William King is a founding member of the "Commodores

Commodores

The Commodores are an American funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour...

", one of Motown's most successful recording groups of all time. In addition to being the group's choreographer, William plays trumpet

Trumpet

The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

, guitar

Guitar

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, synthesizer

Synthesizer

A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

 and congas/percussion. After college, William considered playing tennis professionally but decided to continue his career with the Commodores. He married his songwriting partner and fellow Grammy Nominee, Shirley Hanna-King in 1976 and they have 4 children: Ryan Hanna King (actor), Adam J King (Stanford University Graduate who also appeared on MTV

MTV

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's The Real World

The Real World

The Real World is a reality television program on MTV originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. First broadcast in 1992, the show, which was inspired by the 1973 PBS documentary series An American Family, is the longest-running program in MTV history and one of the...

series), Noah King (performer with "www.newkingdomsayshi.com" and Leah Hanna King (singer/songwriter).

William King was born in Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...

with Sun Sign - Aquarius. His birthday is on January 30, 1949.