B.B. King Biography
B.B. King
Bibi Raja
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King at the 2009 North Sea Jazz Festival
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| Background information | |
| birth name | Riley B Raja |
| Arising | September 16, 1925 Itta Bena, Mississippi , US |
| died | May 14, 2015 (age 89) Las Vegas, Nevada , US |
| The styles | |
| Business (s) |
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| equipment | Guitar, vocal |
| Years active | 1937-2015 |
| the label | |
| Website | Bubbing |
Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 - May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King , was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. King introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string string bending and shimmering vibrato that influenced many later electric blues guitarists. [3]
King in 1987 of Fame Rock and Roll Hall of covers was, and it is by far one of the most influential blues musicians, which "The King of the Blues" nickname earn , and the "Three Kings of the Blues Is considered one of ". Guitar "(with Albert and Freddie King ). [6] [5] [4] Raja performed tirelessly during his music career, appearing on average in more than 200 concerts in the decade of the decade. [6] In 1958 he appeared in 372 shows. [8]
The king was born to a cotton plantation in Itta Bena , Mississippi , and later worked on a cotton gin in Indianola, Mississippi . He was attracted to music and guitar at church, and began his career in juke joints and local radio . He later resided in Memphis, Tennessee and Chicago and toured the world extensively as his fame grew. King died at the age of 89 on May 14, 2015 in Las Vegas , Nevada .
 Oral history, Bibi King reflects his greatest musical influences . Interview date 3 August 2005, NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Oral History Library |
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early life
Riley b. King was born on September 16, 1925, [9] to Albert and Nora Ella King of the Stock Exchange in Iterna Bena, Mississippi , [10] [11] in the town of Berclair Cotton Plantation . [11] He considered Mississippi , the nearest town of Indianola , to be his home. [12] When the king was four years old, his mother left his father for another man, so he was raised by his grandmother Elnora Farr in Kilimel, Mississippi . [1 1]
Young Notwithstanding, King Kilmicel in Alkhorn Baptist church gospel choir sang . The king was attracted to the Pentecostal Church of God in Christ because of his music . The local minister performed with Sears Roebuck Silvertone guitar during services . The minister taught the king his first three ragas. [13] It seems that at the age of 12, he bought his first guitar for $ 15.00, [11] though another source indicated that he had Bucca White , His mother's first cousin (King's grandmother and White's mother sisters) gave the first guitar . [14]
In November 1941, the " King Biscuit Time " aired for the first time, Helena, Arkansas in KFFA broadcast . It was a radio show featuring the Mississippi Delta Blues. The king heard it at the time of the break at the plantation. A self-taught guitarist, he then wanted to become a radio musician. [15]
In 1943, King left Kilimel to work as a tractor driver and the famous St. John's Gospel of Inverness, Mississippi guitar , area churches and Greenwood, Mississippi in WGRM on display have . [16] [17]
In 1946, King of Bukka White Memphis, Tennessee followed up . White carried him for the next ten months. [11] However, King later returned to Mississippi, where he decided to better prepare himself for the next trip, and two years later returned to West Memphis, Arkansas in 1949 . He performed on Sony Boy Williamson 's radio program on KWEM . In West Memphis, where he began to develop an audience. King's appearances led to continued busyness at Sixteenth Avenue Grill in West Memphis, and later a ten-minute appearance at Memphis radio station WDIA. [1 spot ] The radio spot became so popular that it expanded and became the Sepia Swing Club . [19]
He worked as a singer and disc jockey at WDIA, where he was nicknamed the " Beale Street Blues Boy" , which was later shortened to "Blues Boy", and eventually BB [20] [21 ] [22] it was there that he first T-bone walker met . King said, "Once I heard him for the first time, I knew that I would have [an electric guitar] myself." [23]
The business
1949-2005
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, King was a part of the blues scene on Beale Street . "Beale Street was where it all started for me," King said. He performed in a group called The Beale Streeters with Bobby Bland , Johnny Ace and Earl Forrest . [24]
King and according to AB, Ike Turner 's Kings Bihari brothers introduced , while the Modern Records talent scout was . [25] [14] 1 9 4 9, the king of Los Angeles-based RPM Records began recording songs under contract with the helpful company, which is modern. Many of King's early recordings were produced by Sam Phillips , who later established the Sun Record . Before his RPM contract, King single, "Miss Martha King" (1949) released by Debut on Bullet Record , which did not chart well. "My first recording [in 1949] was [sic] missed by a company Bullet Record Transcription company called Bullet," King out of Nashville. "The horns in the first session with me. I have a piano Newborn Phineas was ; their father played drums, and his brother Calvin , who played guitar with me. I have the bass Tough Green , on tenor sax Ben Branch was his brother, Thomas, trumpet and a Lady Trombone player. Vjat family West famous Plantation Memphis was home to bands of these. " [26]
The king assembled his own band; The BB King Review, led by Millard Lee. The band initially consisted of Calvin Owens and Kenneth Sands (trumpet), Lawrence Burdine (alto saxophone), George Coleman (tenor saxophone), [27] Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone), Millard Lee (piano), George Joyner (bass) and Were. Earl One and Ted Curry (drums). Onzi Horn was a trained musician distinguished as an instructor to assist the king with his compositions. By his own admission, the king could not play well and always depended on improvisation . [28]
The Kings recording contract was performed by tours across the United States , with performances in major theaters in cities such as Washington, DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, and St. Louis, as well as numerous gigs in small clubs and jook joints . Southern United States. Twist, Arkansas during a show , went sparked a dispute between two and caught fire. He set off with the rest of the crowd but went to retrieve his guitar. He said he later learned that the two men were fighting a woman named Lucille. He named the guitar Lucille , as a reminder not to fight over women or to run into any more burning buildings. [29] [30] [31]
His first Billboard Rhythm and Blues after number one, " 3 o'clock blues " (February 1952), [32] BB King 1950s in R & B music has become one of the most important names, which hits Made an impressive list [22]] "You Know I Love You", "Walk Up This Morning", "Please Love Me", "When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer", "What Lotte Love", "You Upset Me" Baby "," Every Day I. " Blues ", "Sneakin 'Around", "Ten Long Years", "Bad Luck", " Sweet Little Angel " "," On My Word of Honor "and" Please Accept My Love ". This led to an increase in his weekly earnings from about $ 85 to $ 2,500, [33] appearing at prominent venues such as the Howard Theater in Washington and Apollo in New York. Along with giving, he also visited the " Chitlin 'circuit " . 1956 became a record-breaking year, holding 342 concerts and three recording sessions. [37] That same year, he founded his own record label, Blues Boys' Kingdom, which had its headquarters in Beale Street, Mephis. Among other projects, he was a producer for artists such as Millard Lee and Levi Seabury. [12] In 1962, the king ABC-Paramount Records signed , which later MCA Records (which later Geffen Records was absorbed in was ) was absorbed in . In November 1964, King recorded Live in the Regal album at the Regal Theater . [32] King later stated that Regal Live was "considered by some of the best recordings I've ever done. Everything came together on that particular day in Chicago." [35]
From the late 1960s, new manager Sid Seidenberg pushed King into a different type of venue, as did blues-rock artists such as Eric Clapton (once a member of The Yardbirds , as well as Cream ) and Paul Butterfield , and the Blues The music was popularizing praise among white audiences. [37] King gained more visibility among rock audiences as an opening act on the Rocking Audience 's 1979 American Tour . [3 a] he song " The Thrill Is Gone for his version of" L 9 A0 Grammy Awards won ; [ 3a ] which was a hit onboth pop and R&B charts. It Rolling Stone Magazine All of the 500 greatest songs received 183 location . [39]
King 1980 Blues Hall of Fame in among the was , in 1987, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , and the official Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2014. [7] [40] In 2004, he was awarded the International Polar . Music Awards , to artists "in recognition of extraordinary achievements in the creation and advancement of music." [41]
From the 1980s until his death in 2015, he maintained a highly visual and active career, performing several television shows and sometimes 300 nights a year. In 1988, the King single " When Love Comes to Town ," reached a new generation of fans with a collaborative effort between King and the Irish band U2 in their Rattle and Us album . [32] In December 19 1997, he performed at the Vatican's fifth annual Christmas concert and presented his trademark guitar "Lucille" to Pope John Paul II . [42] [43] 19 ] In, The Blues Brothers 2000 , Part of the lead singer of the Louisiana Gator Boys, along with Eric Clapton , Drs. John , Coco Taylor and Bo Diddley . In 2000, he and Clapton together recorded Riding with the King , which won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album . [44]
Discussing moving the blues from the "dirt floors, smoke in the air" joints to the Grand Concert Hall, King said that the blues were of beautiful music everywhere. He successfully worked both sides of the commercial division, with sophisticated performances and "raw, husky" live performances. [35]
Cond4: farewell visits and subsequent activities
In 2006, King went on a "farewell" world tour, although he later remained active. [65] The tour was partially supported by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore , with whom King had previously toured and recorded. It began in the United Kingdom, and continued with performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival and at Sunsets the Blues in Zurich . During his show in Stravinski Hall in Montreux, he jammed with Joe Sample , Randy Crawford , David Sanborn , Gladys Knight , Lila James, Andre Beeka, Earl Thomas, Stanley Clarke , John McLaughlin , Barbara Hendricks and George Duke . [46]
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In June 2006, King was present at a memorial to his first radio broadcast at the Three Dews Building in Greenwood, Mississippi , where an official marker of the Mississippi Blues Trail was placed. In the same month, an unprecedented new museum, dedicated to the King, was held in [47] in Indianola, Mississippi . [48] BB Raja Museum and Delta Interpretive Center opened on 13 September 2008 [49]
In late October 2006, King recorded a concert album and video titled BB King : Live in Nashville and his BB King Blues Club in Memphis . The four-night production video featured his regular BB King blues band and captured his show as he performed it at night around the world. Released in 2008, he documented his first live performances in a decade. [50]
In 2007, King starred in Eric Clapton's Second Crossroads Guitar Festival [51] and starred in "Goin 'Home", Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fates Domino (with Evan Neville's Dumpsthunk ) [52] and "One Shoe Blues". " Contributed songs. To Sandra Boynton 's children's album Blue Moo , a music video for the song will accompany a pair of sock puppets. [53]
In summer 2008, King Manchester, Tennessee in Bonaro Music and Arts Festival in play , where they city a key went reported . [54] In addition to 200 , 54 in, they were inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame . [55]
King said the May 27, 2010 Rabat of Morocco in Mavjin celebration performed . [56] In June 2010, King performed at the Crossroads Guitar Festival alongside Robert Cray , Jimmy Vaughn and Eric Clapton . [5 to ] He also contributed to Cyndi Lauper 's album Memphis Blues , which was released on June 22, 2010. [5 contributed ]
In 2011, King Glasnbri Music Festival , [59] and London 's Royal Albert Hall in was played , where he recorded a concert video. [60]
On February 21, 2012, King was among the cast of "In Performance in the White House : Red, White and Blues" , during which President Barack Obama sang part of " Sweet Home Chicago " . [42] King recorded for rapper and producer Big KRIT 's debut album , which is also from Mississippi. [ 43 ] On 5 July 2012, Raja performed a concert at the Byblos International Festival in Lebanon . [64]
After completing his live performance at the House of Blues in Chicago on October 3, 2014, a doctor diagnosed King with dehydration and exhaustion, and the eight remaining shows of his ongoing tour had to be canceled. King did not do the show again, and the House of Blues show would prove to be the last before his death in 2015. [६६] [६ule]
equipment
Bibi King used the instrument characteristic of the various periods he played. He played guitars made by various manufacturers early in his career. He played the role of a Fender Esquire in most of his recordings with RPM Records . [79] However, he was known to play variants of the Gibson ES-355 .
In the 1995 edition of Vintage Guitar Magazine , early photographs show the Gibson ES-5 playing through a Fender tweed amp . In reference to the photo, Bibi King said, "Yes; the old Fender amplifiers were the best that ever, in my opinion. They had a good sound and were durable; people would throw them in the truck and they would hold on. They had tubes, and they would get real hot, but they just had a sound that is hard to put into words. The Fender Twin was great, but I have an old Lab Series amp that is no longer being produced. Is. I fell in love with it, because its voice is right in the middle of the old Fender amps that we have and this was a Fender Twin. I am using tonight. " [70]
He later moved on to larger Gibson hollow-bodied devices that tended to react when the ES-335 and then played a higher volume for various semi-hollow models starting with a deluxe version called the ES-355 Used to employ a stereo option. [[0] In 19 BB0 , Gibson Guitar Corporation launched the BB King Lucille model, an ES-355 with stereo options, a Veritone selector, and fine tuner (none of which were actually used by BB). Done and, at the King's direct request, not f-holes to reduce the response. In 2005, Gibson made a special run of 80 Gibson Lucils, referred to as "80th birthday Lucille", the first prototype of which was given a birthday gift to the king, and after which he used it. [71]
King used a Lab Series L5 2 × 12 "combo amplifier and had been using this amplifier for a long time. It was built by Norlin Industries for Gibson in the 1970s and 1980s. Other popular L5 users, Allen Xdsworth and Ty are the X of Tabor of King . The L5 is an onboard compressor, parametric equalization, and four inputs. The King also used a Fender Twin Echo. [72]
He used his signature model strings "Gibson Seg-BBS BB King Signature Electric Guitar Strings" with gauges: 10–13pp-32w-45w-54w and D'Andrea 351 MD SHL CX (medium 0.71 mm, turtle shell, celluloid ) Choice. [72]
BB Kings Blues Club
In 1991, Beale Street developer John Elkingtn the opening of the original BB King's blues club BB King in Memphis recruited and 1994 in Los Angeles at Universal CityWalk in launched a second club . A third club in New York City's Times Square opened in June 2000 but closed on April 29, 2018. Management is currently in the process of finding a new location in New York City. [73] Opened in two more clubs, Connecticut at Foxwoods Casino in January 2002, [74] and in 2003 in Nashville [75] Another club opened in Orlando in 2007 [76] A club in West Palm Beach opened in the fall of 2009 [77] and the Mirage Hotel , an addition located in Las Vegas , opened in the winter of 2009. [78]Another opened in 2016 in the New Orleans French Quarter . [79]
Television and other appearances
King has guest starred in several popular television shows including The Cosby Show , The Young and the Restless , General Hospital , [80] The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , Seslem Street , [81] Married ... With Children , Sanford and View . Played . Son , and touched by an angel .
In 2000, the children's show, Between the Lions, featured a singing character named "BB Be the Kings of Beasts", based on the actual king. [82]
BB King: The Life of Riley , a feature documentary about King written by Morgan Freeman and directed by John Brewer , was released on 15 October 2012. [83]
Advertisements
Raja, who was diabetic , appeared in several television commercials for OneTouch Ultra in the 2000s and early 2010s . [In7] He appeared in a 1959 McDonald's commercial with Australian guitarist Nathan Cavalry and then in an ad for the Toyota Camry with his guitar Lucille . [85]
personal life
King was twice married, to Martha Lee Denton, from November 1946 to 1952, and Sue Carroll Hall, 1958 to 1966. The reason for the failure of both the weddings is attributed to the huge demands made by Raja's 250 exhibitions. [11] [ ] 4] It is reported that he along with many different women fathered 15 children. [11] [6] After his death, three more came forward, claiming him as the king's father. [[[] However, none of their marriages produced children, and biographer Charles Sawyer wrote that doctors found their sperm count too low for children to conceive, [ King ]] The king never stated the disputed paternity of any of the 15 men who claimed and was liberal from all accounts in controlling college tuitions and establishing trust funds. [ 2016 [] In May 2014, the 11 surviving children began legal proceedings against King's appointed trustees for their $ 30 million to $ 40 million assets. Many of them also went public with accusations that they were poisoned and killed by King's business manager, Laverne Tony and his personal assistant, Maron Johnson. Autopsy results showed no evidence of toxicity. A defamation lawsuit is pending against family members (including his own sister Karen Williams) accused by Johnson. Other children have filed lawsuits targeting the Kings Music Estate, which remains in dispute. [87]
In 1990, Raja was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. [ type 4] He lived with diabetes for 20 years, and was a high-profile spokesman in the fight against the disease. [ 9 ] [90]
King was an FAA certified private pilot and learned to fly at Chicago Hammond Airport in Lansing, Illinois in 1963 . [91] [92] He frequently flew for gigs but in 1955 his insurance company and manager asked him to fly with only one other certified pilot. As a result, he stopped flying around the age of 70. [93]
King's favorite singer was Frank Sinatra . In his autobiography he stated how he was a "Sinatra Nut" and went to bed every night listening to Sinatra's classic album In the Veil Small Hours . During the 1960s Sinatra arranged for King to play in the main clubs of Las Vegas. He credited Sinatra for opening doors to black audiences who were not given the opportunity to play in "white-dominated" venues. [94]
On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed BB King among the hundreds of artists whose material was allegedly destroyed in the 2008 global fire . [95]
Philanthropy and notable campaigns
In September 1970, the King of Cook County live in prison record , during that time in the prison system run [96] and class issues were prominent in politics. Raja co-founded the Foundation for Advance Rehabilitation and Advancement of Recreation, interested in prison reform and prison reform in his support for prisoners. [ ९ ६] In addition to prison reform, King also sought to use prison demonstrations as a way of preserving music and songs, which Alan Lomax did. [97]
In 2002, King signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and instruction to children from low-schools throughout the United States. He sat on the Honorary Board of Directors of the organization. [98]
From 2000 to the early 2010s, King [89] was involved in a diabetes awareness campaign with American Idol contestant, Crystal Bowersox , One Touch Ultra , starring in advertisements promoting diabetes health management. [8] [100]
Death and funeral
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The remaining eight shows of his 2014 tour were canceled due to health problems due to high blood pressure and diabetes complications. [67] [101] [102] Raja died in his sleep on 14 May 2015, at the age of 89, [15] from vascular dementia due to a series of small strokes as a result of his type 2. Diabetes . [103] He has two daughters, alleged that the king had been deliberately poisoned by the two partners , which impact diabetes were trying to motivate , [104] Although there was no evidence of poison in an autopsy. [101] [105]
On 27 May 2015, King's body was flown to Memphis. A funeral procession went down Beale Street , with a brass band holding a horse march, playing " When the Saints Go Marching In " . Thousands of people queued in the streets to pay their last respects. His body and his hometown of Indianola, Mississippi Route 61 to take on the go . [106] He was laid to rest at the BB King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center has people ,, Indianola to see his open coffin. [ 10 The ] [10 Bell ] On May 10 , the funeral took place at Bell Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Carousel. [ 109] [ 110] [111]He was buried in the Bibi Raja Museum . [108]
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