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Also known as Saunders Samuel King

American R&B and blues guitarist and singer

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Vinony's link graph records 18 inbound references to Saunders King, and connects out to Caddo Parish, United States and Texas.

It is catalogued under topics including 1909 births, 2000 deaths and 20th-century American guitarists.

Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

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Country
US
Active from
1947-09-21

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Saunders King (March 13, 1909 – August 31, 2000) was an American R&B and blues guitarist and singer. Saunders Samuel King was born in Staple, Louisiana, United States. He was the son of a preacher, and sang in his father's church while growing up in Oakland, California. As a youngster he learned to play piano, banjo and ukelele, but did not pick up guitar until 1938. At the end of the 1930s he sang with the Southern Harmony Four on NBC radio, and decided to begin playing blues music; he release

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date of death
2000-08-31
date of birth
1909-03-13
start of work period
1938-00-00
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