- 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.
- Became a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1973.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1715 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
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