Claude King - Songs

ABOUT

Claude King (February 5, 1923 - March 7, 2013) was a country singer-songwriter with a great deal of crossover appeal who became famous during the early 1960s. He is best known for "Wolverton Mountain" (1962), which topped the Country charts, made the Pop/Rock Top 10, and became a million-seller. A remake by King of a song written by Merle Kilgore, this story song is based on an actual person named Clifton Clowers (Kilgore's uncle) who lived on Woolverton Mountain in Center Ridge, Arkansas.

King made his debut in 1961 on both the Pop/Rock and Country charts with "Big River, Big Man," which became the first of many Top 10 Country hits that also include "The Comancheros" (1961), "The Burning Of Atlanta" (1962), "Tiger Woman" (1965), and "All For The Love Of A Girl" (1969). His final charting song came in 1977 with "Cotton Dan."

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