"King Karl"
Bernard Jolivette
Inducted in 2006
King Karl was born on Dec. 31, 1931 in Grand
Coteau, LA. He moved to Beaumont, TX in 1945 and
returned to Louisiana 1955.
He began his career as a vocalist as a teenager.
He was a featured singer with Lloyd Price for
awhile. He performed with Black Creole, Howard
Brouss and the Musical Kings which also featured
Guitar Gable. They recorded for Excello records at
J.D. Miller's studio in Crowley, LA.. This group
is considered the founders of a genre of music
known as "Swamp Pop" music featuring ballads, Rock
& Roll and Blues.
Some of King Karl's classic songs include:
"Irene", "Cool, Calm, Collected", "Life Problem",
"Walkin' in the Park", and the classic song: "This
Should Go On Forever", which was a big hit for Rod
Bernard in the 1960's.
He has released albums on many labels including
"La Louisianne" and "Tamm".
He performed a few "comeback" shows recently
including the "Ponderosa Stomp" and the
"Estafette" festival.
He released a song on the The Phoenix Blues
Society AZ compilation CD "Desert Blues" and he
has a song on "Allstar Blues Sessions" produced by
Bob Corritore and released in 1999 on the
HMG/Hightone label.
He moved to Arizona in 1992. He passed away on
Dec. 7, 2005.
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