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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.
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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.
To Know You Is to Love You is an electric blues album by B. B. King, released in 1973. Produced by Dave Crawford in Philadelphia, it includes the participation of Stevie Wonder , the Memphis Horns , and members of MFSB , the house band for Philadelphia International Records in the early and mid-1970s.
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A staff review by AllMusic commented: . By 1967, King had refined his singing and guitar style to a fine point. What was just beginning to emerge during this period was King the showman, the singer with a story to tell his audience and nowhere was this more apparent than in his live performances.
Blues on Top of Blues is the fourteenth studio album by B.B. King, released in 1968 on BluesWay BLS-6011. The album reached a peak position of number 46 on Billboard 's R&B Albums chart. [ 4 ]