Alan Charles King (born 18 September 1945)[1] is an English guitarist and singer, best known for his time with the British 1960s pop group The Action and the 1970s rock band Ace.
Alan King was one of the founding members of the British pop group The Action, for whom he played rhythm guitar and sang backing vocals.
[2] After the stint with Barry, The band later added Pete Watson as lead guitarist, renamed themselves The Action, and got a record deal at Parlophone with producer George Martin.
[3] In the late 60s, they moved from largely covering Tamla Motown hits in a British beat group style to original songs with a psychedelic/folk rock influence, with Alan King making contributions to the songwriting.
A number of line up changes, including the departures of Watson and singer Reg King, and their being dropped by Parlaphone led to band altering their style further and The Action went on to become the psychedelic/progressive rock band Mighty Baby, with Alan King taking over as lead singer, with addition of guitarist Martin Stone and multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Ian Whiteman.