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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 guitar ...
Jul 19, 2022 · Riley B. King was born on September 16, 1925 (he later changed his stage name to B.B., meaning "Blues Boy") to two plantation workers in Itta Bena, Mississippi.According to the Academy of Achievement, King's parents separated while the boy was only five, at which point his mother moved them to another town in the state, Kilmichael.
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May 16, 2015 · He was 31. Brad Barket/Getty Images. Blues legend B.B. King, who helped bring blues from the margins to the mainstream, died May 14 in Las Vegas, according to his daughter Patty King. Two weeks ...
May 15, 2015 · B.B. King, who toured the world year-round as the unrivaled ambassador of the blues, died after a decades-long battle with diabetes. Scott Harrison/Getty. B.B. King, the larger-than-life guitarist ...
May 15, 2015 · published 15 May 2015. Guitarist and singer BB King, known as the "King of the Blues" has died in Las Vegas aged 89, prompting tributes from fans, musicians and writers. The one-time farm hand was ...
May 15, 2015 · B.B. King and Lucille, in 2007 in Salisbury, Md. King died Thursday at his Las Vegas home at age 89. Now that the legendary bluesman B.B. King has died at 89, many prominent figures have weighed ...
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May 15, 2015 · BB King, the self-styled King of the Blues, was the great international proselytiser of a very specific musical form of which he came to be seen as the personification. For the last 45 years he ...
