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Freddie King (September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976) was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with Albert King and B. B. King, none of whom was a blood relative).
The Stumble", along with several other of King's most well-known instrumentals, is included on Rhino Entertainment's Hide Away: The Best of Freddy King (1993). [5] As perhaps King's second most popular instrumental, [4] "The Stumble" has been recorded by many artists. [6] Rubin notes recordings by: [4] Jeff Beck with the Yardbirds (1965 ...
Released on King Records, the album contained a number of influential songs and two hit singles, "Hide Away" and "San-Ho-Zay". The former reached number five on the Billboard Hot R&B chart and number 29 on the broader Hot 100 chart, while the latter reached numbers four and 47. [ 1 ]
Burglar is an album by the American musician Freddie King, released in 1974. [1] [2] King signed with RSO Records on the advice of Eric Clapton. [3]King supported the album with a North American tour than included shows with Rush, among others. [4]
Freddy King Sings is an album by blues singer and guitarist Freddie King. [2] Released in 1961, it was King's first album and includes four singles that appeared in Billboard magazine's R&B and Pop charts. [3] In 2008, Freddy King Sings was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in the "Classics of Blues Recordings" category. [4]
Woman Across the River is an album by the American blues musician Freddie King, released in 1973. [2] It was the last of three albums King made for Shelter Records. [3] King's three Shelter albums were re-released as a collection titled King of the Blues. [4] The album peaked at No. 158 on the Billboard 200. [5]
Texas Cannonball is a studio album by the American blues musician Freddie King, released in 1972 by Shelter Records. [5] [6] The first five songs were recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee; the other five at Skyhill Studios in Los Angeles, California.
Freddie King also added a section of "The Peter Gunn Theme" [6] from a popular television series of the time. Bill Willis, who played bass at the recording session, recalled the cue King used for that section "He [King] would be playing—like when we did the 'Peter Gunn' thing in 'Hide Away'—and just before he started it, he would take his ...