The King Is Dead (Tony Cole song)

"The King Is Dead"
Single by Tony Cole
from the album If The Music Stops
B-side"Ruby"
ReleasedDecember 1972[1][2]
Recorded1972
GenreFolk rock
Length2:52
Label20th Century (US)
Songwriter(s)Tony Cole (words and music)[3]
Producer(s)David McKay
Tony Cole singles chronology
"When We Get There"
(1971) 		"The King Is Dead"
(1972) 		"Suite: Man and Woman"
(1972)
Alternative cover
Single sleeve of the 1977 French reissue
Audio
"The King Is Dead" on YouTube

"The King Is Dead" is a song written and originally recorded by Australian singer and songwriter Tony Cole. Produced by David McKay, it was part of Cole's debut album If The Music Stops (1972). That year the song was also released as a single that December, with "Ruby" on the flip side.[2]

  1. ^ "Tony Cole - The King Is Dead".
  2. ^ a b Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (9 December 1972). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 42–. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. 1974. pp. 403–.