Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski, known professionally as Pee Wee King, and born on February 18, 1914, in Abrams, Wisconsin, was a country music songwriter and recording artist. He learned to play the accordion from his father, a professional polka musician. In the 1930s, King toured and made cowboy movies with Gene Autry. He joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1937 and became known for co-writing "Tennessee Waltz" with Redd Stewart in 1946, which became a country music standard after Patti Page's version. King had the Pee Wee King Show on WAVE-TV in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1949. He wrote or co-wrote over 400 songs and recorded more than 20 albums and 157 singles, including "Slow Poke" and "You Belong to Me". King was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1974. He died on March 7, 2000, in Louisville, Kentucky.
