RIP BB King (89)

Tom · May 15, 2015

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/15/entertainment/bb-king-dead/

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Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013

1999 Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (TV Movie)
The Bluesman

1999 Cow and Chicken (TV Series)
Blind Mudpuddle Johnson
- Cow and Chicken Blues/The Ballad of Cow and Chicken/I.M. Weasel: I.R. Good Salesman (1999) ... Blind Mudpuddle Johnson (voice)

1998 Blues Brothers 2000
Malvern Gasperon

1997 The Fearless Four
Fred (English version, voice, as B. B. King)

1995 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series)
Pappy
- Bourgie Sings the Blues (1995) ... Pappy

1991 Teech (TV Series)
Uncle Isaac
- Stool Daze (1991) ... Uncle Isaac

1991 Married with Children (TV Series)
Street Singer
- Look Who's Barking (1991) ... Street Singer

1990 The Cosby Show (TV Series)
Riley Jackson
- Not Everybody Loves the Blues (1990) ... Riley Jackson

1985 Spies Like Us
Ace Tomato Agent

1977 Give My Poor Heart Ease

1977 Sanford and Son (TV Series)
B.B. King
- Fred Sings the Blues (1977) ... B.B. King

B.B. King albums and discography | Last.fm

Itta Bena MS, United States (1925 – 2015)
B. B. King (b. September 16, 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi; died May 14, 2015 in Las Vegas) was a U.S. blues guitarist and songwriter. He is among the most respected electric guitarists; Rolling Stone magazine ranked him third in its list of the hundred greatest guitarists of all time.

Born as Riley B. King, he 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.

King’s first hit on the R&B charts was “Three o’Clock in the Morning” in 1951. He first found success outside the blues market with the 1968 remake of the Roy Hawkins tune, “The Thrill Is Gone”, which became a hit on both pop and R&B charts, a rare feat. King’s mainstream success continued throughout the 1970s with songs like “To Know You Is To Love You” and “I Like To Live The Love”. From 1951 to 1985, King appeared on Billboard’s R&B charts seventy-four times.

King continued to record until his 80’s, compilations of classic songs with other top artists, and new collaborative material with artists like Eric Clapton.

Further facts:
Early life

King was born in a cabin on a cotton plantation outside of Berclair, Mississippi, to Albert King and Nora Ella Farr on September 16, 1925. In 1930, his father left the family, and his mother married another man. King was raised by his maternal grandmother Elnora Farr in Kilmichael, Mississippi.