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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.
B. B. King (1925–2015) was an American blues musician whose recording career spanned 1949–2008. As with other blues contemporaries, King's material was primarily released on singles until the late 1950s–early 1960s, when long playing record albums became more popular.
The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center opened on September 13, 2008. The museum features a restored brick cotton gin building where B.B. King worked in the 1940s. The museum also contains an extensive collection of artifacts owned by King and displays exhibits about his life and the lives of other musicians of the delta region and ...
Although King was born on a plantation between two smaller towns, Itta Bena and Berclair, which are actually closer to Greenwood, King has always considered Indianola his hometown. [ 2 ] The album package — which was itself recognized with a Grammy — includes what appears to be a copy of B. B. King's birth certificate with official ...
King is mom to daughter Kirby, 38, and son Will, 37, with her ex-husband, William Bumpus, Sr.King and Bumpus were married from 1982 to 1993. Meanwhile, Winfrey is more than just King's best friend ...
The Summer I Turned Pretty’s Gavin Casalegno is a married man! The actor, 25, announced his nuptials to Cheyanne King via Instagram on Tuesday, November 12, by sharing pictures from their ...
Gayle King will soon have a new daughter-in-law, and she has Oprah Winfrey to thank for helping her pull off the proposal. On Monday, the 69-year-old CBS Mornings anchor shared on Instagram that ...
B. B. King & Friends: 80 is the forty-first album by B.B. King, released in 2005. Recorded in several studios, it celebrates King's 80th birthday and features duets with a variety of musicians. Recorded in several studios, it celebrates King's 80th birthday and features duets with a variety of musicians.