Eddie King

Eddie King, born Edwin Dee King January 12, 1954, in Nashville, TN, to parents Melvin King (1926-1999), a grocer and later stained glass artist, and Hazel Crye King (b.1919), renown painter and art teacher until her retirement at age 92. Both parents also taught Ballroom Dance. He first appeared on stage in 1962 at the age of 8, in the cast and as the understudy for Winthrop in The Music Man, staring Jack Irvin and Jana Perice from the original Broadway production, which played at the historic Theatre Nashville Belcourt Playhouse. In his youth Eddie studied ballet, jazz, and tap dance with Janet Clough and a host of other noted teachers; he studied specialized stage make-up with Irene Corey; and studied acting with Monty McMurray (who was Marilyn Monroe's double and toured the country appearing in stage plays before audiences who assumed that MM, as she was billed, was actually the real Marilyn). He also studied acting and voice with Mike Edwards, and Jack Eric Williams among others.