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May 26, 2016 · King was 89 when he succumbed to congestive heart failure in his Las Vegas home and died peacefully in his sleep on May 14, 2015. The year since then has been decidedly less peaceful. While ...
May 26, 2016 · B.B. King. The crooner of “The Thrill Is Gone” and “Sweet Sixteen” transformed American music, inspiring such rockers as Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson and Buddy Guy. King was 89 when he ...
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Website. bbking.com. 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 blues electric ...
May 26, 2016 · 05/26/2016. B.B. King’s Estate War: 15 Kids, 15 Moms and a ‘Totally Haywire’ Fight. When bluesman B.B. King died last year, he bequeathed to the world a body of work spanning six decades ...
- He couldn’t sing The Blues. As a child, B.B. was forbidden by his mother to sing the blues, which she called the Devil’s music, even though her cousin was renown bluesman, Bukka White.
- He learned to dress for success from his Bluesman mentor. “If you want to be a good blues singer,” Bukka told B.B., “people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.”
- They reunited on stage in New Orleans. Over 30 years after he crashed at his cousin’s Memphis house to pursue music, the two shared the stage for a rousing setlist at the 1973 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, (Jazzfest).
- His favorite singer was Ol’ Blue Eyes. Although his original guitar style is influenced by Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bukka White and others, B.B. King’s favorite singer is Frank Sinatra.
May 21, 2015 · Riley B. King was born on September 19th, 1925 in Berclair, Mississippi, a small unincorporated community in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. In other words, the child we would later call B.B. was born black at the height of Jim Crow, inside of the poorest (and, arguably, most overtly racist) state in the country, and grew up there during ...
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Feb 2, 2016 · S30 Ep2: B.B. King: The Life of Riley. Timeline. February 2, 2016. Blues musician B.B. King released over 50 albums in his lifetime. With 15 Grammy Awards, the legendary guitarist holds the record ...
