The King Family Show

Seasons

1965

7.2

Family-oriented musical variety show featuring the King Sisters and their large, extended musical family, ranging from children to senior citizens.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Episode #1.1

S1 • E2

Episode #1.2

S1 • E3

Episode #1.3

S1 • E4

Episode #1.4

S1 • E5

Telephone Hour

S1 • E6

Episode #1.6

S1 • E7

Episode #1.7

S1 • E8

Episode #1.8

S1 • E9

Episode #1.9

S1 • E10

Episode #1.10

S1 • E11

Episode #1.11

S1 • E12

Episode #1.12

S1 • E13

Episode #1.13

Easter songs are featured in the family circle: :Bunny Hop; "Run, Rabbit, Run" (all). Other highlights: "Hey, Look Me Over"; "Apology at Bedtime" (Clarke Family); "Do I Hear a Waltz?"; "April Showers"; and "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (The King Sisters); "April in Paris" (Alvino Rey); "The Clapping Song"; and "The Race Is On (The King Cousins); "I Know a Place" (girl cousins); "Long, Lonely Nights" (Carolyn Thomas); "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (Ric de Azevedo); "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" (Cathy Cole, Xandra Conkling, Rob Rey, Don Driggs); "Where is Love?" (Tina Cole); "Standing on the Corner (boy cousins); "A Tisket, A Tasket" (daughters); "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise" (mothers, daughters); and "Put on your Sunday clothes"; "You'll Never Walk Alone" (all).

S1 • E14

Episode #1.14

After a 1-week hiatus, the show returned to the air on May 1st. During the April 17th show, family patriarch William King Driggs Sr suffered a fatal heart attack while backstage. As a result, the April 24th episode was canceled.

S1 • E15

Episode #1.15

S1 • E16

Episode #1.16

Hawaii is the theme in the family circle: "Sweet Leilani" (Alvino Rey); "Hawaiian War Chant (The King Sisters); "Hawaiian Wedding Song" (Alyce King); "On the Beach at Waikiki"; "Little Grass Shack"; and "Aloha Oe" (all); "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" (The King Sisters); "Baby Face (Cam Clarke, Laurette Conkling, Susannah Lloyd); "Telephone Game" (The King Cousins); "Peony Bush" (Marilyn King); "Caravan" (Alvino Rey); "Kansas City" (Jon Rey, boys); and "I Ain't Down Yet".