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EARL KING

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Earl King
 Earl King (February 71934 – April 172003<ref name=allmusic>[http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=EARL|KING&sql=11:l2jw7iajg77r~T1 Earl King Biography on Allmusic.com]</ref><ref name=cascade>[http://www.cascadeblues.org/History/king_earl.htm ''Earl King'' by Greg Johnson]</ref>) was a singer, guitarist, and songwriter, most active in blues music. Being a composer of well known standards such as "Come On (Earl King song)|Come On" (covered by Jimi Hendrix), and Professor Longhair's "Big Chief", he is considered to be one of the most important figures in New Orleans R&B music and beyond.

History
King was born with the name Earl Silas Johnson IV<ref name=musicianguide>[http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003810/Earl-King.html Musician Biographies: Earl King]</ref> in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father, a local piano player, died when King was still a baby, and he was brought up by his mother.<ref name=musicianguide /> With his mother, he started going to church at an early age. In his youth he sang gospel music, but took the advice of a friend to switch to blues to make a better living.

King started to play guitar at age 15. Soon he started entering talent contests at local clubs including the Dew Drop Inn. It was at one of those clubs where he met his idol Guitar Slim<ref name=offb... read all

Earl King top albums

  1. Street Parade
  2. New Orleans Blues
  3. Earl's Pearls
  4. Come On: The Complete Imperial Recordings
  5. Hard River To Cross
  6. The Sonet Blues Story
  7. Sexual Telepathy
  8. Let the Good Times Roll
  9. Glazed
    10. ...show all albums

Earl King top songs and lyrics

  1. Those Lonely, Lonely Nights
  2. A Mother's Love (w/ Bob Dylan outtro)
  3. Street Parade
  4. Street Parade Pt1
  5. Medieval Days
  6. Mother's Love
  7. Trick Bag
  8. Love Look Out for Me
  9. Up on the Hill
  10. No City Like New Orleans
  11. You Make Me Feel Good
  12. It Must Have Been Love
  13. Am I Your Dog
  14. Some People
  15. Mama & Papa
  16. A Mother's Love
  17. Fallin'
  18. A Part of Me
  19. Do the Grind
  20. I'm Gonna Keep on Trying
  21. Walts For Debby
  22. Part of Me
  23. A Man And A Book
  24. Real McCoy
  25. It Hurts to Love Someone
    26. ...show all songs

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