Latest Release
- 23 DEC 2022
- 1 Song
- Riding With The King · 2000
- Completely Well · 1969
- Pavarotti & Friends for the Children of Guatemala and Kosovo · 1999
- 80 · 2005
- Rattle and Hum · 1988
- Greatest Hits · 1960
- Riding With The King (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) · 2000
- Riding With The King · 2000
- The Best of 1980-1990 · 1988
- "Here's One You Didn't Know About" From the Rpm & Kent Vaults · 1998
Essential Albums
- 1969
- 2006
- 2005
- 2005
- 2003
Artist Playlists
- There's only one King of the Blues.
- Blues heroes and psychedelic rockers share his imprint.
- After six decades plus, some of these blues gems almost got away.
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- B.B. King’s legendary record collection lives at Ole Miss.
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About B.B. King
Born in the Mississippi Delta, B.B. King learned about the blues from his great-grandmother, who had been enslaved. She told him, “Singing about your sadness unburdens your soul.” ∙ A local church leader taught him how to play his first chord progression on a Silvertone guitar that King dreamed of owning one day. ∙ King earned the nickname Beale Street Blues Boy—or B.B. for short—while working as a DJ and singer at Memphis radio station WDIA. ∙ His breakthrough single, 1951’s “Three O’Clock Blues,” sparked a string of classics, including “Everyday I Have the Blues,” “Sweet Little Angel,” and “You Know I Love You” (featuring Ike Turner on piano). ∙ A tireless performer, King played an incredible 342 shows in 1956 and continued to perform more than 200 concerts a year until he was in his seventies. ∙ He broadened his audience by playing rock clubs, supporting The Rolling Stones, and recording music with Big K.R.I.T., U2, Elton John, Ringo Starr, and Bonnie Raitt. ∙ Beginning with his classic “The Thrill Is Gone,” King won 15 Grammy Awards, including honors for his 2000 collaboration with Eric Clapton, Riding With the King, and his final studio release, One Kind Favor. ∙ King was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
- HOMETOWN
- Itta Bena, MS, United States
- BORN
- 16 September 1925
- GENRE
- Blues