The Name’s King

Is your surname King? Then this should interest you. Here are a few other people of notoriety with the surname of King.

Albert King

Born Albert Nelson on 25th April 1923 in Indianola, Mississippi, U.S.A. Albert was one of the three Kings of the blues guitar, Along with B B King and Freddie King, The Electric Guitar became his signature instrument, his preference being the Gibson Flying “V” which he named “Lucy” He was left handed but played a right handed guitar turned upside down, later in life he had a custom guitar made and had the strings reversed, so he could carry on playing the way he learnt, Albert died on the 21st December 1992 in Memphis Tennessee.

Alison King

Alison king was born on the 3rd March 1973 at Leicester royal infirmary is an English Actress, who is currently staring as Carla Connor in Coronation street, before that she Did the Advert for Boddingtons Beer, and was lynda Block in Sky 1s series Dream team.

B B King

B B King was born Riley B King on the 16th September 1925 in Mississippi, U.S.A. He was one of the three Kings of the blues guitar, along with Albert King and Freddie King, He called his guitar Lucille after witnessing two people fighting over a girl called Lucille and every guitar he has owned since has been called Lucille also.

Carole king

Carole King was born Carole Klein on the 9th February 1942 in New York U.S.A, she is a singer and pianist, She went to school with Neil Sedaka who was inspired to produce his greatest hit “oh Carol”, Her most famous hit was “It might as well rain until September”

Claire King

Claire King was born Claire Seed on the 10th January 1963 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, she played Kim Tate in Emmerdale and after that she was Karen Betts in Bad Girls, and more recently was partnered with Brendan Cole in strictly come dancing,

Don King

Don King was born on the 9th December 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio he is most famous for being a boxing promoter, with such boxers as Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and many more besides.

Freddie King

Freddie King was born Frederick Christian King on the 3rd September 1934 in Gilmer, Texas, he was also known as the Texas Cannonball, he was best known for his 60s recordings of “Hide away” and “Have you ever loved a woman” Freddie was a member of the three kings of blues guitar with B B King and Albert King, he died at a young age of 42