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B. B. King
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (–)
Musical artist
Riley B. King (September 16, – May 14, ), 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 staccatopicking that influenced many later electric gitarr blues players.[9][10]AllMusic recognized King as "the single most important electric guitarist of the gods half of the 20th century".[10]
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B.B. King
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| Birth name | Riley B. King |
| Born | ()September 16, Indianola, Mississippi, US |
| Died | May 14, () (aged&#;89) Las Vegas, Nevada, US |
| Genres | Blues |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | – |
| Labels | Geffen/Interscope/Universal, Bullet Records, RPM Records, Crown, ABC, MCA, Reprise/Warner Bros., Virgin/EMI |
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B.B. King (born Riley B. King; September 16, – May 14, ) was an Americanbluesguitarist and singer-songwriter. Rolling Stone magazine said that King was the third "Greatest Guitarist of All Time" in [1]
Early life
[change | change source]He was born in Indianola, Mississippi. His father left the family and his mother was too poor to raise him, and so he came to his grandmother, Elnora Farr, in Kilmichael, Mississippi. There he sang in the gospel choir at Elkhorn Baptist Church. At the age of 15 he bought his first guitar. His idols were T-Bone Walker, but als
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Riley B. King, better known by his stage name B B King was a blues singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer from the United States. Many following blues electric guitar players were influenced by his sophisticated style of soloing, which included fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato, and staccato picking. King was dubbed "the single most important electric guitarist of the final half of the twentieth century" by AllMusic.
BB King Early Life
Riley B. King was born on the Berclair cotton plantation near Itta Bena, Mississippi, on September 16, , to sharecroppers Albert and Nora Ella King. He believed Indianola, Mississippi, to be his hometown. In BB King early life (four year old), his mother left him for another man, he was reared by his maternal grandmother, Elnora Farr, in Kilmichael, Mississippi.
King sang in the gospel choir at Elkhorn Baptist Church in Kilmichael when he was younger. Because of its music, King was drawn to the Pent