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His Definitive Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American blues musician B.B. King. It was produced, sequenced & compiled by Richard M. Ganter and released on April 12, 1999, by Polygram Records .
Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B. B. King, was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato, and staccato picking that influenced many later electric guitar blues players.
B.B. King recorded his version of "The Thrill Is Gone" in June 1969 for his album Completely Well, released the same year. King's version is a slow 12-bar blues notated in the key of B minor in 4/4 time. [4] The song's polished production and use of strings marked a departure from both the original song and King's previous material.
His Best – The Electric B. B. King: ABC-BluesWay Records BLS-6022 1973 The Best of B.B. King: ABC Records ABCX-767 1981 Great Moments With B.B. King (2 x LP) MCA Records MCA2-4124 1983 Why I Sing the Blues: MCA Special Products MCAD-20256 1986 Ambassador of The Blues (UK/Europe only) Crown Records GEM-001 1987 You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
Live at the Regal is a 1965 live album by American blues guitarist and singer B.B. King.It was recorded on November 21, 1964, at the Regal Theater in Chicago.The album is widely heralded as one of the greatest blues albums ever recorded and was ranked at number 141 in Rolling Stone ' s 2003 edition of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, [6] before dropping to number 299 in a 2020 ...
Live in Cook County Jail is a 1971 live album by American blues musician B.B. King, recorded on September 10, 1970, in Cook County Jail in Chicago.Agreeing to a request by jail warden Winston Moore, King and his band performed for an audience of 2,117 prisoners, most of whom were young black men.
"You Know I Love You" is a song written and recorded by B.B. King. Released on RPM Records in 1952, it was King's second No. 1 single on the Billboard R&B chart. [1] [2] King's friend and collaborator Ike Turner played piano on the original recording. [3] The song was included on King's debut album Singin' The Blues in 1957. [4]
King's version is a slow (65 beats per minute) [5] twelve-bar blues notated in 12/8 time in the key of C. [10] Blues historian Robert Palmer sees King's guitar work on the song as showing his T-Bone Walker influences, "though his tone was bigger and rounder and his phrasing somewhat heavier". [11]