Achievements - Pee Wee King

• (1944) Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart & Ernest Tubb wrote, 'Soldier's Last Letter'

• (1947) Signed a lifetime exclusive songwriting contract with Acuff-Rose Publications

• (1948-1957) Regular televsion show on WAVE-TV in Louisville, KY with Golden West Cowboys

• Had one of the earliest hit versions of "The Tennesee Waltz"; his version hit No. 3 on Billboard magazine's country charts in 1948.

• His biggest hit, and only Billboard No. 1 country hit, came in 1951 with "Slow Poke"; the song was also a major pop hit.

• A talented songwriter, usually with lyrics by Redd Stewart, his band's long-time male vocalist. Among the King/Stewart compositions that have become standards are "The Tennessee Waltz" and "You Belong to Me".

• (1965) "The Tennessee Waltz" became the State Song of Tennessee.
   
• (1970) Inducted into Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
  

• (1971) Kentucky Governor Louis B. Nunn declared an official Pee Wee King Day in the state.

• (1974) Became a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

• He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1715 Vine Street in Hollywood, California 

• (1979) Music City News: Founders Award
  
  
  
                               
  
  
  
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