Lyrics

"All for the Love of a Girl"

Well, today I'm so weary, today I'm so blue
Sad and broken hearted and it's all because of you
Life...

Biography

Singer/songwriter and actor Claude King is best remembered for his one big hit, "Wolverton Mountain," the tale of one %Clifton Clowers who is "mighty handy with a gun and a knife" and keeps his daughter sequestered in their mountain home away from potential suitors. Focusing exclusively on that song results in an incomplete picture of King's career, however; he emerged from the milieu that also produced Johnny Horton, and after "Wolverton Mountain" he scored another 27 chart singles. The Shreveport, LA, native was a natural athlete as a child. When he was 12, he learned how to play guitar. After attending college on a baseball scholarship, he spent the late '40s and early '50s working as a construction engineer and performing music in local clubs and on TV and radio.

Discography