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| - B.B. King (born Riley B. King, September 16, 1925 - May 14, 2015) was an American blues musician, singer/songwriter, and guitarist. He is known as "The King of the Blues" and one of the "three kings" of blues guitar (along with Albert King and Freddie King). King's career has influenced many in the blues and rock genres, with songs such as "The Thrill is Gone", "How Blue Can You Get", "Rock Me Baby", "Worried Life Blues", and "Sweet Little Angel". He has also collaborated with musical acts such as Bobby Bland, Eric Clapton, and U2.
- Riley B. King (born September 16, 1925 - died May 14, 2015), known by the stage name B.B. King, is an American blues musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 6 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time (previously ranked No. 3 in the 2003 edition of the same list), and he was ranked No. 17 in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". On May 14, 2015, King passed away at the age of 89.
- Riley B. King (born September 16, 1925), known by the stage name B.B. King, is an American blues musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 6 on its 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time (previously ranked No. 3 in the 2003 edition of the same list), and he was ranked No. 17 in Gibson's "Top 50 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 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. King was also inducted into 2014 class of the R&B Music Hall of Fame. He is considered one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, ea
- Like Peel, B.B. King worked as a DJ and changed his name, working on a radio station in Memphis while also becoming well-known as a performer under his radio name. However, by the time Peel arrived in the US, King had become a full-time travelling musician and bandleader, and was enjoying some commercial success with black American record-buyers. When Peel returned to Britain, as a fan of blues and its associated genres, he would often play tracks from blues musicians, including B.B. King, and recommended a collection of King's earlier work in his column in issue 53 of International Times:
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| - Riley B. King (born September 16, 1925), known by the stage name B.B. King, is an American blues musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 6 on its 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time (previously ranked No. 3 in the 2003 edition of the same list), and he was ranked No. 17 in Gibson's "Top 50 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 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. King was also inducted into 2014 class of the R&B Music Hall of Fame. He is considered one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname "The King of Blues", and one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with Albert King and Freddie King). King is also known for performing tirelessly throughout his musical career, appearing at 250-300 concerts per year until his seventies. In 1956 it was noted that he appeared at 342 shows. King continues to appear at 100 shows a year. Over the years, King has developed one of the world's most identifiable guitar styles. He borrowed from Blind Lemon Jefferson, T-Bone Walker and others, integrating his precise and complex vocal-like string bends and his left hand vibrato, both of which have become indispensable components of rock guitarists' vocabulary. His economy and phrasing has been a model for thousands of players. King has mixed blues, jazz, swing, mainstream pop and jump into a unique sound. In King's words, "When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille."
- B.B. King (born Riley B. King, September 16, 1925 - May 14, 2015) was an American blues musician, singer/songwriter, and guitarist. He is known as "The King of the Blues" and one of the "three kings" of blues guitar (along with Albert King and Freddie King). King's career has influenced many in the blues and rock genres, with songs such as "The Thrill is Gone", "How Blue Can You Get", "Rock Me Baby", "Worried Life Blues", and "Sweet Little Angel". He has also collaborated with musical acts such as Bobby Bland, Eric Clapton, and U2. King notably appeared in The Blues Brothers 2000 as Malvern Gasperone of The Louisiana Gator Boys, a blues supergroup which also included Lou Rawls, among others. His other movie and television appearances include Sanford and Son, Spies Like Us, U2: Rattle and Hum, The Cosby Show, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Cow and Chicken. He performed on the soundtrack for Into the Night. King made appearances on the albums The Simpsons Sing the Blues, where he provided guitar on the Albert King cover "Born Under a Bad Sign", which was sung by Homer Simpson, and the Peanuts album Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown, where he performed "Joe Cool".
- Like Peel, B.B. King worked as a DJ and changed his name, working on a radio station in Memphis while also becoming well-known as a performer under his radio name. However, by the time Peel arrived in the US, King had become a full-time travelling musician and bandleader, and was enjoying some commercial success with black American record-buyers. When Peel returned to Britain, as a fan of blues and its associated genres, he would often play tracks from blues musicians, including B.B. King, and recommended a collection of King's earlier work in his column in issue 53 of International Times: Blue Horizon have recently obtained the rights to all the B.B. King material on Kent. However, if you're anxious to equip yourself with most of the best things he's done, then search for "From The Beginning" (Kent KST 533), two LPs with 24 really excellent blues goodies. However, I expect Blue Horizon will release them all as soon as they can..... The artist received substantial airplay by Peel during the blues boom of the late 60's, but by the time of the 70's and beyond, the DJ seemed to rarely play King's material, according to available playlists. In an interview with John Walters on Peeling Back The Years, who interviewed B.B King for a special Arena programme about Blues music on BBC2 in 1985, Peel claimed that he found Eric Clapton's music, which was influenced by B.B. King, as a whole better to listen to than the blues musician: "In the same way that years later, listening to Eric Clapton, people would say, “Well, of course Eric Clapton is very well, quite skilled for a boy, and he’s white and so forth, but at the same time what you really want to hear is BB King.” So I went and listened to BB King and I thought, again, on the whole I rather prefer Eric Clapton" It is likely, too that Peel found B.B. King's music a bit too smooth for his tastes. Although it was popular with black audiences, it was sometimes closer to post-World War Two R&B and 1940s jazz than the rootsier blues styles of Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Howlin' Wolf or Elmore James, who were featured more often in his playlists and influenced the British blues artists played on his shows. And when B.B. King had become known to the mainstream US public, from the 1970s on, he began to collaborate with artists who were not always Peel favourites - among them U2
- Riley B. King (born September 16, 1925 - died May 14, 2015), known by the stage name B.B. King, is an American blues musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 6 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time (previously ranked No. 3 in the 2003 edition of the same list), and he was ranked No. 17 in Gibson's "Top 50 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." B.B. was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He is considered one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname "The King of Blues", and one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with Albert King and Freddie King). B.B. King is also known for performing tirelessly throughout his musical career appearing at 250-300 concerts per year until his seventies. In 1956 it was noted that he appeared at 342 shows, and still at the age of 87 King appeared at 100 shows a year. Over the years, B.B. has developed one of the world's most identifiable guitar styles. He borrowed from Blind Lemon Jefferson, T-Bone Walker and others, integrating his precise and complex vocal-like string bends and his left hand vibrato, both of which have become indispensable components of rock guitarists' vocabulary. His economy and phrasing has been a model for thousands of players, from Eric Clapton and George Harrison, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. King has mixed Blues, Jazz, Swing, mainstream pop and jump blues into a unique sound. In King's words, "When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille." On May 14, 2015, King passed away at the age of 89.
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