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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).
Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery is a multi-faith cemetery located at 7405 West Northwest Highway in North Dallas, Texas, United States. It is owned by Service Corporation International. Among the notable persons interred here are: Mary Kay Ash (1918–2001), businesswoman; Harry W. Bass Jr. (1927–1998), businessman
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] Burglar charted on Billboard's Soul LPs chart. [5]
Freddie King, Freddie King Is a Blues Master (Cotillion, 1969) Freddie King, My Feeling for the Blues (Cotillion, 1970) John Lennon, Imagine (Apple, 1971) Herbie Mann, Our Mann Flute (Atlantic, 1966) Herbie Mann, The Beat Goes On (Atlantic, 1967) Arif Mardin, Glass Onion (Atlantic, 1969) Carmen McRae, Just a Little Lovin (Atlantic, 1970)
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]
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]
He would also play as part of supporting bands behind visiting friends and bluesmen including Fenton Robinson, Freddie King and Jimmy Reed. Luther Tucker died of a heart attack in June, 1993, [3] in Greenbrae, California, at the age of 57. [2] [5] His body was returned to Chicago, where he is buried in Restvale Cemetery in an unmarked plot. [5]
He continued to work as a session musician, and to perform with Reed into the early 1960s. He also had success as a songwriter, often co-writing with blues guitarist, Freddie King. Thompson died in 1989 in Chicago. [4] The Killer Blues Headstone Project placed a headstone for Sonny Thompson at Homewood Memorial Gardens in Homewood, IL in ...