LIFE AND TIMES OF B.B KING
One of the most acclaimed music legends globally is Mr. Riley B. King who we all know today as B.B. King.
TOP 61 B.B KING SONGS PLAYLIST [VIDEO]
Born on September 16, 1925, B. B. King who doubles as a highly influential American guitarist, singer, FAA certified pilot, Philanthropist, record producer, and songwriter who brought to the music scene a brand of guitar solo-play that not only influenced the Blues musical circle but other musical genres as well. B.B King is popularly referred to as 'King of the Blues.' B. B. King's exclusive grand style of string bending has influenced generations of guitarists, who blend his style of guitar play with other styles to achieve genius-like string sounds. Born in Berclair, Mississippi on a cotton plantation and grew up as a worker on other cotton plantations, B. B. King was greatly influenced to tow the path of music in the church where his learned to play the guitar and also performed before hitting the road to perform openly at joints and on the local radio.
The - King of the Blues - as he is popularly called, during the course of his very active musical career worked very hard and rather tirelessly with appearances at over 200 musical concerts a year and it is on record that in the year 1956, King played 342 musical shows.
With over 50 awards and accolades to his name the great legend, B. B. King, recorded his first songs under RPM Records in 1949 and somewhere around the 1950s put together his own musical band called the 'B. B. King Review' which set out by touring most states south of the U.S.A.
Ranked among the 100 guitarists of all time, King, in 1963 became a certified FAA private pilot.
Delving into the legend's personal life, King had been through two failed marriages which did not produce any children but had through the course of his life fathered over 15 children from different other women, all of whom he accepted, and took very good care of by setting up trust-funds in their names.
King, who was diabetic began to suffer from diabetes, cardiac-related and high blood pressure complications in and around 2014, which culminated in his peaceful death at age 89 on May 14, 2015.
Below is a collection of the music legend, B. B. King's studio albums:
- Singin' the Blues - 1956
- The Blues - 1958
- B.B. King Wails - 1959
- King of the Blues - 1960
- Sings Spirituals - 1960
- The Great B.B. King - 1960
- My Kind of Blues - 1961
- Blues For Me - 1961
- Blues in My Heart - 1962
- Easy Listening Blues - 1962
- B.B. King - 1963
- Mr. Blues - 1963
- Confessin' the Blues - 1966
- Blues on Top of Blues - 1968
- Lucille - 1968
- Live & Well - 1969
- Completely Well - 1969
- Indianola Mississippi Seeds - 1970
- B.B. King in London - 1971
- L.A. Midnight - 1972
- Guess Who - 1972
- To Know You Is to Love You - 1973
- Friends - 1974
- Lucille Talks Back - 1975
- King Size - 1977
- Midnight Believer - 1978
- There Must Be a Better World Somewhere - 1981
- Love Me Tender - 1982
- Blues 'N' Jazz - 1983
- Six Silver Strings - 1985
- King of the Blues: 1989 - 1988
- There Is Always One More Time - 1991
- Blues Summit - 1993
- Lucille & Friends - 1995
- Deuces Wild - 1997
- Blues on the Bayou - 1998
- Makin' Love Is Good for You - 2000
- Riding with the King (with Eric Clapton) - 2000
- A Christmas Celebration of Hope - 2001
- Reflections - 2003
- B.B. King & Friends - 2005
- One Kind Favor - 2008
