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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 electric guitar blues players.
Jowers and other unknown co-conspirators, was an American wrongful death lawsuit brought to trial by the family of Martin Luther King Jr. against Loyd Jowers. The family filed the lawsuit after Jowers admitted in an interview on PrimeTime Live that he had been part of a conspiracy to assassinate the civil rights leader in 1968.
In 1970, he released an Elvis Presley tribute album, Albert King Does the King's Things. It was a collection of Presley's 1950s hits reworked and re-imagined in King's musical style, although critics felt the results were mixed. On June 6, 1970, King joined The Doors on stage at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada.
King being comforted by her mother at her father's funeral, in a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph. Bernice Albertine King was born on March 28, 1963, in Atlanta, Georgia.. The day after she was born, her father had to leave for Birmingham, Alabama, but he rushed back when it was time for Bernice and her mother, Coretta, to leave the hospi
Regina King. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Two years after her son Ian Alexander Jr.‘s death, Regina King spoke out for the first time about navigating grief. “When a parent loses a child, you ...
Gayle King (C) with her children, Kirby Bumpus (L) and William Bumpus, Jr. attend the 2019 Time 100 Gala at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2019 in New York City.
The late Larry King's wife, Shawn King, is opening up about how she said goodbye to the legendary television and radio host. Shawn spoke to Entertainment Tonight, airing on Wednesday, and shared ...
A Gibson Lucille model semi-acoustic guitar, unique for having no f-holes. Lucille is the name American blues musician B. B. King (1925–2015) gave to his guitars. They were usually black Gibson guitars similar to the ES-330 or ES-355, and Gibson introduced a B.B. King custom model in 1980, based upon the latter.