From Back In the Day to Today: A King Family Timeline
1923: Richard King born
1933: Richard receives piano lessons from his uncle
1934: Richard picks up the saxophone and the clarinet
1940: Richard graduates from high school and leaves for Oklahoma University to become a band teacher
1942: Richard is drafted into the US Army for WWII, plays clarinet/saxophone in the Rainbow Division band
1946: Richard and Patricia are married in Ann Arbor
1947: Russ King born
1949: Richard finishes schooling, earning himself both bachelors and masters degrees in music theory from the University of Michigan. He teaches privately from his home and is a teacher's assistant at U of M
1950: Charlotte King born
1951: Richard begins working for Grinnell's in Ypsilanti, first teaching then selling pianos
1952: Martha King born
1954: Jim King born
1955: Rob King born, Richard King manages at Grinnell's
1960: Julie King born, Rob King starts piano lessons
1961: Richard quits Grinnell's, opens up King's Keyboard House on Liberty Street (now Afternoon Delight)
1963: Jeff King born, Rob works at King's Keyboard House
1964: Jim works at Keyboard House and starts playing guitar
1965: Julie King starts taking piano lessons
1967: King's Keyboard House advertises in the Ann Arbor Observer, Rob King starts playing drums
1968: King's Keyboard House moves to Main Street (now Generations)
1970: Jim buys organ from father, starts playing at Bimbo's on the Hill (now Paesano's)
1970-1990: Jim plays keyboard professionally with multiple groups
1972: Rob King plays drums in his first band, starts moving pianos at King's Keyboard House
1974: Rob King graduates from Community High School
1976: King's Keyboard House moves to Liberty (now Café Japon), Jim and Patty marry
1977: Alex King born, Jim and Patty divorce, Rob King joins Destroy All Monsters, King's Keyboard House recognized as an incorporation
1978: Julie King graduates from high school, Jim King works for Ford Motor Company
1979: Alex King starts playing the drums at age 2
1980: Rob King leaves Destroy All Monsters, starts moving pianos full time at King's Keyboard House
1981: Jim takes piano lessons from Dennis Tini of Wayne State University, Alex receives first drum set
1983: Julie King begins working full time at King's Keyboard House, opens King's Keyboard House in Toledo
1985: Toledo store closes, Julie moves back to work at store in Ann Arbor
1986: Jim King and his band King Cool appear on MTV with their song "You Make It Hard."
1987: Alex moves in with Jim in house off Church Street, Jim moves pianos with Rob at King's Keyboard House
1988: Jim starts selling organs, then electric keyboards, then in charge of all sales in piano department at King's Keyboard House, Alex moves back to California with his mother
1989: Alex King plays in first band at age 12
1996: King's Keyboard House moves to East Stadium (present location), Alex King graduates from high school
1991: King's Keyboard House receives a Certificate of Appreciation from the Ann Arbor Lions Club
2004: Charlotte King passes away
2005: Alex King moves back to Ann Arbor
2006: Richard King retires, Jim King takes over the store, Richard and Patricia celebrate 60 years of marriage, Julie King opens Julie's Music, Alex King begins working for Julie