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The Best of B.B. King: ABC Records ABCX-767 1981 Great Moments With B.B. King (2 x LP) MCA Records MCA2-4124 1983 Why I Sing the Blues: MCA Special Products MCAD-20256 1986 Ambassador of The Blues (UK/Europe only) Crown Records GEM-001 1987 You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now: Kent Records KLP-2004 1992 King of the Blues (4-CD box set)
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.
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.
It is a tribute album to jazz saxophonist and singer Louis Jordan, and is made up entirely of covers of songs written or performed by Jordan. The album was released in 1999 on MCA Records. [1] [2] As well as King, the album features other jazz and blues musicians including Dr. John, Earl Palmer and members of Ray Charles' band.
Singin' the Blues is the first LP album by American bluesman B.B. King, released in 1957 by the Bihari brothers on their Crown budget label. [1] It is a compilation album whose songs were issued between 1951 and 1956 on singles by RPM Records and most had reached the Top 10 on Billboard's Race/R&B singles charts. [2]
"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]
It should only contain pages that are B. B. King songs or lists of B. B. King songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about B. B. King songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
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.