known for high-profile years on the Grand Ole Opry. An accordionist from Wisconsin of German-Polish heritage (born Kuczynski), King eased towards country music during the 1930s and towards stardom under the auspices of manager J. L. Frank (his father-in-law). King and his right hand, fiddler-vocalist Redd Stewart, were among the most successful country-music songwriters, penning such classics as ‘Tennessee Waltz’, ‘Slow Poke’ and ‘You Belong To Me’. King left the Opry in 1947, originally for Louisville, Kentucky. Extensive tours and television work followed. He was elected to the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1974.
Styles & Forms | Cowboys & Playboys | Country
Personalities | Texas Jim Lewis | Cowboys & Playboys | Country
AUTHORITATIVE
An extensive music information resource, bringing together the talents and expertise of a wide range of editors and musicologists, including Stanley Sadie, Charles Wilson, Paul Du Noyer, Tony Byworth, Bob Allen, Howard Mandel, Cliff Douse, William Schafer, John Wilson...
CURATED
Classical, Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country and more. Flame Tree has been making encyclopaedias and guides about music for over 20 years. Now Flame Tree Pro brings together a huge canon of carefully curated information on genres, styles, artists and instruments. It's a perfect tool for study, and entertaining too, a great companion to our music books.
David Bowie
Fantastic new, unofficial biography covers
his life, music, art and movies, with a
sweep of incredible photographs.
