From Eric Beheim #2

Bandleader Keith Killinger used to tell a story about the music used for Wolfgang Holzmair’s lion act on the Ringling show: on March 31, 1971 Irvin Feld told him to add some marches to Holzmair’s music. Killinger complied, using some marches written by Karl L. King. According to Keith, at about the time he started putting these marches into the band books, Karl L. King was stricken in Fort Dodge, Iowa and was rushed to the hospital. By the time Killinger had finished adding these King marches to the music books, Karl King had passed away at the age of 80. This story may or may not be totally true, but some Karl King marches were played for Holzmair’s act while he was with Ringling. (Holzmair’s music included “The Northwind March,” “Burma Patrol,” “Alhambra Grotto,” “Caravan Club,” “The Fez,” and the “Golden Calf” Bacchanalia Music from DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments.”)