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The song was released shortly after King's Paramount release "How Blue Can You Get" in 1964 and reached number 34 in the Billboard Hot 100. [9] [a] "Rock Me Baby" was the first of six B.B. King records to reach the Top 40. [9] In 1997, King re-recorded the song with Eric Clapton for the album Deuces Wild.
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.
"My Lucille" is a 1985 song written for the 1985 John Landis film called Into the Night, starring Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer. It was written by Ira Newborn and recorded by B.B. King. The title of the song is a reference to B.B. King's guitars. The song was used in the movie while Ed Okin (Jeff Goldblum) walks through the night club.
"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 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.
Deuces Wild is the thirty-fifth studio album by B.B. King released on November 4, 1997. Every song on the album features a second famous musician. Every song on the album features a second famous musician.
Riding with the King was the first collaborative album by Eric Clapton and B.B. King. [1] [2] They performed together for the first time at Cafe Au Go Go in New York City in 1967 when Clapton was 22 and a member of Cream, but did not record together until 1997 when King collaborated with Clapton on the song "Rock Me Baby" for his duets album, Deuces Wild.
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 ...