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Biography
Riley B. King (born September 16, 1925), known by the stage name B.B. King, is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 6 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. According to Edward M. Komara, King "introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that would influence virtually every electric blues guitarist that followed." King has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Early life King was born in a small cabin on a cotton plantation outside of Berclair, Mississippi, to Albert King and Nora Ella Farr on September 16, 1925. In 1930, when King was four years old, his father abandoned the family, and his mother married another man. Because Nora Ella was too poor to raise her son, King was raised by his maternal grandmother Elnora Farr in Kilmichael, Mississippi. Over the years, King has developed one of the world's most identifiable guitar styles. He...
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Discography
- Indianola Mississippi Seeds, 1989
- Sweet Sixteen
- There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
- The Best of B.B. King
- Makin' Love Is Good for You
- Completely Well, 1969
- Everyday I Have The Blues, 1991
- B.B. King and His Orchestra Live, 2003
- My Kind of Blues: Crown Series, Volume 1, 2003
- High Profile
- Kansas City 1972, 1995
- His Best: The Electric B.B. King
- Confessin' the Blues
- Deuces Wild, 1997
- Timeless Classics, 2004
- I Like to Live the Love
- Spotlight On Lucille
- Midnight Believer, 1978
- Got My Mojo Working
- Sweet Little Angel
- Lucille Talks Back
- Friends
- One Kind Favor, 2008
- B.B. Boogie
- Riding With the King, 2000
- BB King Biography, 2005
- The Unexpected Instrumental
- His Best - The Electric B.B. King, 1968
- King of the Blues: 1989
- Reflections, 2003
- Six Silver Strings
- My Kind of Blues
- Blues, 1987
- Blues 'n' Jazz / Electric B.B. King
- How Blue Can You Get
- King Biscuit, 1998
- 80, 2005
- B.B. King (feat. Riley B. King)
- Golden Legends
- A Christmas Celebration of Hope
- B. B. King Wails, 1994
- Blues 'n' Jazz
- In London, 1971
- Lucille, 1968
- Blues Is King
- Rock Me Lord
- When Love Comes to Town
- The King of the Blues
- Back in the Alley
- The Soul of B.B. King
- Guess Who, 1972
- Black Blues Experience, 2007
- Live at the BBC, 2008
- Singin' the Blues, 1956
- Live and Well, 1987
- B.B. Boogie: 18 Greatest Hits From His Early Years
- Blues Summit, 1993
- Blues on Top of Blues
- On Stage
- More Treasures From the Vault
- All Over Again
- Take It Home
- King of the Blues Guitar
- Blues on the Bayou, 1998
- Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan, 1999
- The Blues, 2005
- Why I Sing the Blues, 1992
- Here and There: The Uncollected B.B. King
- Sings Spirituals, 2006
- Introducing B.B. King, 1987
- Everyday I Have the Blues, 1994
- Heart & Soul
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