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KING B.B.
(voc,g)

Personal Data:

Born:	16.09.1925	(Itta Bena, Mississippi, USA, as Riley King)
Died:	14.05.2015	(diabetes)

Appearances:

cca 1954

Sonny Boy Williamson

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Three O'Clock Blues	1949
2.	1949-50	1952
3.	Singin' The Blues	1958	Crown
4.	The Blues	1958	Crown
5.	B.B. King Wails	1959	Crown
6.	B.B. King Sings Spirituals	1960	Crown
7.	The Great B.B. King & His Orchestra	1960	Crown
8.	Sweet Sixteen	2/1960	Crown
9.	King Of The Blues	8/1960	Crown
10.	My Kind Of Blues	1/1961	Crown
11.	More B.B. King	7/1961	Crown
12.	Twist With B.B. King	11/1961	Crown
13.	I Love You So	1962	United
14.	Blues For Me	1962	Crown
15.	Blues In My Heart	1962	Crown
16.	Rock Me Baby	1962	Kent
17.	Let Me Love You	1962	Kent
18.	Heart Full Of Blues	1962	United
19.	Easy Listening Blues	2/1962	Crown
20.	Live	1963	Kent
21.	B.B. King	1963
22.	Swing Low	1963	United
23.	Mr. Blues	1963	ABC Paramount
24.	Pure Soul	1964	Kent
25.	Live At The Regal	7/1965	ABC Paramount		96	56
26.	9 x 9.5	1966	United
27.	Soul Of B.B. King	1966	United
28.	Confessin' The Blues	3/1966	ABC Paramount
29.	The Jungle	12/1966	Kent
30.	Underground Blues	1967	Kent
31.	Boss Of The Blues	1967	Kent
32.	From The Beginning (2LP)	1967	Kent
33.	Blues Is King	1/1967	ABC
34.	R&B Soul	1967	Crown Ember
35.	Blues On Top Of The Blues	7/1967	Bluesway
36.	Turn On With B.B. King	1968	Kent
37.	The B.B. King Story	1968	Blue Horizon
38.	The Incredible Soul Of B.B. King	1968	Kent
39.	Greatest Hits Vol. 1	1968	Kent
40.	His Best: The Electric B.B. King	1968
41.	Lucille	10/1968	Bluesway
42.	Doing My Thing Lord	1969	Kent
43.	The Original Sweet 16	1969	Kent
44.	B.B. King Live	1969	Kent
45.	Better Than Ever	1969	Kent
46.	The B.B. King Story, Chapter Two	1969	Blue Horizon
47.	Feeling They Call The Blues Vol 1 & 2 (2LP)	1969	Trio
48.	Anthology of the Blues: B.B. King	1969
49.	The Electric B.B. King	3/1969	Bluesway
50.	Live And Well	6/1969	Bluesway			56
51.	Completely Well	12/1969	Bluesway			38
52.	On Stage Live	1970	Kent
53.	The Soul Of B.B. King	1970	Kent
54.	Indianola Mississippi Seeds	10/1970	ABC			26
55.	Live In Japan	1971
56.	Live In Cook County Jail	2/1971	ABC			25
57.	Take A Swing With Me	6/1971	Blue Horizon
58.	B.B. King In London	26.11.1971	Probe			57
59.	L.A. Midnight	2/1972	ABC			53
60.	Guess Who	8/1972	ABC			65
61.	Back In The Alley produced by: Bob Thiele/Johnny Pate/Lee Zito	1973	Bluesway
62.	The Best Of B.B. King produced by: Ed Michel/Bill Szymczyk/Joe Zagarino	2/1973	ABC
63.	To Know You Is To Love You	8/1973	ABC			71
64.	B.B. King Volume 1	1974	New World
65.	B.B. King Volume 2	1974	New World
66.	Greatest Hits	1974	ABC
67.	Friends	8/1974	ABC
68.	Together For The First Time ... Live & Bobby Bland (2LP) produced by: Steve Barri	10/1974	ABC			43
69.	Lucille Talks Back	10/1975	ABC
70.	B.B. King Anthology	1976	ABC
71.	Together Again ... Live & Bobby Bland, prod. Esmond Edwards	7/1976	ABC			73
72.	Classic Revisited	1977	ABC
73.	The Electric B.B. King	1977	ABC
74.	Kingsize	2/1977	ABC
75.	Midnight Believer	4/1978	ABC
76.	Take It Home	10.08.1979	MCA		60
77.	Now Appearing At O'Mississippi (2LP)	4/1980	MCA
78.	The Best Of B.B. King	1981	Ace
79.	Great Moments with B.B. King	1981
80.	There Must Be A Better World Somewhere produced by: Mac Rebennack	2/1981	MCA
81.	Memphis Masters	1982	Ace
82.	Love Me Tender	4/1982	MCA
83.	Royal Jam & The Crusaders & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2LP)	18.06.1982	MCA
84.	Blues'n'Jazz	6/1983	MCA
85.	The Best Of Memphis Masters	1/1985	Ace
86.	King Of The Blues Guitar	1985	Ace
87.	Collection: 20 Blues Greats	1985	Deja Vu
88.	Six Silver Strings	9/1985	MCA
89.	20 Blues Greats	11/1985	Deja Vu
90.	Ambassador Of The Blues	2/1986	Crown
91.	Completely Live & Well	1986	Charly
92.	Live & Pat Metheny & Dave Brubeck & Heath Brothers	1/1987	Kingdom Jazz
93.	The Best Of B.B. King, Vol. 2	1987	Ace
94.	Blues Is King	1987	See For Miles
95.	Greatest Hits: B.B. King	1987	Lotus
96.	One Nighter Blues	4/1987	Ace
97.	The Rarest B.B. King	8/1987	Blues Boy
98.	Introducing B.B. King	11/1987	MCA
99.	Across The Tracks	1988	Ace
100.	His Best - The Electric B.B. King produced by: Quincy Jones/Johnny Pate	1988	Beat Goes On
101.	B.B. King Story, Vol. 1	1988	Joker
102.	B.B. King Story, Vol. 2	1988	Joker
103.	Do the Boogie! B.B. King's Early '50s Classics	1988	Flair
104.	Greatest Hits	1988	Music Power
105.	King Of The Blues 1989	14.11.1988	MCA
106.	Ain't Nobody Home	1989
107.	Live In Cook's County	1989
108.	Got My Mojo Working	1989	Universal
109.	Do The Boogie	1989	Ace
110.	Lucille Had A Baby	8/1989	Ace
111.	B.B.'s Boogie	10/1989	Blue Moon
112.	Live At San Quentin	9/1990	MCA
113.	Best Of B.B. King	17.10.1990	MCA
114.	16 Original Big HIts	17.10.1990
115.	Classic Revisited	1991	MCA
116.	Spotlight On Lucille	1991	Ace
117.	Live At The Apollo	6/1991	GRP
118.	The Fabulous B.B. King	8/1991	Ace
119.	There Is Always One More Time produced by: Stewart Levine	10/1991	MCA
120.	The Best Of B.B. King Volume One	11/1991	Flair/Virgin
121.	Why I Sing The Blues	1992	MCA
122.	Heart & Soul - A Collection Of Blues Ballads	1992	Pointblank
123.	My Sweet Little Angel	7/1992	Ace
124.	King Of The Blues (4CD box set)	11/1992	MCA
125.	I Just Sing The Blues	23.02.1993	Kent
126.	You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now	23.02.1993	Kent
127.	Unexpected: Just Guitar	23.02.1993	Kent
128.	The Gold Collection	4/1993	Sixteen
129.	Live At Newport	06.04.1993	Quicksilver
130.	Blues Summit produced by: Dennis Walker/Denny Diante	7/1993	MCA/BMG			182
131.	Heart To Heart & Diane Schuur	1994	GRP/BMG
132.	Everyday I Have the Blues	1994	Eclipse
133.	Best Of B.B. King	1994	cema
134.	How Blue Can You Get? (2CD)	3/1994	Nectar
135.	How Blue: Best Of B.B. King	12.03.1994	Alex
136.	Greatest Hits 1951-1960	8/1994	Connoisseur
137.	The Collection	13.10.1994	Castle
138.	King Of The Blues	11/1994	Pickwick
139.	Kansas City 1972	06.12.1994	Charly
140.	Swing Low Sweet Chariot	14.07.1995	Prime Cuts
141.	How Blue Can You Get	14.07.1995	Prime Cuts
142.	Greatest Hits 1951 To 1960	11.08.1995	Alex
143.	The Definitive Collection	10/1995	MCA/BMG
144.	Catfish Blues	21.11.1995	Drive
145.	B.B. King & Friends	01.12.1995	Allegro
146.	The Early Blues Boy Years Volume 1: 1949-51	12/1995	Opal
147.	The Early Blues Boy Years Volume 2: 1952-54	12/1995	Opal
148.	Favorite Gospel Hymns	01.01.1996	King
149.	A Blues Night	01.01.1996	Hollywood
150.	Collection	14.02.1996	Boxsets
151.	Classics	23.02.1996	Intercontinental
152.	How Blue Can You Get? Classic Live Performances 1964 to 1994	18.06.1996	MCA
153.	Treasures From The Vault	04.02.1997	Jewel
154.	Very Best of B.B. King, Vol. 1	18.02.1997	Leader Music
155.	Paying The Cost To Be The Boss	25.03.1997	Laserlight
156.	Collector's Edition	26.03.1997	Intercontinental
157.	Original Blues Masters	15.07.1997	Boxsets
158.	Blues Collection	19.08.1997	Galaxy
159.	Deuces Wild	04.11.1997	MCA			73
160.	Revue Collection	11.11.1997	Revue
161.	Back 2 Back & John Lee Hooker	1998	Excelsior
162.	King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents B.B. King	28.04.1998	King Biscuit
163.	Greatest Hits	25.08.1998	MCA
164.	Noche De Flamenco Y Blues & Raimundo Amador	9/1998	Universal Music
165.	B.B.'s Boogie	15.09.1998	Mastertone
166.	Blues On The Bayou	19.10.1998	BMG			186
167.	Twin Best	02.12.1998	MCA
168.	Collection	09.02.1999	Madacy
169.	Thrill Is Gone & His Orchestra	15.02.1999	Jazz Hour
170.	Best	25.02.1999	Digimode Entertainment
171.	The Best Of B.B. King: 20th Century Masters produced by: Andy McKaie/Ira Newborn	23.03.1999	MCA			145
172.	The RPM Hits 1951-1957	29.03.1999	Ace
173.	His Definitive Greatest Hits	4/1999	Polygram		24
174.	Forever Gold	03.08.1999	St. Clair
175.	Let The Good Times Roll: The Music Of Louis Jordan	05.10.1999	MCA
176.	B.B. King	01.01.2000	Legacy
177.	He's Dynamite	08.02.2000	Ace
178.	Makin' Love Is Good for You	25.04.2000	MCA
179.	Riding With The King & Eric Clapton	13.06.2000	Reprise		15	3
180.	Golden Legends	23.06.2000	Direct Source
181.	High Profile	23.06.2000	Direct Source
182.	Universal Masters Collection	29.05.2000	Universal
183.	All Over Again	26.06.2000	Fruit Tree
184.	The Best of the Kent Singles 1958-1971	26.06.2000	Ace
185.	Songs Of Praise	03.07.2000	Direct Source
186.	Thrill Is Gone	29.08.2000	Legend
187.	Back To Back & Jimmy Reed	12.09.2000	Edeltone
188.	Rock Me Baby	12.09.2000	Edel
189.	20 Golden Classics	03.10.2000	Cleopatra
190.	Platinum Series	17.10.2000	D-3
191.	Forever Gold	31.10.2000	St. Clair
192.	Anthology	07.11.2000	MCA
193.	Inspiration	2001	Laserlight
194.	Rock Me Lord	01.05.2001	Direct Source
195.	Signature Series	01.05.2001	Direct Source
196.	Rock Me Baby	6/2001	Castle Pie
197.	King Of The Blues	08.05.2001	Dressed To Kill
198.	A Night In Cannes	26.06.2001	Cleopatra
199.	B.B.'s Blues	03.07.2001	Castle
200.	Gold Collection	24.07.2001	Fine Tune
201.	Here & There: The Uncollected	28.08.2001	Chronicles
202.	Sweet Little Angel	11.09.2001	Blue Moon
203.	In London	23.10.2001	Universal
204.	A Christmas Celebration of Hope produced by: B.B. King	06.11.2001	MCA			151
205.	Got The Blues	27.11.2001	Catfish
206.	Classic Masters	29.01.2002	Capitol
207.	B.B. Boogie	29.01.2002	Blue Moon
208.	B.B. King	19.02.2002	Delta
209.	Modern Recordings 1950-51	23.04.2002	Ace
210.	Blue On Blues & Pee Wee Crayton	04.06.2002	Fuel 2000
211.	Blues Twinpack	11.06.2002	Dressed To Kill
212.	Vintage Years (4CD box set)	11/2002	Ace
213.	1950-1952	17.02.2003	P-Vine Japan
214.	Soul Of B.B. King	17.02.2003	P-Vine Japan
215.	The Very Best Of B.B. King	17.02.2003	P-Vine Japan
216.	Blues Masters: B.B. King	04.03.2003	Delta
217.	King Of The Blues	05.03.2003	P-Vine Japan
218.	B.B. King	06.03.2003	P-Vine Japan
219.	1949-1952	22.04.2003	Classics
220.	My Kind of Blues, Vol. 1: Crown Series	13.05.2003	Ace
221.	B.B. King Wails, Vol. 2: Crown Series	13.05.2003	Ace
222.	Reflections produced by: Simon Climie featuring: Joe Sample (kb), Doyle Bramhall II (g), Nathan East (bg), Tim Carmon (kb), Abe Laboriel Jr. (ds)	10.06.2003	MCA			165
223.	Greatest Hits Live	22.07.2003	King Biscuit Flower Hour
224.	Blues Kingpins	05.08.2003	Virgin
225.	Black Jack 21 Essential Classics	12.08.2003	Cleopatra
226.	King of the Blues	19.08.2003	Ace
227.	Classic American Voices	26.08.2003	Direct Source
228.	Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: B.B. King	09.09.2003	MCA
229.	20th Century Masters - Christmas Collection	23.09.2003	MCA
230.	B.B. King and His Orchestra Live	07.11.2003	Fabulous
231.	B.B. King, Vol. 4	13.01.2004	Ace
232.	A Proper Introduction to B.B. King: Woke Up This Morning produced by: Joop Visser	06.04.2004	Proper
233.	Blues in My Heart	13.04.2004	Ace
234.	Live at Sing Sing & Joan Baez	19.04.2004	ZYX
235.	Back 2 Back: The Ultimate Collection & John Lee Hooker	06.07.2004	Double Play
236.	Anthology: Sound+Vision (2CD/DVD)	13.07.2004	Geffen
237.	The Best Of B.B. King	10.08.2004	Blues Forever
238.	Platinum Collection	25.08.2004	Direct Source
239.	Timeless Classics	05.10.2004	St. Clair
240.	Blues Anthology	16.11.2004	Master Classics
241.	Early Years Of Blues, Vol. 1	16.11.2004
242.	Early Years Of Blues, Vol. 2	16.11.2004
243.	The Best of B.B. King: Live	23.11.2004	St. Clair
244.	Gospel Blues	07.12.2004	Platinum Disc
245.	Golden Legends Live	07.12.2004	St. Clair
246.	B.B. King	04.01.2005	Madacy
247.	More	11.01.2005	Ace
248.	B.B. King	15.02.2005	Platinum Disc
249.	Blues Boy	08.03.2005	Kala
250.	The Ultimate Collection	15.03.2005	Geffen			96
251.	Living Legend	22.03.2005
252.	How Blue Can You Get	26.04.2005	Rremark
253.	Chronicles	21.06.2005	MCA
254.	Legends: B.B. King	05.07.2005	Direct Source
255.	Got The Blues	12.07.2005	Zyx
256.	Night Of Blistering Blues	08.08.2005	MPG
257.	B.B. King & Friends - 80 featuring: Eric Clapton, Elton John, Sheryl Crow, Gloria Estefan, John Mayer, Roger Daltrey, Billy Gibbons, Mark Knopfler, Van Morrison, Daryl Hall, Bobby Bland, Glenn Frey	13.09.2005	Geffen			45
258.	Original Greatest Hits	13.09.2005	Virgin
259.	1952-1954	20.09.2005	Classics R&B
260.	B.B. King	18.10.2005	St. Clair
261.	Best Of B.B. King	24.01.2006	EMI
262.	Blues Biography	21.02.2006	United Multi Consign
263.	Golden Legends	28.02.2006	Madacy
264.	Best of B.B. King (box set)	14.03.2006	Madacy
265.	Gold	27.06.2006	Geffen			189
266.	Best of B.B. King	01.08.2006	Direct Source
267.	B.B. King	08.08.2006	Direct Source
268.	Blues d'Azur	08.08.2006	Music Avenue
269.	Best of B.B. King	05.09.2006	Collectables
270.	Best of the Early Years	20.02.2007	Ace
271.	Best of the Blues Guitar King 1951-1966	05.06.2007	Ace
272.	Mastercuts	26.06.2007	Mastercuts Artists
273.	B.B. King	17.07.2007
274.	18 Greatest	31.07.2007	Direct Source
275.	Colour Collection	15.10.2007	Spectrum
276.	Live	19.02.2008	Geffen
277.	Playlist Plus	29.04.2008	Geffen
278.	Best of B.B. King	29.07.2008	Collectables
279.	Playlist Your Way	05.08.2008	Geffen
280.	One Kind Favor produced by: T-Bone Burnett	26.08.2008	Geffen			37
281.	Collector's Edition	14.10.2008	Madacy Special Mkts
282.	Live	21.10.2008	Acrobat
283.	Live at the BBC	10.03.2009	Hip-O
284.	To Know You Is to Love You / L.A. Midnight	10.03.2009	Beat Goes On
285.	Four Kings of Blues Guitar	27.10.2009	Great American Music
286.	Electric Blues	16.11.2009	Not Now Music
287.	On Stage with Lucille	13.04.2010	Blue Boulevard
288.	Icon	05.04.2011	Geffen
289.	Icon 2	05.04.2011	Geffen
290.	Best of RPM & Kent Recordings	22.11.2011
291.	Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2011	20.03.2012	Shout! Factory
292.	The Rough Guide To B.B. King: Birth Of A Legend (Reborn and Remastered)	31.07.2012	World Music Network
293.	The Thrill of the Blues	04.09.2012	Blues Boulevard
294.	Ladies & Gentlemen...Mr. B.B. King	24.09.2012	Geffen
295.	The Life of Riley	23.10.2012	Universal
296.	The Blues King's Best	27.11.2012	Cleopatra
297.	Everyday I Have the Blues: The Best Of BB King	05.03.2013	AP Music
298.	Best Of B.B. King & Bobby Bland & Bobby Bland	19.03.2013	Geffen
299.	Kent Years 1958-1962	07.05.2013
300.	Greatest Hits	14.05.2013	Universal			118
301.	Blues Legends & Lightnin' Hopkins & John Lee Hooker & Odetta	14.05.2013	Pepper/ZYX
302.	Blues Masterworks	28.05.2013	Delta Blues
303.	B.B. King: 30 Selected Songs	18.06.2013
304.	B.B. King & The Guitar Legends: In Performance	14.01.2014	Blueline
305.	8 Classic Albums	18.03.2014
306.	Master of Blues	15.04.2014	Blueline
307.	Signature Collection: Blues	12.08.2014
308.	The Blues	12.08.2014	One & Only Blues
309.	Live In Los Angeles	14.10.2014
310.	The Complete Collection	5/2015	Geffen			59
311.	The Very Best Of B.B. King - Blues Classics And Essentials	5/2015	Restoration
312.	Don't Play That Song!	22.05.2015	Music On Vinyl
313.	Georgia On My Mind And Other Hits & James Brown	23.06.2015	zyx
314.	The Complete Recordings 1949-1962 (6CD)	17.07.2015	Enlightenment Series
315.	United Recorders	24.07.2015	BRR
316.	The Blues Anthology	24.07.2015	Cleopatra
317.	Live At Sunset Sound: Hollywood January 10 1972	30.07.2015	D.O.L.
318.	Blues Boy (2CD)	11.08.2015	Primo
319.	The Very Best of B.B. King	04.09.2015	BMG
320.	The Complete Singles As & Bs: 1949-62	18.09.2015	Acrobat
321.	United Western Recorders Hollywood, L.A.: October 1972	02.10.2015	Forced Exposure
322.	Milestones of a Blues Legend: 10 Original Albums	06.11.2015	Documents
323.	Here's One You Didn't Know About	27.11.2015	Ace
324.	Going Home	11.12.2015	Soul Jam
325.	Blue Shadows: Kent Recordings 1958-1962	12.02.2016	Soul Jam
326.	Newport Folk Festival 1989 & Laura Nyro & John Hiatt & John Lee Hooker & John Prine	25.03.2016	Silver Dollar Music
327.	Can't Kick the Blues	27.05.2016	Not Now Music
328.	Nothin' But...Bad Luck	02.09.2016	Not Now Music
329.	Blue Shadows: Underrated Kent Recordings 1958-1962	14.10.2016	Pan Am
330.	Confessin'	04.11.2016	Not Now Music
331.	Essential Original Albums	04.11.2016	Masters Of Music
332.	The Modern Singles,1959-1962	18.11.2016	Bad Joker
333.	Beats Like a Hammer: Early and Rare Tracks	18.11.2016	Bad Joker
334.	A&R Studios, New York '71	10.03.2017	Klondike

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Miss Martha King / When Your Baby Packs Up And Goes	1949	Bullet
2.	Got The Blues / Take A Swing With Me	1949	Bullet
3.	Mistreated Woman / B.B.'s Boogie	10/1950	RPM
4.	The Other Night Blues / Walkin' And Cryin'	1/1951	RPM
5.	My Baby's Gone / Don't You Want A Man Like Me	3/1951	RPM
6.	She's A Dynamite / B.B.'s Blues	6/1951	RPM
7.	She's A Mean Woman / Hard Working Woman	9/1951	RPM
8.	3 O'Clock Blues / That Ain't The Way To Do It	12/1951	RPM
9.	She Don't Move Me No More / Fine Looking Woman	3/1952	RPM
10.	My Own Fault Darlin' / Shake It Up And Go	5/1952	RPM
11.	Some Day Some Where / Gotta Find My Baby	7/1952	RPM
12.	You Know I Love You / You Didn't Want Me	9/1952	RPM
13.	Story From My Heart And Soul / Boogie Woogie Woman	11/1952	RPM
14.	Don't Have To Cry (Past Day) / Woke Up This Morning (My Baby Was Gone)	1/1953	RPM
15.	Please Love Me / Highway Bound	3/1953	RPM
16.	Neighborhood Affair / Please Hurry Home	5/1953	RPM
17.	Why Did You Leave Me / Blind Love (Who Can Your Good Man Be)	7/1953	RPM
18.	Praying To The Lord / Please Help Me	9/1953	RPM
19.	I Love You Baby / The Woman I Love	11/1953	RPM
20.	Everything I Do Is Wrong / Don't You Want A Man Like Me	1/1954	RPM
21.	You Upset Me Baby / Whole Lot Of Lovin'	1954	RPM
22.	When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer / Bye! Bye! Baby	2/1954	RPM
23.	Everyday I Have The Blues / Sneakin' Around	1955	RPM
24.	Jump With You Baby / Lonely And Blue	1955	RPM
25.	Shut Your Mouth / I'm In Love	1955	RPM
26.	What Can I Do (Just Sing The Blues) / Ten Long Years (I Had A Woman)	1955	RPM
27.	I'm Cracking Up Over You / Ruby Lee	2/1956	RPM
28.	Sixteen Tons / Crying Won't Help You	3/1956	RPM
29.	Did You Ever Love A Woman / Let's Do The Boogie	5/1956	RPM
30.	Dark Is The Night / dark Is The Night (part 2)	6/1956	RPM
31.	Sweet Little Angel / Bad Luck	9/1956	RPM
32.	On My Word Of Honour / Bim Bam	2/1957	RPM
33.	Early In The Morning / You Don't Know	4/1957	RPM
34.	How Do I Love You / You Can't Fool My Heart	5/1957	RPM
35.	I Want To Get Married / Troubles Troubles (Troubles)	6/1957	RPM
36.	Be Careful With A Fool / (I'm Gonna) Quit My Baby	7/1957	RPM		95
37.	I Need You So Bad / I Wonder & His Orchestra	10/1957	RPM		85
38.	The Key To My Kingdom / My Heart Belongs To You	12/1957	RPM
39.	Why Does Everything Happen To Me / You Know I Go For It	9/1958	Kent
40.	Don't Look Now, But I've Got The Blues / Days Of Old	11/1958	Kent
41.	Woke Up This Morning (My Baby Was Gone) / Bad Case Of Love	1959	Modern
42.	Please Accept My Love / You've Been An Angel & The Vocal Chords	2/1959	Kent
43.	I Am / Why Worry	8/1959	Kent
44.	Come By Here / The Fool (A Fool Too Long)	9/1959	Kent
45.	A Lonely Lover's Plea / The Woman I Love	10/1959	Kent
46.	Everyday I Have The Blues / Time To Say Goodbye	11/1959	Kent
47.	Mean Ole Frisco / Sugar Mama	12/1959	Kent
48.	Sweet Sixteen / Sweet Sixteen (part 2)	1/1960	Kent
49.	Did You Ever Love A Woman / 3 O'Clock Blues	1960	Modern
50.	You Upset Me Baby / When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer	1960	Modern
51.	(I've Got) A Right To Love My Baby / My Own Fault	2/1960	Kent
52.	Crying Won't Help You / Please Love Me	3/1960	Kent
53.	Blind Love (Who Can Your Good Man Be) / You Upset Me Baby	4/1960	Kent
54.	Ten Long Years (I Had A Woman) / Everyday I Have The Blues	5/1960	Kent
55.	Woke Up This Morning (My Baby Was Gone) / Sweet Little Angel	6/1960	Kent
56.	Good Man Gone Bad / Partin' Time	7/1960	Kent
57.	You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now / Walking Dr. Bill	9/1960	Kent
58.	Things Are Not The Same / Fishin' After Me (Catfish Blues)	10/1960	Kent
59.	Get Out Of Here / Bad Luck Soul	11/1960	Kent
60.	Ten Long Years (I Had A Woman) / You Know I Love You	1961	Modern
61.	Hold That Train / Understand	2/1961	Kent
62.	Peace Of Mind / Someday Baby	6/1961	Kent		119
63.	Bad Case Of Love / You're Breaking My Heart	10/1961	Kent
64.	Blues Stay Away / Eyesight To The Blind	1962	Modern
65.	Hully Gully (Twist) / Gonna Miss You Around Here	3/1962	Kent
66.	You Ask Me / I'm Gonna Sit In Till You Give In	4/1962	ABC Paramount
67.	Blues At Midnight / My Baby's Coming Home	6/1962	ABC Paramount
68.	Sneakin' Around / Chains Of Love	9/1962	ABC Paramount
69.	Tomorrow Night / A Mother's Love	11/1962	ABC Paramount		106
70.	Mashed Potato Time / 3 O'Clock Stomp	1963	Kent
71.	Mashing To Popeye / Tell Me Baby	1963	Kent
72.	When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer / Going Down Slow	1963	Kent
73.	Guess Who / By Myself	3/1963	ABC Paramount
74.	Young Dreamers / On My Word Of Honor	6/1963	ABC Paramount
75.	How Do I Love You / Slowly Losing My Mind	10/1963	ABC Paramount
76.	3 O'Clock Blues / Your Letter	11/1963	Kent
77.	Christmas Celebration / Easy Listening (Blues)	12/1963	Kent
78.	Down Now / Whola Lotta Lovin'	1/1964	Kent
79.	How Blue Can You Get / Please Accept My Love	2/1964	ABC Paramount		97
80.	The Road I Travel / My Reward	2/1964	Kent
81.	The Letter / You Never Know	3/1964	Kent
82.	Precious Lord / Army Of The Lord & The Charioteers	4/1964	Kent
83.	Rock Me Baby / I Can't Lose	4/1964	Kent		34
84.	Help The Poor / I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way	5/1964	ABC Paramount		98
85.	The Hurt / Whole Lotta Lovin'	7/1964	ABC Paramount
86.	Let Me Love You / You're Gonna Miss Me	7/1964	Kent		107
87.	Never Trust A Woman / Worryin' Blues	10/1964	ABC Paramount		90
88.	Beautician Blues / I Can Hear My Name	10/1964	Kent		82
89.	Christmas Celebration / Easy Listening (Blues) (reissue)	11/1964	Kent
90.	Stop Leading On Me / Please Send Me Someone To Love	12/1964	ABC Paramount
91.	It's My Own Fault / Everyday I Have The Blues	2/1965	ABC Paramount
92.	The Worst Thing In My Life / Got 'Em Bad	2/1965	Kent
93.	Tired Of Your Jive / Night Owl	4/1965	ABC Paramount
94.	Please Love Me / Baby Look At You	4/1965	Kent
95.	All Over Again / The Things You Put Me Through	6/1965	ABC Paramount
96.	Blue Shadows / And Like That	6/1965	Kent		97
97.	I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water / Goin' To Chicago Blues	8/1965	ABC Paramount
98.	Why Does Everything Happen To Me / Just A Dream	8/1965	Kent
99.	Broken Promise / Have Mercy Baby	11/1965	Kent
100.	Eyesight To The Blind / Just Like A Woman (Rockin' Twist)	3/1966	Kent
101.	Five Long Years / Love Honor And Baby	5/1966	Kent
102.	Tormented / You're Still A Square	6/1966	ABC Paramount
103.	Ain't Nobody's Business / I Wonder Why	6/1966	Kent
104.	I Stay In The Mood / Early Every Morning	8/1966	Kent
105.	Don't Answer The Door / Don't Answer The Door (part 2)	10/1966	ABC Paramount		72
106.	Blues Stay Away / It's A Mean World	11/1966	Kent
107.	Night Life / Waitin' On You	1/1967	ABC Paramount		112
108.	Think It Over / Meet My Happiness	1967	Bluesway
109.	I Don't Want You Cuttin' Your Hair / Think It Over	1967	Stateside
110.	Worried Dream / That's Wrong Little Mama	1967	Bluesway
111.	Heartbreaker / Raining In My Heart	1967	Bluesway
112.	Bad Breaks / Growing Old	1967	Kent
113.	The Jungle / Long Gone Baby	3/1967	Kent		94
114.	Sweet Sixteen / Sweet Sixteen (part 2)	1968	Bluesway
115.	Why Does Everything Happen To Me / Worry Worry	1968	Kent
116.	Paying The Cost To Be The Boss / Having My Say	2/1968	Bluesway		39
117.	I'm Gonna Do What They Do To Me / Losing Faith In You	6/1968	Bluesway		74
118.	The Woman I Love / You Put It On Me	7/1968	Kent		94
119.	The B.B. Jones / You Put It On Me	8/1968	Bluesway		82
120.	Dance With Me / Please Send Me Someone To Love	11/1968	Bluesway		102
121.	Your Fool / Shouting The Blues	1969	Kent
122.	Don't Waste My Time / Get Myself Somebody	1/1969	Bluesway		113
123.	Why I Sing The Blues / Friends	4/1969	Bluesway		61
124.	Get Off My Back Woman / I Want You So Bad	6/1969	Bluesway		74
125.	Everyday I Have The Blues / Five Long Years	9/1969	Blue Horizon
126.	Just A Little Love / My Mood	10/1969	Bluesway		76
127.	The Thrill Is Gone / You're Mean	12/1969	ABC		15
128.	So Excited / Confessin' The Blues	3/1970	Bluesway		54
129.	Hummingbird / Ask Me No Questions	6/1970	ABC		48
130.	Chains And Things / King's Special	10/1970	ABC		45
131.	Ask Me No Questions / Nobody Loves Me But My Mother	2/1971	ABC		40
132.	That Evil Child / Help The Poor	4/1971	Kent		97
133.	Help The Poor / Lucille's Granny	6/1971	ABC		90
134.	Ghetto Woman / Seven Minutes	8/1971	ABC		68
135.	Ain't Nobody Home / Alexi's Boogie	26.11.1971	Probe		46
136.	Sweet Sixteen / I've Been Blue Too Long	2/1972	ABC		93
137.	I Got Some Help I Don't Need It / Lucille's Granny	5/1972	ABC		92
138.	Guess Who / Better Lovin' Man	8/1972	ABC		62
139.	Five Long Years / Summer In The City	10/1972	ABC
140.	To Know You Is To Love You / I Can't Leave	7/1973	ABC		38
141.	To Know You Is To Love You	28.09.1973	Probe
142.	I Like To Live The Love / Love	11/1973	ABC		28
143.	Who Are You / Oh To Me	5/1974	ABC		78
144.	Philadelphia / Up At 5 PM	9/1974	ABC		64
145.	Friends / My Song	1/1975	ABC
146.	Have Faith / When I'm Wrong	9/1975	ABC
147.	Everyday (I Have The Blues) / The Thrill Is Gone	1976	ABC
148.	When I'm Wrong	3/1976	ABC
149.	Let The Good Times Roll / Strange Things Happen & Bobby Bland	7/1976	ABC/Impulse		101
150.	I Wonder Why / Slow And Easy	1977	ABC
151.	Let Me Make You Cry A Little Longer / Never Make A Move Too Soon	1977	ABC		102
152.	I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone (v GB 21.7.78)	3/1978	ABC
153.	Hold On (I Feel Our Love Is Changing) / Midnight Believer	6/1978	ABC
154.	Better Not Look Down / Happy Birthday Blues	8/1979	MCA		110
155.	Take It Home / Same Old Story	10/1979	MCA
156.	Caledonia (live) / Rock Me Baby (live)	5/1980	MCA
157.	There Must Be A Better World Somewhere / You're Going With Me	2/1981	MCA
158.	Bim Bam / Shake Holler And Run	5/1981	Ace
159.	Legend In My Time / Love Me Tender	4/1982	MCA
160.	Streetlife / Overture & The Crusaders	6/1982	MCA
161.	One Of These Nights / Since I Met You Baby	6/1982	MCA
162.	Love Me Tender / The Word I Never Made	9/1982	MCA
163.	Inflation Blues / Sell My Monkey	7/1983	MCA
164.	Into The Night / Century Site Chase 12" + Midnight Believer	7/1985	MCA
165.	My Lucille / Keep It Light & Thelma Houston	9/1985	MCA
166.	Big Boss Man / My Guitar Sings The Blues	11/1985	MCA
167.	Six Silver Strings / Memory Lane	2/1986	MCA
168.	Standing On The Edge Of Love / Don't Tell Me Nothing 12" +Let Yourself In For It	3/1987	MCA
169.	In The Midnight Hour / Heed My Warning	9/1987	MCA
170.	Go On / Lay Another Log On The Fire	1/1989	MCA
171.	When Love Comes To Town / Dancing Barefoot & U2	3/1989	Island	5	68
172.	Ain't Nobody Home / Lay Another Log On The Fire 12",CD + Standing On The Edge	8/1989	MCA	88
173.	The Blues Come Over Me	21.01.1992	MCA
174.	Thrill Is Gone	25.02.1992	MCA
175.	Since I Met You Baby / The Hurt Inside CD1 + Moving On (live) / Texas Strut (live) CD2 + Don't Start Me Talking / Once In A Blue Moon & Gary Moore	13.07.1992	Virgin	59
176.	Merry Christmas Baby & Philip Bent & Tony Remy & Diane Schuur	11/1993	GRP

Videos:

1. Sweet 16 - 2005, live
2. Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2011 - 20.03.2012, Shout! Factory, live, 110 min

Movies:

1. Amazon Women On The Moon (1987, starring)
2. Blues Brothers 2000 (1998, starring, directed by John Landis)

Awards:

1970 Grammy Awards - Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance, Male (SP "The Thrill Is Gone")
1981 Grammy Awards - Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording (LP "There Must Be A Better World Somewhere")
1983 Grammy Awards - Best Traditional Blues Recording (LP "Blues 'N Jazz")
1985 Grammy Awards - Best Traditional Blues Recording (track "My Guitar Sings The Blues")
1987 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
1990 Grammy Awards - Best Traditional Blues Recording (LP "Live At San Quentin")
1991 Grammy Awards - Best Traditional Blues Album (LP "Live At The Apollo")
1993 Grammy Awards - Best Traditional Blues Album (LP "Blues Summit")
1996 Grammy Awards - Best Rock Instrumental Performance (track "SRV Shuffle", & Eric Clapton & Bonnie Raitt & Jimmy Vaughan & Robert Cray & Buddy Guy & Dr John & Art Neville)
1998 Grammy Hall Of Fame ("The Thrill Is Gone")
1999 Grammy Awards - Best Traditional Blues Album (LP "Blues On The Bayou")
2000 Grammy Awards

- Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals (track "Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)", & Dr John)
- Best Traditional Blues Album ("Riding With The King", & Eric Clapton)

2001 W.C. Handy Awards

- Blues Entertainer Of The Year
- Contemporary Blues Album ("Riding With The King", & Eric Clapton)

2002 W.C. Handy Blues Awards - Entertainer of the year
2002 Grammy Awards

- Best Pop Instrumental Performance (track "Auld Lang Syne")
- Best Traditional Blues Album ("A Christmas Celebration Of Hope")

2003 W.C. Handy Blues Awards - Blues Entertainer of the Year
2004 Polar Music Prize
2004 W.C. Handy Blues Awards - Blues entertainer of the year
2004 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "Everyday I Have The Blues", 1955)
2005 W.C. Handy Awards - Blues Entertainer
2005 Grammy Awards - Best Traditional Blues Album ("80")
2006 Grammy Hall Of Fame (LP "Live At The Regal", 1965)
2006 Medal of Freedom
2008 Grammy Awards - Best Traditional Blues Album (LP "One Kind Favor")
2014 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "3 O'Clock Blues", 1952)

WWW Links:

http://www.worldblues.com/bbking

Various:

B.B. = Blues Boy

singles up to 1957 released on 78 RPM

appeared on the LP:

Willie Nelson: Milk Cow Blues (19.9.00, Island)
Jimmy Smith: Dot Com Blues (9.1.01, Blue Thumb)
Tony Bennett: Playin' With My Friends: Bennett Sings The Blues (6.11.01, RPM/Columbia)
Buddy Guy: Blues Singer (3.6.03, Silvertone)
Dr John: N'Awlinz: Dis, Dat or D'udda (13.7.04, Blue Note)
Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing (26.9.06, Artists First)
Elvin Bishop: The Blues Roll On (23.9.08, Delta Groove)
Brad Paisley: Play (4.11.08, Arista Nashville)
Steve Cropper: Dedicated: A Salute to the 5 Royales (12.7.11, 429)

Compilation Appearances:

"Riding With The King" on John Hiatt tribute LP "It'll Come to You - The Songs of John Hiatt" (13.5.03, Vanguard, & Eric Clapton)
"Sweet Sixteen" on live CD "Lightning in a Bottle" (21.9.04, Columbia/Legacy)
"Goin' Home" on charity compilation "Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino" (25.9.07, Vanguard, & Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk)
"On The Way" on compilation "The Art Of McCartney" (17.11.14)

Press References:

&musiQ
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2002	12		12	Rock & Top
2003	1		87	Blues Bar	album review
Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1998	18	07.05.1998	12	Live	gig review
2000	13	29.06.2000	36	Forum kritikum	album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1971	0	01.05.1971	35		interview
1971	0	27.11.1971	24	Caught In The Act	gig review
1971	0	27.11.1971	26	New Pop Singles	single review
1972	0	08.01.1972	25	Caught In The Act	gig review
1973	21	26.05.1973	62	Caught In The Act	gig review
1973	34	25.08.1973	48	Caught In The Act	gig review
1974	50	14.12.1974	36	Albums	album review
1975	51	20.12.1975	31	Blues/Folk	album review
1977	43	22.10.1977	47		interview
1978	29	22.07.1978	5	News
1978	41	28.10.1978	31		profile
1978	42	04.11.1978	18	Singles	single review
1979	31	18.08.1979	22	Singles	single review
1979	43	17.11.1979	25	Singles	single review
1980	16	26.04.1980	19		interview
1981	10	07.03.1981	20	Albums	album review
1981	38	19.09.1981	19	Caught In The Act	gig review
1983	29	16.07.1983	25	Albums	album review
1984	24	28.07.1984	19	It's Alive	gig review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1972	0	18.11.1972	12	Albums	album review
1973	0	30.06.1973	27	Albums	album review
1974	0	10.08.1974	11	Albums	album review
1974	0	23.11.1974	19	Albums	album review
1974	0	30.11.1974	21	Platters	album review
1976	0	17.01.1976	18	Platters	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	14	09.11.1990	12		profile
1993	16	23.08.1993	8		album review
1994	20	11.10.1994	29	Recenze	album review
1996	2		89	Recenze	album review
1997	1		110	Recenze - Novinky	album review
1997	2		17	Pelmel
1997	4		96	Live	gig review
1998	2		103	Recenze - Novinky	album review
1998	6		82	Live	gig review
1999	3		112	Recenze - Jazz Café	album review
2000	1		115	Recenze - Jazz Café	album review
2000	10		100	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2001	11		14	Pelmel
2005	11		84	Blues Bar	gig review
2005	12		84	Blues Bar	album review
2009	4		10	Rock & Top
2009	5		6	Rock & Top
2009	7		44	Play	interview
2009	8		76	Replay - Live	gig review
2011	8		93	Live	gig review
2012	5		65	Recenze DVD
Rolling Stone
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2000	8		59	Nová alba	album review