B.B. King | Biography, Songs, Real Name, Lucille, & Facts
5 days ago · B.B. King (born September 16, 1925, near Itta Bena, Mississippi, U.S.—died May 14, 2015, Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American guitarist and singer who was a principal figure in …
B.B. King Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline
B.B. King was an American singer and guitarist, counted amongst the greatest guitarists of all time. Regarded as one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, he was often called …
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone, Guitar & Family - Biography
Apr 2, 2014 · A singer and guitarist born into a sharecropping family on September 16, 1925, in Itta Bena, Mississippi, King became one of the best-known blues performers, an important …
B. B. King - Wikipedia
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.
B. B. King's Biography - The HistoryMakers
Oct 24, 2003 · Biography. B.B. King was born Riley B. King in Itta Bena, Mississippi on September 16, 1925. His parents, Nora Ella and Albert L. King were sharecroppers on a …
B.B. King is as alive as the music he plays, and a grateful world can’t get enough of him. For more than half a century, Riley B. King – better known as B.B. King – has defined the blues
B.B. King | Academy of Achievement
May 14, 2015 · The undisputed monarch of the blues guitar, B.B. King was born on a cotton plantation in the Mississippi Delta. As a child he learned the rudiments of his instrument from …
B.B. King: A look at his life and musical legacy
May 21, 2015 · As a founding father of the electric blues, B.B. King has left fingerprints all over the landscape of American popular music.
B.B. King - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Riley “B. B.” King has often been called the King of the Blues, but given his wide-ranging and long-lasting influence, he might more accurately be described as the blues’ lifetime ambassador.
B.B. King - The Official Jimi Hendrix Site
Apr 26, 2024 · Riley quickly became “The Beale Street Blues Boy”, later shortened to Blues Boy King and then almost naturally, he became known, simply as, B.B. King.
- Some results have been removed