Loading…
.jpg%3Fwidth%3D800&w=640&q=75)
B. B. King
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1925–2015)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 16 September 1925
- Died
- 14 May 2015
- Place of death
- Las Vegas
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- King
- Spouse
- Martha Lee Denton, Sue Carol Hall
- Genre
- blues, rhythm and blues
- Field of work
- blues
- Occupation
- guitarist, singer, singer-songwriter, composer, pianist, record producer, blues musician, musician
- Citizenship
- United States
- Awards
- Blues Hall of Fame, National Medal of Arts, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Library of Congress Living Legend, Kennedy Center Honors, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Americana Music Association President's Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Maple Blues Awards
- artist files at
- Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library
- birth name
- Riley Ben King
- described by source
- Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians
- discography
- B.B. King discography
- end of work period
- 2014
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- instrument
- guitar, voice, electric guitar, Lucille
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- medical condition
- stuttering
- name in native language
- B. B. King
- participant in
- Live Aid
- record label
- Geffen Records, Federal Records, RPM Records
- start of work period
- 1949
- time period
- 20th century
- topic's main category
- Category:B. B. King
- voice type
- tenor
Connected on Wikidata
Appears in
Influenced
Spouse of
Nothing in the MetaHistoryBook collection references this item yet.