Harry King
Mt Pleasant, TX
Worked with stars in the 50s and 60s Chubby Checker, Del Shannon, Johnny Tillotson, Little Eva, Gary U'S. Bonds, Santo and Johnny, Dion Dimucci, Bobby Lewis, Danny and the Juniors. And many others as a band leader. Wrote and produced national jingles: Partner Chain Saws, Maine Potato, Irving oil,
Pizza Delight, Canadian Lotto and National Inquirer.
Have multiple compositions on the Aircraft Music Library out
of Boston and NYC.
Have a gold single for writing, producing and playing keys on
"General Hospi-tale" for MCA Records in 1981. Sold 1.4 million singles
and ten inch units.
Have a platinum album for keys on Robin Thicke's "The Evolution
of Robin Thicke." And for Lil Wayne's "The carter: Volume II"
Played keys on Robin's first three albums
Played keys , composed, engineered or arranged for major artists
and labels including:
Engel Humperdinck (Love is the Reason.)
Joe Perry Project (Once a Rocker) MCA
Dick Curless (A Tombstone Every Mile) Capitol GOLD Single
Womack and Womack (Good Man Good Woman Monologue) Island Records,
Remixed it with Fred Lewis
New Kids on the Block (Christman Album), engineered session at
Mission Control Studios in Lowell MA.
Freddy Cannon (Then and Now) wrote "The Boom Boom Man"
produced, engineered and played on for Critique Records
Bill Chinnock (Badlands) and (Dime Store Heroes) for Atlantic Records
And hundreds of other artists in pop, reggae, rap, country, jazz and adult
contemporary.
Member of the Academy of the Grammies.
Member of the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame
Currently living in East Texas (20 years) and have a Cubase Studio here.