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B.B. King is tagged as: blues, guitar, jazz, blues rock, classic rock

Riley B. King aka B. B. King (born September 16th, 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi) is a well known American blues guitarist and songwriter. He is among the most respected electric guitarists; Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No.3 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
One of King’s trademarks is naming his guitar (Gibson ES335) “Lucille”. In the 1950s in a bar in Twist, Arkansas two men got into a fight, accidentally knocking over a bucket of burning kerosene (used for heating) and setting the establishment on fire. Risking his life, B.B. King ran back into the collapsing building to retrieve his guitar. King later found out that the two men had been fighting over a woman named Lucille. He named his guitar after her to remind himself never to do something so stupid again.
King began broadcasting his music live on a Memphis radio station called WDIA. At first, he used the name The Peptikon Boy on air, which later was changed to The Beale Street Blues Boy, and then further shortened to just Blues Boy or B.B.
His first hit on the r&b charts was “Three O’Clock in the Morning” in 1951. King became one of the most influential electric guitarists in history, one example being a young Eric Clapton citing B.B. as his bi...
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Top 10 B.B. King Songs
The Thrill Is Gone
Paying The Cost To Be The Boss
Please Love Me
Ain't Nobody Home
Sweet Little Angel
How Blue Can You Get?
You Upset Me Baby
How Blue Can You Get
Sweet Sixteen
Why I Sing The Blues
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Top 10 B.B. King Albums
King of the Blues Guitar
Anthology (disc 1)
The Blues Anthology
King Of The Blues
Deuces Wild
How Blue Can You Get
Blues On The Bayou
Live At The Regal
One Kind Favor
King of the Blues (disc 1)
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