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Article: `TENNESSEE WALTZ' WRITER DIES.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- March 8, 2000
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Byline: Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Frank ``Pee Wee'' King, who co-wrote the ``Tennessee Waltz'' and introduced electric instruments and horns to the Grand Ole Opry, died Tuesday at 86.
King had been hospitalized after suffering a heart attack Feb. 28.
Born Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski in Abrams, Wis., King wrote ``Tennessee Waltz'' with fellow band member Redd Stewart in 1947. The two said they wrote it on an unfolded matchbox as they were riding in Stewart's truck.
While King's recording did well, a version of the song by Patti Page became a No. 1 pop hit and sold 65 million ...