'''Wallace King''' was an [[African American]] [[blackface]] [[minstrel show|minstrel]] performer from the 19th century. He played with [[Callender's Georgia Minstrels]], and in 1882 was second to only [[Billy Kersands]] in pay and popularity. King was a "Sweet Singing Tenor"<ref>24 May 1890. ''[[New York Clipper|The Clipper]]''. Quoted in Toll 215.</ref> and known for his emotional, romantic [[ballad]]s.

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==References==

*Toll, Robert C. (1974). ''Blacking Up: The Minstrel Show in Nineteenth-century America''. New York: Oxford University Press.

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[[Category:Blackface minstrel performers|King, Wallace]]

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