Chris King

DJ, promoter, producer, songwriter and performer based in Nottingham.
Born and raised in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Chris was well-known mostly through being a member of K.W.S., a Nottingham-based dance group that released Please Don't Go in 1992. The song, a cover of KC and the Sunshine Band's original, topped the UK charts for five weeks and helped earn KWS a Brit Award nomination for best British newcomer in 1993.
Chris, the group's producer, songwriter and keyboard player, was also a successful Northern Soul promoter and DJ, something he carried on until his mid-sixties.
Chris was instrumental in introducing some previously unreleased Motown tracks to the Northern soul scene after repeated trips to Detroit to visit the Motown vaults. He went on to have his own record label, X-Clusive Records, and released a number of dance tracks for other artists.
He was also a record producer and had his own recording studio and vinyl record pressing plant, Independent Pressing Co., established in 1998.
Died on 22 March 2023.