Country and pop music performer. His band was known as the Golden West
Cowboys.
Had one of the earliest hit versions of "The Tennesee Waltz"; his
version hit No. 3 on Billboard magazine's country charts in
1948.
His biggest hit, and only Billboard No. 1 country hit, came in 1951
with "Slow Poke"; the song was also a major pop hit.
A talented songwriter, usually with lyrics by Redd Stewart, his band's
long-time male vocalist. Among the King/Stewart compositions that have
become standards are "The Tennessee Waltz" and "You Belong to
Me".
Pee Wee King's composition "The Tennessee Waltz" became the State Song
of Tennessee in 1965.