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John Stanley King (born November 26, 1958) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is a Coachella Valley native and one of the most prominent musicians in the Palm Springs, California area as a seven-time winner of the Coachella Valley Weekly Music Awards in the jazz and blues categories.

John grew up in a family of musicians and began performing at the age of twelve with his grandfather John Roy Danchack in his Dixieland band, the Desert Ramblers. At age 18, he began a two-and-a-half-year tour as a vocalist with Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians. John often performs at charitable events in the Palm Springs area.