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B. B. King (1925–2015) was an American blues musician whose recording career spanned 1949–2008. As with other blues contemporaries, King's material was primarily released on singles until the late 1950s–early 1960s, when long playing record albums became more popular.
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.
Midnight Believer is an album by the American musician B.B. King, released in 1978 on ABC Records. [1] The album reached No. 27 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [5] 33 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 83 Norwegian Albums [7] 12 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [8] 41 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 31 UK Albums [10] 24
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]
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 ...
B.B. King – guitar, vocals; Dean Parks, Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar; Wilton Felder – double bass, saxophone on "Take It Home" Joe Sample – keyboards; Stix Hooper, James Gadson – drums, percussion; Paulinho da Costa – percussion; Larry Williams, Quitman Dennis – saxophone; Chuck Findley, Jack Richmond – trombone; Gary Grant, Steve ...