Saunders King
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American R&B and blues guitarist and singer
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- Works
- 4
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- The Beautiful Brain
- Warren MacKenzie, potter
- The Art Union of London, 1837-1912
- The industrialization of taste
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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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- Lifespan
- 1909–2000
- Nationality
- US
- Role / Field
- Singers, Guitarists
- Gender
- Male
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samuel
- Family name
- King
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Caddo Parish
- Place of death
- San Rafael
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Saunders King.png
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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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- Saunders King
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