About
Composer best known as the composer of Barnum and Bailey's Favorite and as a march music bandmaster.
Before Fame
He received very little formal education and began performing with a circus band at age nineteen.
Trivia
He became the first-ever inductee into the Windjammers Unlimited (Circus Music Historical Society) Hall of Fame.
Family Life
His son, Karl L. King, Jr., was born in 1919 and died in 1987.
Associated With
Hist last published march, 1962's The Home Town Boy March, was dedicated to songwriter Meredith Wilson.
