Artist Info: Al King

Al King Was a Blues Master

Born August 8, 1926 in Monroe, LA
Died January 22, 1999

"Telling these guys named Al King apart is like looking for a specific dune in the desert," a research assistant griped to his boss, vintage R&B blaring on a jukebox in the background. "That's a good image," the clever musicologist snapped, "because the guy you are looking for used to record for a label called Sahara!"

Indeed, that is surely a better way of keeping track of this particular Al King than to think up some connection with Shirley [read more...]