# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayne-king
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:44:51.983Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wayne-king"
name: "Wayne King"
slug: "wayne-king"
description: "Harold Wayne King was an American musician, songwriter, and bandleader with a long association with both NBC and CBS. He was referred to as \"the Waltz King\" because much of his most popular music involved waltzes; \"The Waltz You Saved for Me\" was his standard set-closing song in live performance and on numerous radio broadcasts at the height of his career. King's innovations included converting Carrie Jacobs-Bond's \"I Love You Truly\" from its original 24 time over to 34."
tagline: "American musician (1901–1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wayne_King_1931.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: "1901-02-16"
deathDate: "1985-07-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.36
  momentum:             4.092451361867704
  historical:           7.022968000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455375/"
    handle:    "nm0455375"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/820245"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "واين كينغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_King"
    title: "Wayne King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_King"
    title: "Wayne King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_King"
    title: "Wayne King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_King"
    title: "Wayne King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3af70573-f0ea-4af8-90eb-7a9064ab2c1f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7976390"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1392986"
    title: "Wayne King"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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