# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-e-king
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:43:32.308Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-e-king"
name: "Charles E. King"
slug: "charles-e-king"
description: "Charles Edward King was a Hawaiian-born American educator, Hawaii territorial legislator, and a songwriter who is most widely known as the composer of \"Ke Kali Nei Au\". King was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 1995. Music historian George Kanahele regarded King as the \"Dean of Hawaiian Music\", although this sobriquet is more associated with John Kameaaloha Almeida."
tagline: "American educator, Hawaii territorial legislator, songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_E._King_(vol._2%2C_1921).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1874-01-29"
deathDate: "1950-02-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.11
  momentum:             8.571428571428571
  historical:           5.740029333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454566/"
    handle:    "nm0454566"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/857944"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "تشارلز كينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%A7%DB%8C._%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%82"
    title: "چارلز ای. کینق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._King"
    title: "Charles E. King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B0%B0%EC%8A%A4_E._%ED%82%B9"
    title: "찰스 E. 킹"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cf832ebc-1eb4-4810-8286-95a49cdc1258"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27615536"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4816339"
    title: "Charles E. King"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump