Claude King was a country singer from Louisiana who had one
huge hit that crossed over to the pop charts.
He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1933. As a teenager
he began to sing at local events. He spent some time
working at construction jobs before making his debut on the
Louisiana Hayride radio program in 1958.
He was managed by Tillman Franks, who was also the manager
of Claude's mentor, Johnny Horton. Franks secured a
recording contract for Claude with Columbia in 1961. Claude
King put some hits on the country and pop charts such as
The Comancheros and Big River, Big Man in the early 60's.
His biggest of these was a song that had been written by
Merle Kilgore titled Wolverton Mountain. Kilgore was a
former Shreveport disk jockey who had had some suc More...
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