Wayne King (ur. 16 lutego 1901 r. - zm. 16 lipca 1985 r.) był amerykańskim muzykiem, kompozytorem, piosenkarzem i liderem orkiestry, od dawna związany z NBC i CBS . Czasami był nazywany Królem Walca, ponieważ większość jego najpopularniejszej muzyki dotyczyła walców; „ The Waltz You Saved for Me ” to jego standardowa piosenka zamykająca set podczas występów na żywo i licznych audycji radiowych u szczytu kariery.Urodzony w Harold Wayne King w Savanna, Illinois , King był imponującym sportowcem w liceum i krótko grał w profesjonalną piłkę nożną w kantonie Buldog . Uczęszczał również na uniwersytet Valparaiso w Indianie przez dwa lata, ale odszedł, aby rozpocząć karierę muzyczną.
Po graniu na saksofonie w orkiestrze Paula Whitemana stworzył „Wayne King and Orchestra” w 1927 roku. Inowacje Kinga polegały na przekształceniu utworu Carrie Jacobs-Bond „I Love You Truly” z oryginalnego taktu 2/4 na 3/4.
W latach 1931–1940 orkiestra Wayne Kinga występowała w różnych krajowych programach radiowych sponsorowanych przez Lady Esther .
Orkiestra rozpadła się podczas II wojny światowej , a King dołączył do armii , awansując na stopień majora . Orkiestrę przywrócono do życia w 1946 r. W 1948 r. półgodzinne show Wayne King Show było rozpowszechniane w radiu za pośrednictwem płyt transkrypcyjnych . Orkiestra miała program telewizyjny w Chicago w latach 1949–1952. Program telewizyjny był transmitowany przez większość stacji partnerskich NBC Television na środkowym zachodzie.
Na początku 1958 roku pojawił się jako gość pretendent w telewizyjnym programie To Tell The Truth . Wydał świąteczny album w Decca Records , Have Your a Merry Little Christmas , w 1963 roku. Orkiestra Kinga zagrała po raz ostatni w marcu 1983 roku w Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall w Sarasota na Florydzie . Wayne został uhonorowany w swoim rodzinnym mieście Savanna. W późniejszym życiu prowadził farmę bydła Black Angus i wypożyczalnię samochodów.
King zmarł w lipcu 1985 roku, a jego ciało zostało skremowane . Jego żona, aktorka filmu niemego , Dorothy Jones King (pseudonim Janis) trzymała ją przy sobie przez resztę życia po 53 latach małżeństwa. Zmarła 10 marca 2010 r. w wieku 98 lat.King miał dwoje dzieci, Wayne King II i Penelope King Pape. Ma gwiazdę na Hollywood Walk of Fame w kategorii Radio.
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| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] | Komentarz |
| Song of the Islands | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 03.1930 | - | 12[4] | Victor 22301 | [written by Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson] |
| On a Blue and Moonless Night | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 05.1930 | - | 17[1] | Victor 22399 | [written by Charles O'Flynn, Al Hoffman & Will Osborne] |
| The Waltz You Saved for Me | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 12.1930 | - | 4[15] | Victor 22575 | [written by Wayne King, Emil Flindt & Gus Kahn] |
| (I Am Only the Words) You Are the Melody | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 12.1930 | - | 14[2] | Victor 22573 | [written by Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson][piosenka z filmu "Just Imagine"] |
| Goofus | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 01.1931 | - | 10[3] | Victor 22600 | [written by Walter Donaldson] |
| Hello, Beautiful | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 03.1931 | - | 16[1] | Victor 22642 | [written by Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson] |
| Wabash Moon/Dream a Little Dream of Me | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 03.1931 | - | A:4[11];B:1[4][12] | Victor 22643 | [A:written by Dave Dreyer & Morton Downey][B:written by Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt & Gus Kahn] |
| Star Dust | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 06.1931 | - | 17[2] | Victor 22656 | [written by Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parish] |
| Good Night, Sweetheart | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 10.1931 | - | 1[7][15] | Victor 22825 | [written by Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly] |
| I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 10.1931 | - | 2[6] | Victor 22817 | [written by Fred E. Ahlert & Roy Turk] |
| Guilty | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 10.1931 | - | 11[3] | Victor 22817 | [written by Gus Kahn, Harry Akst & Richard Whiting] |
| Goofus | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 08.1932 | - | 16[2] | Victor 22600 | [written by Wayne King, William Harold & Gus Kahn] |
| Sweethearts Forever | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 09.1932 | - | 3[7] | Victor 24117 | [piosenka z filmu "The Crooner"][written by Irving Caesar & Cliff Friend] |
| The Moon Song | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 02.1933 | - | 3[5] | Brunswick 6474 | [piosenka z filmu "Hello,Everybody"][written by Sam Coslow & Arthur Johnston] |
| Blue Danube | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 02.1933 | - | 14[3] | Brunswick 6475/td> | [written by Johann Strauss II] |
| When It's Lamp-Lightin' Time in the Valley | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 06.1933 | - | 14[3] | Brunswick 6563 | [written by Joe Lyons & Sam C. Hart] |
| Adorable | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 06.1933 | - | 11[3] | Brunswick 6581 | - |
| The Waltz You Saved for Me | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 01.1934 | - | 18[2] | Victor 24 472 | [written by Wayne King, Emil Flindt & Gus Kahn] |
| Song of Surrender | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 02.1934 | - | 16[2] | Brunswick 6735 | [piosenka z filmu "Moulin Rouge"] |
| Lost in My Dreams | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 10.1936 | - | 17[1] | Victor 25416 | [written by Sam H. Stept & Sidney D. Mitchell] |
| Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 10.1936 | - | 19[1] | Victor 25419 | [written by Charles Tobias, Bob Rothberg & Joseph Meyer] |
| Trust in Me/The Night is Young and You're So Beautiful | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 01.1937 | - | A:5[10];B:15[3] | Victor 25495 | [A:written by Ned Wever, Milton Ager & Jean Schwartz][B:written by Dana Suesse, Billy Rose & Irving Kahal] |
| You're Laughing at Me | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 01.1937 | - | 15[2] | Victor 25495 | [written by Irving Berlin][piosenka z filmu "On The Avenue"] |
| Josephine | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 03.1937 | - | 3[10] | Victor 25518 | [written by Burke Bivens & Wayne King] |
| Emaline | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 11.1937 | - | 14[1] | Victor 26070 | [written by Frank Perkins & Mitchell Parish] |
| My Man | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 05.1939 | - | 9[5] | Victor 26231 | [written by Albert Willemetz, Jacques Charles, Channing Pollock & Maurice Yvain] |
| The Man with the Mandolin | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 08.1939 | - | 6[4] | Victor 26314 | [written by James Cavanaugh, Frank Weldon & John Redmond] |
| Where Was I? | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 08.1940 | - | 19[1] | Victor 26424 | [written by Al Dubin & W. Franke Harling][piosenka z filmu "'Til We Meet Again"] |
| Maria Elena/You Are My Sunshine | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 05.1941 | - | A:2[8];B:20[2] | Victor 26 767 | [A:written by Lorenzo Barcelata & Bob Russell][B:written by Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell] |
| You Walk By | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 03.1941 | - | 12[1] | Victor 27206 | [written by Ben Raleigh & Bernie Wayne] |
| Souvenir de Vienne | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 04.1941 | - | 5[18] | Victor 26659 | [written by Heinz Provost] |
| 'Til Reveille | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 05.1941 | - | 19[1] | Victor 27511 | [written by Stanley Cowan & Bobby Worth] |
| Darling, How You Lied/Jumpin' Jupiter | Wayne King and His Orchestra | 10.1941 | - | A:26[1];B:22[1] | Victor 27575 | [A:written by King, Atha, Clark][B:written by Bruce McKay] |
Kompozycje Wayne Kinga na listach przebojów
| [with Emil Flindt & Gus Kahn] 12/1930 The Waltz You Saved for Me Wayne King and His Orchestra 4.US .1934 The Waltz You Saved for Me Wayne King and His Orchestra 18.US 01/1962 The Waltz You Saved for Me Ferlin Husky 94.US [with Burke Bivens] .1937 Josephine Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 3.US .1937 Josephine Wayne King and His Orchestra 3.US 07/1951 Josephine Les Paul 12.US 06/1960 Josephine Bill Black's Combo 18.US [with William Harold & Gus Kahn] .1931 Goofus Wayne King and His Orchestra 10.US .1932 Goofus Red Nichols & His Five Pennies 15.US .1932 Goofus Dan Russo & His Oriole Orchestra 5.US 10/1950 Goofus Les Paul 21.US 09/1976 Goofus The Carpenters 56.US [with Burke Bivens, Mitchell Parish] .1939 Annabelle Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra 10.US .1939 Annabelle Hoosier Hot Shots 15.US |
