B.B. King B.B. King is a popular Blues artist from United States, born on September 16, 1925. WikiData MusicBrainz Apple Music Spotify Last.fm Deezer Facebook 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. . Popular albums include "Indianola Mississippi Seeds", "Together for the First Time...Live", "Live In Cook County Jail", "Live At the Regal", "Blues On The Bayou", "Greatest Hits", "Best of B.B. King & Bobby Bland", "Deuces Wild", "In France: Live at The 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival", "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: B.B. King", "Completely Well" and "Singin' the Blues".
