Vernon King

Biography

Vernon Cordell King (October 20, 1923 - February 14, 2017) was an American Democratic politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives. He was born in Ray County, Missouri, on a farm near Lawson and Vibbard. He was educated at Ray County public schools, Central Missouri State University, and the University of Missouri-Columbia. He married Ruth Marriott at Excelsior Springs, Missouri. He also served in the United States Army as a tank commander during the Battle of the Bulge. He received three purple hearts during the war.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Dinah Washington Sings The Best In Blues

  1957

Credited work

55 releases · 21 albums · active 1950–2010

• Performance · 103
• Other credits · 2

Studios: Newport Jazz Festival · WOR Studios · RCA Studios, Chicago · Radio Recorders

Frequent collaborators

• Dinah Washington
• Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra
• Various
• Lionel Hampton
• Earl Bostic
• Tab Smith
• Lionel Hampton Und Sein Orchester
• Sam Price

Around the web

• Wikipedia