⬇️ EARL KING ⬇️
(Earl Silas Johnson IV)
DISCOGRAPHY 1962-2021 (25CD)
BIOGRAPHY
A composer of blues standards such as "I Hear You Knocking" (recorded by
Smiley Lewis, Gale Storm, Dave Edmunds and others), "One Night" (recorded
by Smiley Lewis and Elvis Presley), "Come On" (covered by Jimi Hendrix and
Stevie Ray Vaughan) and Professor Longhair's "Big Chief", he is an
important figure in New Orleans R&B music.
King was born Earl Silas Johnson IV in New Orleans, Louisiana, United
States. His father, a local piano player, died when King was still a baby,
and he was brought up by his mother. 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.....
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