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Earl King
Sign in to saveAlso known as Earl Silas Johnson, Earl Johnson, Earl "King" Johnson, Earl Silas Johnson IV
American songwriter and guitarist (1934–2003)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Whatever Happened to Western Civilization?
- War Against God
- If I Were King
- Reconcilable Differences - All You Wanted to Know about Hell But Were Afraid to Ask
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1947-09-21
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 42,372
- Total plays
- 199,754
Tags
Earl King (Earl Silas Johnson IV, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 7, 1934 – April 17, 2003) (not to be confused with Earl Connelly King (born Earl B. Connelly, Jr. in Philadelphia)) was an American Rhythm & Blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. A composer of well known standards such as "Come On" (covered by Jimi Hendrix) and Professor Longhair's "Big Chief", he is an important figure in New Orleans R&B music. His father, a local piano player, died when King was still a baby, and he was b
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- King
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Place of death
- New Orleans
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- EarlKingatJazzFest1997.jpg
- Work location
- New Orleans
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- date of birth
- 1932-11-30
- date of death
- 2003-04-17
- Commons category
- Earl King
- cause of death
- diabetes
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
- name in native language
- Earl Johnson
- nickname
- King
- birth name
- Earl Silas Johnson IV
- pseudonym
- Earl King
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