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B. B. KING

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small decorative squareb. Riley B. King, 16 September 1925, Indianola, Mississippi, USA and died May 14, 2015, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The son of a sharecropper, King went to work on the plantation like any other young black in Mississippi, but he had sung in amateur gospel groups from childhood. By the age of 16, he was also playing blues guitar and singing on street corners. When he was 20 years old, he temporarily quit sharecropping and went to Memphis, where he busked, and shared a room for almost a year with his second cousin, Bukka White. However, it was not until 1948 that he managed to pay off his debts to his former plantation boss. After leaving farming, he returned to Memphis, determined to become a star. He secured work with radio station KWEM, and then with WDIA, fronting a show sponsored by the health-tonic Pepticon, which led to disc jockeying on the Sepia Swing Show.Here he was billed as 'The Beale Street Blues Boy', later amended to 'Blues Boy King', and then to 'B.B. King'. Radio exposure promoted King's live career, and he performed with a band whose personnel varied according to availability. At this stage, he was still musically untutored, and liable to play against his backing musicians, but it was evident from his first recordings made for Bullet Records in 1949, that his talent was striking.

The Bullet recordings brought King to the attention of Modern Records, with whom he recorded for the next 10 years. As he began to tour beyond the area around Memphis, his first marriage, already under strain, ended in divorce in 1952. By that time, he was a national figure, having held the number 1 spot in the Billboard R&B chart for 15 weeks with 'Three O'Clock Blues'. He had embarked on the gruelling trail of one-nighters that has continued ever since. Through the 50s, King toured with a 13-piece band, adopting a patriarchal attitude to his musicians that has been compared to that of a kindly plantation boss. Briefly, he operated his own Blues Boy's Kingdom label, but had no success. Modern, however, were steadily producing hits for him, although their approach to copyright-standard practice in its day was less ethical, with the label owners taking fictitious credit on many titles. B.B. King's blues singing was heavily mellifluent, influenced by Peter J. 'Doctor' Clayton and gospel singer Sam McCrary of the Fairfield Four. However, his true revolutionary importance was as an electric guitarist. He admired Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt as well as Lonnie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and also saxophonist Lester Young. He derived ideas about phrasing and harmony from all these musicians. His extensive use of sixths clearly derived from jazz. His sound, however, consisted chiefly of a synthesis of the bottleneck styles of the delta blues (including that of Bukka White) with the jazzy electric guitar of'T-Bone' Walker. To Walker's flowing, crackling music, King added finger vibrato, his own substitute for the slide, which he had never managed to master. The result was a fluid guitar sound, in which almost every note was bent and/or sustained. This, together with King's penchant for playing off the beat, gave his solos the pattern of speech, and the personification of his beautiful black, gold plated, pearl inlaid Gibson 335 (or 355) guitar as 'Lucille' seemed highly appropriate.

In 1960, King switched labels, moving to ABC in the hope of emulating Ray Charles 's success. The times were against him, however, for black tastes were moving towards soul music and spectacular stage presentation. King had always felt a need to make the blues respectable, removing sexual boasting and references to violence and drugs. As a result of these endeavours his lyrics were, ironically, closer to those of soul, with their emphasis on love, respect and security in relationships. He remained popular, as his interplay with the audience on a live album recorded in Chicago in 1964 illustrates, but by the mid-60s, his career seemed in decline, with the hits coming from Modern's back catalogue rather than his new company. Revitalization came with the discovery of the blues by young whites - initially musicians, and then the wider audience. In 1968, King played the Fillmore West with Johnny Winter and Mike Bloomfield, who introduced him as 'the greatest living blues guitarist', provoking a standing ovation before he had even played a note. His revival of Roy Hawkins''The Thrill Is Gone', which made innovatory use of strings, provided the crucial pop crossover. Consequently, in 1969, King paid his first visit to Europe, where the way had been prepared by Eric Clapton (and where an ignorant reviewer called him an 'up-and-coming guitarist of the Clapton- Peter Green school'). In 1970, he recorded his first collaboration with rock musicians, produced by Leon Russell, who played on and composed some numbers, as did Carole King. King's career has been smooth sailing ever since, and he has been in demand for commercials, movie soundtracks, television show theme tunes, and guest appearances (e.g., with U2 on 1989's 'When Love Comes To Town'). His workaholic schedule probably results, in part, from a need to finance his compulsive gambling, but he has also worked unobtrusively to provide entertainment for prisoners (co-founding the Foundation for the Advancement of Inmate Rehabilitation and Recreation in 1972).

His professional life is marked by a sense of mission, coupled with a desire to give the blues status and acceptability. This he has achieved, bringing the blues into the mainstream of entertainment, although he has done so by removing much of the sense of otherness that first brought many whites to it. Sometimes his live performances can be disappointingly bland, with singalong segments and misplaced attempts to ingratiate, as when he proudly told a Scottish audience of his meeting with Sheena Easton. His recordings since the 70s have been of inconsistent quality. King has deliberately kept in touch with his roots, returning to Mississippi each year to play, but the adulation of rock musicians has been a mixed blessing. Recordings made in London with, among others, Alexis Korner, Steve Winwood and Ringo Starr proved particularly disappointing. Equally, his collaboration with jazz-funk band the Crusaders, who produced and played on two albums, stifled his invention, and it has often seemed that King's creativity has run into the sands of MOR pop in a 12-bar format. These are the times when he is most likely to return with a brilliant, vital album that goes back to his roots in jazz, jump and the Delta. At the end of 1995 King announced that, as he had turned 70 years of age, he would be drastically reducing his performing schedule which he had maintained for many decades. Instead of a regular 300 or more gigs a year, he would be winding down in his old age, to a modest 200!

B.B. King has achieved the blues singer's dream - to live in Las Vegas and to have full access to the material benefits that the American way of life still withholds from so many black Americans. Without a doubt, though, things have changed for him; the teenager playing in the 40s streets became a man with whom the chairman of the Republican Party in the 80s considered it an honour to play guitar. B.B. King was a great influence on the sound of the blues, the sincerity of his singing and the fluency of his guitar spawning a flock of imitators as well as having a more general effect on the music's development, as reflected in the playing of Buddy Guy, his namesakes Freddie and Albert King, 'Little' Joe Blue and innumerable others. Arguably, his most far-reaching effect has been on rock music. King's limitations include an inability to play guitar behind his own singing. This has led him to make a strict demarcation between the two, and has encouraged rock guitarists to regard extended solos as the mark of authentic blues playing. In lesser hands, this has all too easily become bloated excess or meaningless note-spinning. B.B. King has always aspired to elegance, logic and purpose in his guitar playing; it is ironic that his success has spawned so many imitators possessing so little of those very qualities. B.B. King's career, like that of other black musicians in America, has been circumscribed by the dictates of the industry. Like Louis Armstrong, he has nevertheless achieved great art through a combination of prodigious technical gifts and the placing of his instinctive improvisatory skills at the service of emotional expression. Also like Armstrong, he stayed firmly within the compass of showbusiness, attempting to give the public what he perceives it to want. His greatest music, however, testifies to his standing as a titanic figure in popular music.

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LINKALBUM TITLEYEAR
Singin' the Blues Singin' the Blues1956
BluesBlues1960
B. B. King WailsB. B. King Wails1960
Sing SpiritualsSing Spirituals1960
Sneaking AroundSneaking Around1960
Good Man Gone BadGood Man Gone Bad1960
My Kind of BluesMy Kind of Blues1961
MoreMore1961
Easy listening BluesEasy Listening Blues1962
Mr. BluesMr. Blues1962
Heart Full of Blues1962
Going HomeGoing Home1963
Three O'Clock BluesThree O'Clock Blues1963
My Sweet Little AngelMy Sweet Little Angel1964
Rock Me BabyRock Me Baby1964
Live at the RegalLive at the Regal1965
Live! B.  B.  King on StageLive! B. B. King on Stage1965
Let Me Love YouLet Me Love You1965
The JungleThe Jungle1965
From the BeginningFrom the Beginning1965
The Incredible Soul of B. B. KingThe Incredible Soul of B. B. King1966
Turn on to B. B.  KingTurn on to B. B. King1966
B. B.  King Better Than EverB. B. King Better Than Ever1966
Anthology of the Blues B. B.  King 1949-1950Anthology of the Blues B. B. King 1949-19501966
Confessin' the BluesConfessin' the Blues1966
Blues Is KingBlues Is King1967
Blues on Top of BluesBlues on Top of Blues1968
LucilleLucille1968
His Best - The Electric B. B.  KingHis Best - The Electric B. B. King1968
Live and WellLive and Well1969
Completely WellCompletely Well1969
Indianola Mississippi SeedsIndianola Mississippi Seeds1970
B. B. King Live in Cook County JailB. B. King Live in Cook County Jail1970
B. B.  King in LondonB. B. King in London1971
L. A. MidnightL. A. Midnight1972
Guess WhoGuess Who1972
To Know You Is to Love YouTo Know You Is to Love You1972
Back in the Alley - The Classic Blues of B. B.  KingBack in the Alley - The Classic Blues of B. B. King1972
The Best of B. B. King 1972The Best of B. B. King 19721972
Lucille Talks Back Lucille Talks Back 1973
Together For the First TimeTogether For the First Time1976
Bobby Bland and B. B.  KingBobby Bland and B. B. King1976
King SizeKing Size1977
Midnight BelieverMidnight Believer1978
Take It HomeTake It Home1979
Live! B. B.  King on StageLive! B. B. King on Stage1979
B. B.  King Now Appearing at Ole MissB. B. King Now Appearing at Ole Miss1980
There Must Be a Better World SomewhereThere Must Be a Better World Somewhere1981
Love Me TenderLove Me Tender1982
Great Moments With B. B. KingGreat Moments With B. B. King1982
Six Silver StringsSix Silver Strings1985
Spotlight on LucilleSpotlight on Lucille1986
Blues 'N' JazzBlues 'N' Jazz1986
King of the Blues: 1989King of the Blues: 19891989
Live at Newport in New YorkLive at "Newport in New York"1989
MCAD 6455:  Live at San Quentin 1990MCAD 6455: Live at San Quentin 19901990
The Fabulous B. B.  KingThe Fabulous B. B. King1991
There Is Always One More TimeThere Is Always One More Time1991
Everyday I Have the BluesEveryday I Have the Blues1991
Live at the ApolloLive at the Apollo1991
Heart and SoulHeart and Soul1992
Why I Sing the BluesWhy I Sing the Blues1992
King of the Blues (4 Disc Box Set)King of the Blues (4 Disc Box Set)1992
Blues SummitBlues Summit1993
I Like To Live The Love (with Bobby 'Blue' Bland)I Like To Live The Love (with Bobby 'Blue' Bland)1993
Heart To Heart (with Diane Schuur)Heart To Heart (with Diane Schuur)1994
How Blue Can You Get?How Blue Can You Get?1996
Deuces WildDeuces Wild1997
Blues on the BayouBlues on the Bayou1998
The Thrill is GoneThe Thrill is Gone1999
Let The Good Times Roll: The Music Of Louis JordanLet The Good Times Roll: The Music Of Louis Jordan1999
Golden LegendsGolden Legends1999
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of B.B. King20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of B.B. King1999
Makin' Love Is Good for YouMakin' Love Is Good for You1999
Riding With The King [with Eric Clapton] Riding With The King [with Eric Clapton] 2000
A Christmas Celebration of Hope A Christmas Celebration of Hope 2001
ReflectionsReflections2003
80802005
Live, 2008Live2008
One Kind FavorOne Kind Favor2008
Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2011Live at the Royal Albert Hall 20112012




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Singin' the Blues 1956



01. Three O'clock Blues
02. You Know I Love You
03. Woke Up This Morning
04. You Upset Me, Baby
05. Please Love Me
06. Blind Love
07. Every Day I Have the Blues
08. Ten Long Years (I Had a Woman)
09. Did You Ever Love a Woman
10. Sweet Little Angel
11. That Ain't the Way to Do It
12. Cryin' Won't Help You
13. Bad Luck



Blues 1958



01. Boogie Woogie Woman
02. Don't You Want a Man Like Me
03. What Can I Do (Just Sing the Blues)
04. Ten Long Years (I Had a Woman)
05. Ruby Lee
06. Early in the Morning
07. I Want to Get Married
08. Why Do Everything Happen to Me
09. You Know I Go for You
10. Past Day
11. When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer
12. Troubles, Troubles, Troubles


B. B. King Wails 1960



01. The Fool
02. Time to Say Goodbye
03. Sweet Thing
04. I've Got Papers on You, Baby
05. Tomorrow Is Another Day
06. I Love You So
07. We Can't Make It
08. Treat Me Right
09. The Woman I Love
 


Sing Spirituals 1960



01. Precious Lord
02. Army of the Lord
03. Save a Seat for Me
04. Ole Time Religion
05. Sweet Chariot
06. Servant's Prayer
07. Jesus Gave Me Water
08. I Never Heard a Man
09. I'm Willing to Run All the Way
10. I'm Working on the Building


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Sneaking Around 1960



01. Sneaking Around
02. What Can I Do (Just Sing the Blues)
03. Ten Long Years (I Had a Woman)
04. (I'm Gonna) Quit My Baby
05. Be Careful with a Fool
06. Days of Old
07. Sweet Sixteen - Part 1
08. Sweet Sixteen - Part 2
09. I Was Blind
10. Whole Lot of Lovin'
11. Someday Baby
12. I Had a Woman


Good Man Gone Bad 1960



01. (I've) Got a Right to Love My Baby
02. Good Man Gone Bad
03. Partin' Time
04. What Way to Go
05. Long Nights
06. Feel Like a Million
07. I'll Survive
08. If I Lost You
09. You're on Top
10. I'm King


My Kind of Blues 1961



01. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
02. Walking Dr. Bill
03. Hold That Train
04. Understand
05. Someday Baby
06. Mr. Pawnbroker
07. Driving Wheel
08. My Own Fault Baby
09. Catfish Blues
10. Please Set a Date


More 1961



01. Bad Luck Soul
02. Get Out of Here
03. Bad Case of Love
04. You're Breaking My Heart
05. My Reward
06. Shut Your Mouth
07. I'm in Love
08. Blues for Me
09. Just Like a Woman
10. Baby Look at You


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Easy listening Blues 1962



01. Easy Listening (Blues)
02. Blues for Me
03. Night Long
04. Confessin'
05. Don't Touch
06. Slow Walk
07. Walkin'
08. Shoutin' the Blues
09. Rambler
10. Hully Gully (Twist)


Mr. Blues 1962



01. Young Dreamers
02. By Myself
03. Chains of Love
04. Another Love
05. Blues at Midnight
06. Sneaking Around
07. On My Word of Honor
08. Tomorrow Night
09. My Baby's Comin' Home
10. Guess Who
11. You Ask Me
12. I'm Gonna Sit in 'til You Give in


Heart Full of Blues 1962



01. Your Letter
02. You're Gonna Miss Me
03. Let Me Love You
04. I Can't Explain
05. Troubles Don't Last
06. Got 'em Bad
07. I Need You, Baby
08. So Many Days
09. Downhearted
10. Strange Things
11. The Wrong Road
 


Going Home 1963



01. Going Home
02. You Never Know
03. Please Remember Me
04. Come Back, Baby
05. You Won't Listen
06. Sundown
07. You Shouldn't Have Left
08. House Rocker
09. Shake Yours
10. The Letter


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Three O'Clock Blues 1963



01. Three O'clock Blues
02. You Know I Love You
03. Woke Up This Morning
04. When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer
05. You Upset Me, Baby
06. Sneaking Around
07. Ten Long Years (I Had a Woman)
08. Sweet Little Angel
09. Why Do Everything Happen to Me
10. Every Day I Have the Blues
11. Sweet Sixteen - Part I & II
12. Bad Case of Love
13. Rock Me, Baby
14. Please Love Me
15. Just a Dream
16. Did You Ever Love a Woman


My Sweet Little Angel 1964



01. Sweet Little Angel
02. Crying Won't Help You Now
03. Ten Long Years
04. Quit My Baby
05. Don't Look Now But I've Got the Blues
06. You Know I Go For You
07. Why Do Everything Happen to Me
08. Worry, Worry
09. Shake Yours
10. Please Accept My Love
11. Treat Me Right
12. Going Down Slow
13. Ain't That Just Like a Woman
14. Time to Say Goodbye
15. Early Every Morning
16. You've Been an Angel
17. Growing Old
18. In the Middle of an Island
19. String Bean
20. Recession Blues
21. You Shouldn't Have Left


Rock Me Baby 1964



01. Rock Me Baby
02. Blue Shadows
03. Worst Thing in My Life
04. Beautician Blues
05. 5 Long Years
06. Blues Stay Away
07. I Can't Lose
08. Jungle
09. Eyesight to the Blind
10. It's a Mean World
11. I Stay in the Mood
12. I Can Hear My Name
13. Got 'em Bad
14. And Like That


Live at the Regal 1965



01. Every Day I Have the Blues
02. Sweet Little Angel
03. It's My Own Fault
04. How Blue Can You Get
05. Please Love Me
06. You Upset Me, Baby
07. Worry, Worry
08. Woke Up This Morning
09. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
10. Help the Poor


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Live! B. B. King on Stage 1965



01. Please Love Me
02. Every Day I Have the Blues
03. Sweet Sixteen
04. Three O'Clock Blues
05. Rock Me Baby
06. Sweet Little Angel
07. Baby Look at You
08. Woke up This Morning
09. You Upset Me Baby
10. I've Got a Right to Love
11. Let Me Love You


Let Me Love You 1965



01. Whole Lot of Love
02. (I'm Gonna) Quit My Baby
03. You're Gonna Miss Me
04. Let Me Love You
05. I Can't Explain
06. Troubles Don't Last
07. Walking Doctor Bill
08. Hold That Train


The Jungle 1965



01. Blue Shadows
02. Eyesight to the Blind
03. Five Long Years
04. Ain't Nobody's Business
05. The Jungle
06. It's a Mean World
07. Long Gone Baby
08. Beautician Blues
09. I Can Hear My Name
10. The Worst Thing in My Life
11. Got 'em Bad
 


From the Beginning 1965



01. Please Love Me
02. Rock Me, Baby
03. Everyday I Have the Blues
04. Woke Up This Morning
05. My Own Fault
06. Five Long Years
07. You Upset Me
08. Blue Shadows
09. The Woman I Love
10. You Know I Love You
11. Sweet Little Angel
12. Treat Me Right
13. Sweet Sixteen
14. Eyesight to the Blind
15. Beautician Blues
16. Bad Luck
17. Troubles, Troubles, Troubles
18. Sneakin' Around
19. Sweet Thing
20. Three O'clock Blues
21. The Jungle
22. Let Me Love You
23. The Worst Thing in My Life
24. Shotgun Blues


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The Incredible Soul of B. B. King 1966



01. A New Way of Driving
02. The Other Night Blues
03. B. B. 's Boogie
04. Walkin' and Cryin'
05. Everything I Do Is Wrong
06. She Don't Love Me No More
07. I Gotta Find My Baby
08. My Own Fault Darling
09. That Ain't the Way to Do It
10. B. B. 's Blues
11. She's Dynamite
12. Questionnaire Blues


Turn on to B. B. King 1966



01. Looking the World Over
02. Worried Life
03. Bad Luck Soul
04. Goin Down Slow
05. Please Set a Date
06. Shut Your Mouth
07. Baby Look at You
08. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
09. Walkin' Dr. Bill
10. Recession Blues


B. B. King Better Than Ever 1966



01. I've Got a Right to Love My Baby
02. Partin' Time
03. Feel Like a Million
04. If I Lost You
05. Good Man Gone Bad
06. I'll Survive
07. Long Nights
08. What a Way to Go
09. That Evil Child
10. You're on Top
11. I'm King


Anthology of the Blues B. B. King 1949-1950 1966



01. I've Got Papers on You, Baby
02. Tomorrow Is Another Day
03. A Fool Too Long
04. Come By Here
05. The Woman I Love
06. My Silent Prayer
07. I Love You So
08. Sweet Thing
09. We Can't Make It
10. Treat Me Right
11. Time to Say Good-bye
12. I'm Cracking Up Over You


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Confessin' the Blues 1966



01. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
02. Goin' to Chicago Blues
03. See See Rider
04. Do You Call That a Buddy
05. Wee Baby Blues
06. In the Dark
07. Confessin' the Blues
08. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
09. How Long, How Long Blues
10. Cherry Red
11. Please Send Me Someone to Love


Blues Is King 1967



01. Waitin' on You
02. Gambler's Blues
03. Tired of Your Love
04. Night Life
05. Buzz Me
06. Don't Answer the Door
07. Blind Love
08. I Know What You're Putting Down
09. Baby, Get Lost
10. Gonna Keep on Loving You


Blues on Top of Blues 1968



01. Heartbreaker
02. Losing Faith in You
03. Dance with Me
04. That's Wrong, Little Mama
05. Having My Say
06. I'm Not Wanted Anymore
07. Worried Dream
08. Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
09. Until I Found You
10. I'm Gonna Do What They Do to Me
11. Raining in My Heart
12. Now That You've Lost Me


Lucille 1968



01. Lucille
02. You Move Me So
03. Country Girl
04. No Money, No Luck Blues
05. I Need Your Love
06. Rainin' All the Time
07. I'm with You
08. Stop Puttin the Hurt on Me
09. Watch Yourself


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His Best - The Electric B. B. King 1968



01. Tired of Your Jive
02. Don't Answer the Door
03. The B. B. Jones
04. All Over Again
05. Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
06. Think It Over
07. I Done Got Wise
08. Meet My Happiness
09. Sweet Sixteen
10. You Put It on Me
11. I Don't Want You Cuttin' Off Your Hair
 


Live and Well 1969



01. I Want You So Bad
02. Friends
03. Get Off My Back, Woman
04. Let's Get Down to Business
05. Why I Sing the Blues
06. Don't Answer the Door
07. Just a Little Love
08. My Mood
09. Sweet Little Angel
10. Please Accept My Love


Completely Well 1969



01. So Excited
02. No Good
03. You're Losin' Me
04. What Happened
05. Confessin' the Blues
06. Key to My Kingdom
07. Cryin' Won't Help You Now
08. You're Mean
09. The Thrill Is Gone


Indianola Mississippi Seeds 1970



01. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
02. You're Still My Woman
03. Ask Me No Questions
04. Until I'm Dead and Cold
05. King's Special
06. Ain't Gonna Worry My Life
07. Chains and Things
08. Go Underground
09. Hummingbird


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B. B. King Live in Cook County Jail 1970



01. Introduction
02. Every Day I Have the Blues
03. How Blue Can You Get
04. Worry, Worry, Worry
05. Medley: Three o'Clock Blues
06. Darlin', You Know I Love You
07. Sweet Sixteen
08. The Thrill Is Gone
09. Please Accept My Love


B. B. King in London 1971



01. Caldonia
02. Blue Shadows
03. Alex's Boogie
04. We Can't Agree
05. Ghetto Woman
06. Wet Haystack
07. Part-Time Love
08. Power of the Blues
09. Ain't Nobody Home
 


L. A. Midnight 1972



01. I Got Some Help I Don't Need
02. Help the Poor
03. Can't You Hear Me Talking to You?
04. Midnight
05. Sweet Sixteen
06. (I Believe) I've Been Blue Too Long
07. Lucille's Granny


Guess Who 1972



01. Summer in the City
02. Just Can't Please You
03. Any Other Way
04. You Don't Know Nothin' About Love
05. Found What I Need
06. Neighborhood Affair
07. I Takes a Young Girl
08. Better Lovin' Man
09. Guess Who
10. Shouldn't Have Left Me
11. Five Long Years


To Know You Is to Love You 1972



01. I Like to Live the Love
02. Respect Yourself
03. Who Are You
04. Love
05. I Can't Leave
06. To Know You Is to Love You
07. Oh to Me
08. Thank You For Loving the Blues


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Back in the Alley - The Classic Blues of B. B. King 1972



01. Sweet Little Angel
02. Watch Yourself
03. Don't Answer the Door
04. Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
05. Sweet Sixteen
06. Gambler's Blues
07. I'm Gonna Do What They Do to Me
08. Lucille
09. Please Love Me


The Best of B. B. King 1972



01. Hummingbird
02. Cook County Jail Introduction
03. How Blue Can You Get
04. Caldonia
05. Sweet Sixteen
06. Ain't Nobody Home
07. Why I Sing the Blues
08. The Thrill is Gone
09. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
 


Lucille Talks Back 1973



01. Lucille Talks Back
02. Breaking Up Somebody's Home
03. Reconsider Baby
04. Don't Make Me Pay for His Mistakes
05. When I'm Wrong
06. I Know the Price
07. Have Faith
08. Everybody Lies a Little


Together For the First Time 1976



01. Three o'Clock Blues
02. It's My Own Fault
03. Don't Cry No More
04. Driftin' Blues
05. I'm Sorry
06. Why I Sing the Blues
07. I'll Take Care of You
08. I Like to Live the Love
09. Don't Answer the Door
10. Goin' Down Slow
11. That's the Way Love Is
12. Medley


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Bobby Bland and B. B. King 1976



01. Together Again . . . Live
02. Let the Good Times Roll
03. Medley: Stormy Monday Blues
04. Strange Things Happen
05. Feel So Bad
06. Medley: Mother-in-Law Blues
07. Mean Old World
08. Everyday
09. Medley: The Thrill Is Gone
10. I Ain't Gonna Be the First to Cry


King Size 1977



01. Don't You Lie to Me
02. I Wonder Why
03. Medley: I Just Want to Make Love to You
04. Your Lovin' Turned Me On
05. Slow and Easy
06. Got My Mojo Working
07. Walkin' in the Sun
08. Mother for Ya
09. The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
10. Its Just a Matter of Time


Midnight Believer 1978



01. When It All Comes Down
02. Midnight Believer
03. I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone
04. Hold On
05. Never Make Your Move Too Soon
06. A World Full of Strangers
07. Let Me Make You Cry a Little Longer
 


Take It Home 1979



01. Better Not Look Down
02. Same Old Story
03. Happy Birthday Blues
04. I've Always Been Lonely
05. Secondhand Woman
06. Tonight I'm Gonna Make You a Star
07. Story Everbody Knows
08. Take It Home


Live! B. B. King on Stage 1979



01. Please Love Me
02. Everyday I Have the Blues
03. Sweet Sixteen
04. Three o'Clock Blues
05. Rock Me Baby
06. Sweet Little Angel
07. Baby Look at You
08. Woke Up This Morning
09. You Upset Me Baby
10. I've Got a Right to Love My Baby
11. Let Me Love You


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B. B. King Now Appearing at Ole Miss 1980



01. Intro-B. B. King Blues Theme
02. Caldonia
03. Medley: Don't Answer the Door
04. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
05. I Need Your Love So Bad
06. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
07. Hold On
08. I Got Some Outside Help (I Don't Really Need)
09. Darlin' You Know I Love You
10. When I'm Waiting
11. The Thrill Is Gone
12. Never Make Your Move Too Soon
13. Three o'Clock in the Morning
14. Rock Me Baby
15. Guess Who
16. I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone


There Must Be a Better World Somewhere 1981



01. Life Ain't Nothing But a Party
02. Born Again Human
03. There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
04. The Victim
05. More, More, More
06. You're Going With Me


Love Me Tender 1982



01. One of Those Nights
02. Love Me Tender
03. Don't Change On Me
04. (I'd Be) A Legend in My Time
05. You've Always Got the Blues
06. Nightlife, Please Send Me Someone to Love
07. You and Me, Me and You
08. Since I Met You Baby
09. Time Is a Thief
10. A World I Never Made


Great Moments With B. B. King 1982



01. Waitin' on You
02. Gambler's Blues
03. Tired of Your Jive
04. Night Life
05. Buzz Me
06. Blind Love
07. See See Rider
08. Wee Baby Blues
09. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
10. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
11. How Long, How Long Blues
12. Cherry Red
13. Baby Get Lost
14. Gonna Keep on Loving You
15. I Know What You're Puttin' Down
16. Heartbreaker
17. Dance With Me
18. That's Wrong Little Mama
19. Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
20. Until I Found You
21. I'm Gonna Do What They Do to Me
22. Having My Say
23. I'm Not Wanted Anymore
24. Worried Dream


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Six Silver Strings 1985



01. Six Silver Strings
02. Big Boss Man
03. In the Midnight Hour
04. Into the Night
05. My Lucille
06. Memory Lane
07. My Guitar Sings the Blues
08. Double Trouble


Spotlight on Lucille 1986



01. Slidin' and Glidin'
02. Blues With B. B.
03. King of Guitar
04. Jump With B. B.
05. 38th Street Blues
06. Feedin' the Rock
07. Just Like a Woman
08. Step It Up
09. Calypso Jazz
10. Easy Listening Blues
11. Shoutin' the Blues
12. Powerhouse


Blues 'N' Jazz 1986



01. Inflation Blues
02. Broken Heart
03. Sell My Monkey
04. Heed My Warning
05. Teardrops From My Eyes
06. Rainbow Riot
07. Darlin' You Know I Love You
08. Make Love to Me
09. I Can't Let You Go


King of the Blues: 1989



01. (You've Become a) Habit to Me
02. Drowning in the Sea of Love
03. Can't Get Enough
04. Standing on the Edge
05. Go on
06. Let's Straighten It Out
07. Change in Your Lovin'
08. Undercover Man
09. Lay Another Log on the Fire
10. Business With My Baby Tonight
11. Take Off Your Shoes


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Live at Newport in New York 1989



01. Little Red Rooster
02. Ball and Chain
03. Confessin' the Blues
04. They Call Me Mr. Cleanhead
05. Hold It Right There
06. Kidney Stew
07. That's Alright Now Mama
08. Long Distance Call
09. Where's My Woman Been
10. Got My Mojo Workin'
11. Outside Help


MCAD 6455: Live at San Quentin 1990



01. B. B. King Intro
02. Let the Good Times Roll
03. Everyday I Have the Blues
04. Whole Lotta Loving
05. Sweet Little Angel
06. Never Make a Move Too Soon
07. Into the Night
08. Ain't Nobody's Business
09. The Thrill is Gone
10. Peace to the World
11. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
12. Sweet Sixteen
13. Rock Me Baby


The Fabulous B. B. King 1991



01. Three O'Clock Blues
02. You Know I Love You
03. Please Love Me
04. You Upset Me Baby
05. Bad Luck
06. On My Word Of Honor
07. Everyday I Have the Blues
08. Woke Up This Morning (My Baby's Gone)
09. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer
10. Sweet Little Angel
11. Ten Long Years
12. Whole Lotta Love


There Is Always One More Time 1991



01. I'm Moving on
02. Back in L. A.
03. The Blues Come Over Me
04. Fool Me Once
05. The Low Down
06. Mean and Evil
07. I've Got Something Up My Sleeve
08. Roll, Roll, Roll
09. There Is Always One More Time
 


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Everyday I Have the Blues 1991



01. Sweet Sixteen
02. The Other Night Blues
03. It's My Own Fault Baby
04. Long Nights
05. Mr. Pawnbroker
06. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
07. Catfish Blues
08. Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
09. Everyday I Have the Blues
10. B. B. Boogie
11. A New Way of Driving
12. Walkin' and Cryin'
13. How Blue Can You Get
14. The Letter


Live at the Apollo 1991



01. When Love Comes to Town
02. Sweet Sixteen
03. The Thrill Is Gone
04. Ain't Nobody's Business
05. Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
06. All Over Again
07. Nightlife
08. Since I Met You Baby
09. Guess Who
10. Peace to the World


Heart and Soul 1992



01. Lonely and Blue
02. Sneakin' Around (With You)
03. You Can'y Fool My Heart
04. Story From My Heart and Soul
05. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
06. You Know I Love You
07. I'm King
08. A Lonely Lover's Plea
09. My Heart Belongs to You
10. Don't Cry Anymore
11. Please Accept My Love
12. Peace of Mind
13. I Was Blind
14. On My Word of Honor
15. I'll Survive
16. If I Lost You
17. My Reward
18. I Am
19. I Love You So
20. Key to My Kingdom


Why I Sing the Blues 1992



01. The Thrill Is Gone
02. Ghetto Woman
03. Why I Sing the Blues
04. Ain't Nobody Home
05. Hummingbird
06. To Know You Is to Love You
07. How Blue Can You Get?
08. Sweet Sixteen
09. So Excited
10. Chains and Things


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King of the Blues (4 Disc Box Set) 1992



Disc 1: 1949 - 1966

01. Miss Martha King
02. She's Dynamite
03. Three O'clock Blues
04. Please Love Me
05. You Upset Me Baby
06. Everyday I Have the Blues
07. Rock Me Baby
08. Recession Blues
09. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
10. I'm Gonna Sit In 'Til You Give In
11. Blues at Midnight
12. Sneakin' Around
13. My Baby's Comin' Home
14. Slowly Losing My Mind
15. How Blue Can You Get
16. Rockin' Awhile
17. Help the Poor
18. Stop Leadin' Me On
19. Sweet Little Angel
20. All Over Again
21. Sloppy Drunk
22. Don't Answer the Door, Parts One and Two
23. I Done Got Wise
24. Think It Over
25. Gambler's Blues

Disc 2: 1966 - 1969

01. Goin' Down Slow
02. Tired of Your Jive
03. Sweet Sixteen, Parts One and Two
04. Paying the Cost To Be the Boss
05. I'm Gonna Do What They Do To Me
06. Lucille
07. Watch Yourself
08. You Put It On Me
09. Get Myself Somebody
10. I Want You So Bad
11. Why I Sing the Blues
12. Get Off My Back Woman
13. Please Accept My Love
14. Fools Get Wise
15. No Good
16. So Excited

Disc 3: 1969 - 1975

01. The Thrill Is Gone
02. Confessin' the Blues
03. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
04. Hummingbird
05. Ask Me No Questions
06. Chains and Things
07. Eyesight to the Blind
08. Niji Baby
09. Blue Shadows
10. Ghetto Woman
11. Ain't Nobody Home
12. I Get Some Help I Don't Need
13. Five Long Years
14. To Know You Is To Love You
15. I Like to Live the Love
16. Don't Make Me Pay for His Mistakes

Disc 4: 1976 - 1991

01. Let the Good Times Roll
02. Don't You Lie to Me
03. Mother Fuyer
04. Never Make a Move Too Soon
05. While It All Comes Down (I'll Still Be Around)
06. Better Not Look Down
07. Caldonia
08. There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
09. Play With Your Poodle
10. Darlin' You Know I Love You
11. Inflation Blues
12. Make Love to Me
13. Into the Night
14. Six Silver Strings
15. When Love Comes to Town
16. Right Time, Wrong Place
17. Many Miles Traveled
18. I'm Moving On
19. Since I Met You Baby


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Blues Summit 1993



01. Playin' With My Friends
02. Since I Met You Baby
03. I Pity the Fool
04. You Shook Me
05. Something You Got
06. There's Something on Your Mind
07. Little By Little
08. Call It Stormy Monday
09. You're the Boss
10. We're Gonna Make It
11. I Gotta Move Out of This Neighborhood
12. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
13. Everybody's Had the Blues


I Like To Live The Love (with Bobby 'Blue' Bland) 1993



01. Three O'Clock Blues
02. It's Own Fault
03. That's The Way Love Is
04. I'm Sorry
05. Don't Cry No More
06. Don't Answer The Door
07. Goin' Down Slow
08. I Like To Live The Love
09. Driftin' Blues
10. Let The Good Times Roll


Heart To Heart (with Diane Schuur) 1994



01. No One Ever Tells You
02. I Can't Stop Loving You
03. You Don't Know Me
04. It Heard To be You
05. I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
06. Glory Of Love
07. Try A Little Tenderness
08. Spirit In The Dark
09. Freedom
10. At Last


How Blue Can You Get? 1996
Classic Live Performances 1964 to 1994
(Double CD Set)



Disc 1: 1964 to 1971

01. Every Day I Have the Blues
02. Sweet Little Angel
03. Please Love Me
04. You Upset Me Baby
05. Gambler's Blues
06. Buzz Me
07. Baby Get Lost
08. Blind Love
09. Don't Answer the Door
10. Please Accept My Love
11. Worry, Worry
12. How Blue Can You Get?
13. Eyesight to the Blind
14. Chains and Things
15. Sweet Sixteen
16. The Thrill is Gone

Disc 2: 1976 to 1994

01. Let the Good Times Roll (with Bobby Bland)
02. I Got Some Help I Don't Need
03. Caldonia
04. Night Life (with The Crusaders)
05. Never Make a Move Too Soon (with The Crusaders)
06. All Over Again
07. Please Send Me Someone to Love (with Gladys Knight)
08. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
09. When Love Comes to Town
10. Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
11. Ain't Nobody's Business (with Ruth Brown)
12. T-Bone Shuffle (with Joe Louis Walker)
13. Rock Me Baby


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Deuces Wild 1997



01. If You Love Me
02. Thrill Is Gone
03. Rock Me Baby
04. Please Send Me Someone to Love
05. Baby I Love You
06. Ain't Nobody Home
07. There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
08. Confessin' The Blues
09. Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
10. Dangerous Mood
11. Keep It Coming
12. Cryin' Won't Help You Babe
13. Night Life


Blues on the Bayou 1998



01. Blues Boys Tune
02. Bad Case Of Love
03. I'll Survive
04. Mean Ole' World
05. Blues Man
06. Broken Promise
07. Darlin' What Happened
08. Shake It Up And Go
09. Blues We Like
10. Good Man Gone Bad
11. If I Lost You
12. Tell Me Baby
13. I Got Some Outside Help I Don't Need
14. Blues In "G"
15. If That Ain't it I Quit


The Thrill is Gone 1999



1. The Thrill Is Gone
2. Guess Who
3. Paying The Cost To Be The Boss
4. All Over Again
5. Jam
6. Every Day I Have The Blues
7. Sweet Little Angel
8. B.B.'s Theme


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Let The Good Times Roll: The Music Of Louis Jordan 1999



01. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
02. Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't My Baby?
03. Beware, Brother Beware
04. Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door
05. Ain't That Just Like a Woman
06. Choo Choo Ch' Boogie
07. Buzz Me
08. Early In The Mornin'
09. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
10. Jack, You're Dead!
11. Knock Me A Kiss
12. Let The Good Times Roll
13. Caldonia
14. It's A Great, Great Pleasure
15. Rusty Dusty Blues (Mama Mama Blues)
16. Sure Had A Wonderful Time Last Night
17. Saturday Night Fish Fry
18. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out


Golden Legends 1999



01. Everyday I Have The Blues
02. B.B. Boogie
03. A New Way Of Driving
04. Walkin' And Cryin'
05. The Thrill Is Gone
06. The Letter
07. How Blue Can You Get
08. Praying The Cost To Be The Boss
09. It's My Own Fault
10. You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now


20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of B.B. King 1999



01. The Thrill Is Gone
02. Ain't Nobody Home
03. Let The Good Times Roll
04. Guess Who
05. I Like To Live The Love
06. Don't Answer The Door
07. Sweet Sixteen
08. Paying The Cost To Be The Boss
09. I Got Some Help I Don't Need
10. Into The Night

Makin' Love Is Good for You 2000



01. I Got To Leave This Woman
02. Since I Fell For You
03. I Know
04. Peace Of Mind
05. Monday Woman
06. Ain't Nobody Like My Baby
07. Makin' Love Is Good For You
08. Don't Go No Farther (Album Version
09. Actions Speak Louder Than Words
10. What You Bet
11. You're On Top
12. Too Good To You Baby
13. I'm In The Wrong Business
14. She's My Baby


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Riding With The King [with Eric Clapton] 2000



01. Riding With The King
02. Ten Long Years
03. Key To The Highway
04. Marry You
05. Three O'Clock Blues
06. Help The Poor
07. I Wanna Be
08. Worried Life Blues
09. Days Of Old
10. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer
11. Hold On I'm Coming
12. Come Rain Or Come Shine

A Christmas Celebration of Hope 2001



01. Please Come Home For Christmas
02. Lonesome Christmas
03. Back Door Santa
04. Christmas In Heaven
05. I'll Be Home For Christmas
06. To Someone That I Love
07. Christmas Celebration
08. Merry Christmas Baby
09. Christmas Love
10. Blue Decorations
11. Christmas Comes But Once A Year
12. Bringing In A Brand New Year
13. Auld Lang Syne

Reflections 2003



01. Exactly Like You (Album Version)
02. On My Word Of Honor (Album Version/Re-record)
03. I Want a Little Girl (Album Version)
04. I'll String Along With You (Album Version)
05. I Need You So (Album Version)
06. A Mother's Love (Album Version/Re-record)
07. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (Album Version)
08. Neighborhood Affair (2003 Album Version)
09. Tomorrow Night (Album Version/Re-record)
10. There I've Said It Again (Album Version)
11. Always On My Mind (Album Version)
12. Cross My Heart (Album Version)
13. What A Wonderful World (Album Version)

80 2005



01. Early In The Morning [with Van Morrison]
02. Tired Of Your Jive [with Billy F. Gibbons]
03. The Thrill Is Gone [with Eric Clapton]
04. Need Your Love So Bad [with Sheryl Crow]
05. Ain't Nobody Home [with Daryl Hall]
06. Hummingbird [with John Mayer]
07. All Over Again [with Mark Knopfler]
08. Drivin' Wheel [with Glenn Frey]
09. There Must Be A Better World Somewhere [with Gloria Estefan]
10. Never Make Your Move Too Soon [with Roger Daltrey]
11. Funny How Time Slips Away [with Bobby Bland]
12. Rock This House [with Elton John]


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Live 2008



01. Mr. King Comes On Stage
02. Why I Sing The Blues
03. I Need You So
04. Bad Case Of Love
05. Blues Man
06. When Love Comes To Town
07. All Over Again
08. You Are My Sunshine
09. Rock Me Baby
10. Key To The Highway
11. The Thrill Is Gone
12. When The Saints Go Marching In

One Kind Favor 2008



01. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
02. I Get So Weary
03. Get These Blues Off Me
04. How Many More Years
05. Waiting For Your Call
06. My Love Is Down
07. The World Is Gone Wrong
08. Blues Before Sunrise
09. Midnight Blues
10. Backwater Blues
11. Sitting On Top Of The World
12. Tomorrow Night

Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2011 2012



01. I Need You So
02. Key To The Highway
03. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
04. All Over Again
05. Rock Me Baby
06. You Are My Sunshine
07. B.B. JamsWith Guests
08. The Thrill Is Gone
09. Guess Who
10. When The Saints Go Marching In


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