Charles E. King

Charles King was not a major recording star by any stretch of the imagination, but as a song-and-dance man on Broadway and in Hollywood, he introduced his share of well known popular tunes. He had a lengthy career on Broadway and, when the movies learned to talk, it was King who brought that same Broadway style to the screen (it was King's manner and singing style that Gene Kelly sought to emulate in one part of Singin' in the Rain in 1952). Starring with Louise Groody in the Vincent Youmans/Irving Caesar Broadway musical Hit the Deck, King introduced "Sometimes I'm Happy" in 1927, which they recorded for the Victor Talking Machine Company that same year.



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