Blues
United States
B.B. King
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CittĆ natale
Itta Bena, MS, United States
Nato/a
September 16, 1925
Genere
Blues
Born in the Mississippi Delta, B.B. King learned about the blues from his great-grandmother, who had been enslaved. She told him, āSinging about your sadness unburdens your soul.ā
ā A local church leader taught him how to play his first chord progression on a Silvertone guitar that King dreamed of owning one day.
ā King earned the nickname Beale Street Blues Boyāor B.B. for shortāwhile working as a DJ and singer at Memphis radio station WDIA.
ā His breakthrough single, 1951ās āThree OāClock Blues,ā sparked a string of classics, including āEveryday I Have the Blues,ā āSweet Little Angel,ā and āYou Know I Love Youā (featuring Ike Turner on piano).
ā A tireless performer, King played an incredible 342 shows in 1956 and continued to perform more than 200 concerts a year until he was in his seventies.
ā He broadened his audience by playing rock clubs, supporting The Rolling Stones, and recording music with Big K.R.I.T., U2, Elton John, Ringo Starr, and Bonnie Raitt.
ā Beginning with his classic āThe Thrill Is Gone,ā King won 15 Grammy Awards, including honors for his 2000 collaboration with Eric Clapton, Riding With the King, and his final studio release, One Kind Favor.
ā King was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Influenze MusicaliLe influenze musicali di B.B. King includono Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, T-Bone Walker, Sonny Boy Williamson II e altro.
Influenzato da B.B. KingB.B. King ha influenzato la musica di Fleetwood Mac, Jimmy Page, ZZ Top e altro ancora.
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