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B.B. King

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2012 - Ladies and Gentleman... Mr. B.B. King
2009 - Live at Montreux
2009 - Live in Africa
2008 - Live
2008 - Live at the BBC
2008 - B.B. King (of Blues)
2008 - One Kind Favor
2005 - 80
2005 - The Ultimate Collection
2005 - Original Greatest Hits
2005 - A Night of Blistering Blues
2003 - Reflections
2001 - A Christmas Celebration of Hope
2000 - Riding With the King
2000 - Makin' Love Is Good for You
2000 - My Kind of Blues
1999 - Live in Japan
1999 - Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan
1999 - How Blue Can You Get
1999 - 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of
1998 - King Biscuit
1998 - Blues on the Bayou
1997 - Deuces Wild
1995 - Kansas City 1972
1995 - Lucille & Friends
1994 - B. B. King Wails
1994 - Everyday I Have the Blues
1993 - The Blues Collection 2: King of the Blues
1993 - Blues Summit
1993 - Live at Newport
1992 - There Is Always One More Time
1992 - Spotlight on Lucille
1992 - When Love Comes to Town
1992 - Why I Sing the Blues
1991 - Love Me Tender
1991 - Live at the Apollo
1991 - Everyday I Have The Blues
1990 - Live at San Quentin
1989 - Ain't Nobody Home!: The Very Best of B.B. King
1987 - Introducing B.B. King
1987 - Blues
1985 - Six Silver Strings
1983 - Blues 'n' Jazz
1981 - There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
1980 - Live "Now Appearing" at Ole Miss
1979 - Take It Home
1978 - Midnight Believer
1977 - King Size
1973 - To Know You Is to Love You
1973 - The Best of B.B. King
1972 - L.A. Midnight
1972 - Guess Who
1971 - Fillmore East, NYC June 19, 1971 (Late Show)
1971 - Live in Cook County Jail
1971 - Fillmore East, NYC June 19, 1971 (Early Show)
1971 - In London
1970 - Indianola Mississippi Seeds
1969 - Live & Well
1969 - Completely Well
1968 - Blues on Top of Blues
1968 - His Best - The Electric B.B. King
1968 - Lucille
1967 - Blues Is King
1965 - Live at the Regal
1963 - Mr. Blues
1963 - Blues in My Heart
1962 - Easy Listening Blues
1962 - Blues for Me
1960 - King of the Blues
1960 - Swing Low Sweet Chariot
1958 - The Blues
1956 - Singin' the Blues
0 - King of the Blues

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Origin
Mississippi, USA

Genre
Blues

Style
Blues

Mood
Passionate

Born

1925

Active
1948 to Present...

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Alternate Name
Riley B. King

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Riley B. King (born September 16, 1925), known by the stage name B.B. King, is an African-American blues songwriter, vocalist and guitarist.
Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 6 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time (previously ranked No. 3 in the 2003 edition of the same list), and he was ranked No. 17 in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time. According to Edward M. Komara, King "introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that would influence virtually every electric blues guitarist that followed." King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He is considered one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, because of this he is often nicknamed 'The King of Blues'. He is also known for performing tirelessly throughout his musical career appearing at 250-300 concerts per year until his seventies. In 1956 it was noted that he appeared at 342 shows, and still at the age of 87 King appears at 100 shows a year.
Over the years, King has developed one of the world's most identifiable guitar styles. He borrowed from Blind Lemon Jefferson, T-Bone Walker and others, integrating his precise and complex vocal-like string bends and his left hand vibrato, both of which have become indispensable components of rock guitarist's vocabulary. His economy and phrasing has been a model for thousands of players, from Eric Clapton and George Harrison to Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. King has mixed blues, jazz, swing, mainstream pop and jump into a unique sound. In King's words, "When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille."


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