Album, 45 Record & Cover - Claude King

Album, 45 Record & Cover - Claude King

Object number2002.273.01

Datec. 1960

Mediumpaper, ink, vinyl

DimensionsOverall: 7 x 7 in. (17.8 x 17.8 cm)

Credit LineOld State House Museum collection

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DescriptionCover of 45 "The Burning of Atlanta" & "Don't that Moon Look Lonesome" shows a color picture of King from the shoulders up. He is wearing a white sweater over an orange collared shirt. The title is across the top in black lettering. Album was produced by Columbia Records.

Claude King (1923-2013) was an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for his 1962 song “Wolverton Mountain”, a million selling hit based on a real person that lived on Wolverton Mountain north of Morrilton, Arkansas. In 1981, Arkansas Governor Frank D. White paid tribute to King by declaring August 7 “Wolverton Mountain Day”.

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