B. B. King

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Riley Benjamin King (rođen 16. septembra 1925. Berclair, država Mississippi, 15. maj 2015. Las Vegas država Nevada), poznat po umjetničkom imenu BB King, je američki blues gitarista, pjevač i tekstopisac hvaljen zbog svog osječajnog pjevanja i sviranja na gitari.

Kritike i rasprostranjena popularnost su zacementirale njegovu reputaciju vjerovatno kao najpoštovanijeg i najuspješnijeg blues muzičara, ne samo u Sjedinjenim Državama, nego i u svijetu. Časopis Rolling Stone ga je rangirao na 3. mjesto na popisu "100 najvećih gitarista svih vremena." B.B. King je bio oženjen dva puta, sa Martha-om Lee Denton, 1946.-1952., te sa Sue Carol Hall, 1958.-1966. Oba braka su završila razvodom najvjerovatnije zbog njegovih 250 nastupa godišnje. Otac je 15. djece.

Albumi

Year	Album	Certifikati
1957	Singin' the Blues (Crown Records)
1958	The Blues (Crown Records)
1961	My Kind of Blues
1962	Mr. Blues
1965	Live at the Regal (live)
1966	Confessin' the Blues
1967	Blues Is King
	The Jungle
1968	Blues on Top of Blues
	Lucille
	The Kings' Jam (Live Bootleg) (w/Jimi Hendrix Live From the Generation Club, NY)
1969	Live & Well
	Completely Well
1970	Indianola Mississippi Seeds
1971	Live in Cook County Jail
	B. B. King in London
1972	Guess Who
	L.A. Midnight
1973	To Know You Is To Love You
1974	Together for the First Time (With Bobby 'Blue' Bland)	Gold
1975	Lucille Talks Back
1976	Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live
1977	King Size
1978	Midnight Believer
1979	Take It Home
1980	Now Appearing at Ole Miss (live)
1981	There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
1982	Love Me Tender
1983	Why I Sing the Blues
1985	Six Silver Strings
1990	B. B. King and Sons Live (live)
1991	Live at San Quentin
	Live at the Apollo (live)
	There is Always One More Time
	Bacon Double Cheeseburger
1992	King of the Blues
1995	Lucille & Friends
1997	Deuces Wild	Gold
1997	Best of King	Platinum
1998	Blues on the Bayou
1999	Live in Japan
	Let the Good Times Roll
2000	Riding with the King	2x Multi-Platinum
	Makin' Love Is Good for You
2003	Reflections
2005	The Ultimate Collection
	B. B. King & Friends: 80
2007	The Best of the Early Years
2007	Forever Gold: B. B. King Live
2008	Live
2008	One Kind Favor
2009	Live At The BBC

Vanjski linkovi

• B. B. King's Blues Clubs
• Official B. B. King-website
• The official signature B. B. King guitar, by Gibson
• World Blues-One of the oldest B. B. King websites on the net
• B. B. King UK Fan Site
• B. B. King na IMDb-ju
• 1980 Blues Foundation Hall of Fame induction
• B. B. King biographer Charlie Sawyer writes about returning to the Delta and a "charette" on the B. B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Mississippi.
• B. B. King's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project