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Learn A Little About -
B.B. King -  American singer-songwriter

Riley B. King (born September 16, 1925), known by the stage name
B.B. King, is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.

Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No.3 on its list of the 100
greatest guitarists of all time. According to Edward M. Komara, King
"introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string
bending and shimmering vibrato that would influence virtually every
electric blues guitarist that followed.” King has been inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. King is widely regarded as one of the
most influential blues guitarists of all time, inspiring countless other
electric blues and blues-rock guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric
Clapton, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Peter Green, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

King was born in a small cabin on a cotton plantation outside of Berclair,
near Indianola, Mississippi, to Albert King and Nora Ella Farr on
September 16, 1925. King grew up singing in the gospel choir at Elkhorn
Baptist Church in Kilmichael. At age 12, he purchased his first guitar for
$15.00

Later, King worked at the local R&B radio station WDIA as a singer and disc jockey, where he gained the
nickname "Beale Street Blues Boy", later shortened to "B.B." It was there that he first met T-Bone Walker.
"Once I'd heard him for the first time, I knew I'd have to have [an electric guitar] myself.’Had' to have one,
short of stealing!"

                                                                    King assembled a band; the B.B. King Review, under the leadership of
                                                                    Millard Lee. This was followed by tours across the USA with
                                                                    performances in major theaters in cities such as Washington, D.C.,
                                                                    Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit and St. Louis.

                                                                    In the winter of 1949, King played at a dance hall in Twist, Arkansas. In
                                                                    order to heat the hall, a barrel half-filled with kerosene was lit, a fairly
                                                                    common practice at the time. During a performance, two men began
                                                                    to fight, knocking over the burning barrel and sending burning fuel
                                                                    across the floor. The hall burst into flames, which triggered an
                                                                    evacuation. Once outside, King realized that he had left his guitar
                                                                    inside the burning building. He entered the blaze to retrieve his
                                                                    beloved $30 guitar, a Gibson semi-hollow electric. Two people died in
                                                                    the fire.
                                   
                                                                    The next day, King learned that the two men were fighting over a
                                                                    woman named Lucille. King named that first guitar Lucille, as well as
                                                                    everyone he owned since that near-fatal experience, as a reminder
                                                                    never again to do something as stupid as run into a burning building
                                                                    or fight over women.

King has been married twice, to Martha Lee Denton, 1946 to 1952, and to Sue Carol Hall, 1958 to 1966. Both
marriages ended because of the heavy demands made on the marriage by King's 250 performances a year.
It is reported that he has fathered 15 children. He has lived with Type II diabetes for over twenty years and is
a high-profile spokesman in the fight against the disease, appearing in advertisements for diabetes-
management products along with American Idol season 9 contestant Crystal Bowersox.

King was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980. In 2004 he was awarded the international Polar Music
Prize, given to artists "in recognition of exceptional achievements in the creation and advancement of
music."

From the 1980s onward he has continued to maintain a highly visible and active career, appearing on
numerous television shows and performing 300 nights a year. Over a period of 62 years, B.B. King has
played in excess of 15,000 performances.
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