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Freddie King (born Fred Christian; September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976), also billed as Freddy King, 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 foreign press often referred to him as King Freddie, a name rarely used in Uganda. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] An ardent defender of Buganda's interests, especially its traditional autonomy, he often threatened to make the kingdom independent both before and after Uganda's independence to preserve it.
He is credited on two albums by King, Burglar (1974) and Larger than life (1975). [39] King died of a heart attack on 29 December 1976 aged 42 [40] and the compilation album Freddie King 1934–1976 was released several months later, featuring tracks Tench had contributed to on Burglar. [1]
Guitarist Freddie Salem, who was best known for his tenure with the Southern rock band Outlaws, has died. He was 70. Salem died of complications due to cancer, Outlaws announced in a Facebook post ...
The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1970s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
Rosanna King was just 6 when she was shot execution style inside a one-room school house in Lancaster County. ... One day after King died, a gunman opened fire and killed four people – two ...
Before his death, King was arrested several times, mostly for alcohol-related crime. King died on June 17, 2012 at the age of 47. He accidentally drowned in his swimming pool and alcohol, cocaine ...
In the 1970s during his teen years, he played with the likes of Freddie King and in the 1980s began performing with Louisiana-born musician and vocalist, Bnois King. [ 3 ] In 1985, Kubek released his first record on Bird Records, a 45 RPM single with the tracks "Driving Sideways" (written by Freddie King and Sonny Thompson ) [ 4 ] and "Other ...