
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Pee Wee
I've always wondered about the nickname "Pee Wee" - from whence did it come, and with what was it associated?
One of baseball's all-time greats, Pee Wee Reese, was born in Ekron, KY (Meade County) in 1918 and was living in Louisville at the time of his death on August 14, 1999.
Just two days later, on August 16, 1999, the country music star Pee Wee King, also living in Louisville, also died.
King was best known for "You Belong To Me" (you know the song - "Seeeee the pyramids alonggggg the Niiiiiile....") He also wrote "The Tennessee Waltz" in an attempt to capitalize on Bill Monroe's success with "The Kentucky Waltz", but he also had many great Country and Western Swing...