B. B. King (b. September 16, 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi; died May 14, 2015 in Las Vegas) was a U.S. blues guitarist and songwriter. He is among the most respected electric guitarists; Rolling Stone magazine ranked him third in its list of the hundred greatest guitarists of all time.
Born as Riley B. King, he began broadcasting his music live on a Memphis radio station called WDIA. At first, he used the name The Peptikon Boy on air, which later was changed to The Beale Street Blues Boy, and then further shortened to just Blues Boy or B.B. Read Full BioB. B. King (b. September 16, 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi; died May 14, 2015 in Las Vegas) was a U.S. blues guitarist and songwriter. He is among the most respected electric guitarists; Rolling Stone magazine ranked him third in its list of the hundred greatest guitarists of all time.
Born as Riley B. King, he began broadcasting his music live on a Memphis radio station called WDIA. At first, he used the name The Peptikon Boy on air, which later was changed to The Beale Street Blues Boy, and then further shortened to just Blues Boy or B.B.
King's first hit on the R&B charts was "Three o'Clock in the Morning" in 1951. He first found success outside the blues market with the 1968 remake of the Roy Hawkins tune, "The Thrill Is Gone", which became a hit on both pop and R&B charts, a rare feat. King's mainstream success continued throughout the 1970s with songs like "To Know You Is to Love You" and "I Like to Live the Love". From 1951 to 1985, King appeared on Billboard's R&B charts seventy-four times.
King continued to record until his 80's, compilations of classic songs with other top artists, and new collaborative material with artists like Eric Clapton.
Further facts:
Early life
King was born in a cabin on a cotton plantation outside of Berclair, Mississippi, to Albert King and Nora Ella Farr on September 16, 1925. In 1930, his father left the family, and his mother married another man. King was raised by his maternal grandmother Elnora Farr in Kilmichael, Mississippi.[8]
As a kid, King sang in the gospel choir at Elkhorn Baptist Church in Kilmichael. It seems that at the age of 12, he purchased his first guitar for $15.00,[8] although another source indicates he was given his first guitar by Bukka White, his mother's first cousin (King's grandmother and White's mother were sisters).[9] In 1943, King left Kilmichael to work as a tractor driver and play guitar with the Famous St. John's Quartet of Inverness, Mississippi, performing at area churches and on WGRM in Greenwood, Mississippi.
In 1946, King followed Bukka White to Memphis, Tennessee. White took him in for the next ten months. However, King shortly returned to Mississippi, where he decided to prepare himself better for the next visit, and returned to West Memphis, Arkansas, two years later in 1948. He performed on Sonny Boy Williamson's radio program on KWEM in West Memphis, where he began to develop an audience. King's appearances led to steady engagements at the Sixteenth Avenue Grill in West Memphis and later to a ten-minute spot on the Memphis radio station WDIA. King's Spot became so popular, it was expanded and became the Sepia Swing Club.
Initially he worked at WDIA as a singer and disc jockey, gaining the nickname Beale Street Blues Boy, which was later shortened to Blues Boy and finally to B.B. It was there that he first met T-Bone Walker. "Once I'd heard him for the first time, I knew I'd have to have [an electric guitar] myself. 'Had' to have one, short of stealing!", he said.
Career
1949–2005
In 1949, King began recording songs under contract with Los Angeles-based RPM Records. Many of King's early recordings were produced by Sam Phillips, who later founded Sun Records. Before his RPM contract, King had debuted on Bullet Records by issuing the single "Miss Martha King" (1949), which did not chart well. "My very first recordings [in 1949] were for a company out of Nashville called Bullet, the Bullet Record Transcription company," King recalls. "I had horns that very first session. I had Phineas Newborn on piano; his father played drums, and his brother, Calvin, played guitar with me. I had Tuff Green on bass, Ben Branch on tenor sax, his brother, Thomas Branch, on trumpet, and a lady trombone player. The Newborn family were the house band at the famous Plantation Inn in West Memphis.
Performing with his famous guitar, Lucille
King assembled his own band; the B.B. King Review, under the leadership of Millard Lee. The band initially consisted of Calvin Owens and Kenneth Sands (trumpet), Lawrence Burdin (alto saxophone), George Coleman (tenor saxophone),[17] Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone), Millard Lee (piano), George Joyner (bass) and Earl Forest and Ted Curry (drums). Onzie Horne was a trained musician elicited as an arranger to assist King with his compositions. By his own admission, he cannot play chords well[18] and always relies on improvisation. This was followed by tours across the USA with performances in major theaters in cities such as Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit and St. Louis, as well as numerous gigs in small clubs and juke joints of the southern US states.
In the winter of 1949, King played at a dance hall in Twist, Arkansas. In order to heat the hall, a barrel half-filled with kerosene was lit, a fairly common practice at the time. During a performance, two men began to fight, knocking over the burning barrel and sending burning fuel across the floor. The hall burst into flames, which triggered an evacuation. Once outside, King realized that he had left his guitar inside the burning building. He entered the blaze to retrieve his beloved instrument, a Gibson hollow electric. The next day, King learned that the two men were fighting over a woman named Lucille. King named that first guitar Lucille, as well as every one he owned since that experience, as a reminder never again to do something as stupid as run into a burning building for a replaceable guitar.
King meanwhile toured the entire "Chitlin' circuit" and 1956 became a record-breaking year, with 342 concerts booked. The same year he founded his own record label, Blues Boys Kingdom, with headquarters at Beale Street in Memphis. There, among other projects, he produced artists such as Millard Lee and Levi Seabury.
In the 1950s, B.B. King became one of the most important names in R&B music, amassing an impressive list of hits including "3 O'Clock Blues",[14] "You Know I Love You," "Woke Up This Morning," "Please Love Me," "When My Heart Beats like a Hammer," "Whole Lotta Love," "You Upset Me Baby," "Every Day I Have the Blues", "Sneakin' Around," "Ten Long Years," "Bad Luck," "Sweet Little Angel", "On My Word of Honor," and "Please Accept My Love." King was extremely busy during this period and made 342 appearances and 3 recording sessions in 1956 alone. In 1962, King signed to ABC-Paramount Records, which was later absorbed into MCA Records, and this hence into his current label, Geffen Records. In November 1964, King recorded the Live at the Regal album at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
King won a 1970 Grammy Award for the song "The Thrill Is Gone"; his version became a hit on both the pop and R&B charts, which was rare during that time for an R&B artist. It also gained the number 183 spot in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. He gained further visibility among rock audiences as an opening act on The Rolling Stones' 1969 American Tour. King's mainstream success continued throughout the 1970s with songs like "To Know You is to Love You" and "I Like to Live the Love".
King was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980, and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. In 2004 he was awarded the international Polar Music Prize, given to artists "in recognition of exceptional achievements in the creation and advancement of music."
B.B. King in concert in France 1989
From the 1980s onward he has continued to maintain a highly visible and active career, appearing on numerous television shows and performing 300 nights a year. In 1988, King reached a new generation of fans with the single "When Love Comes to Town", a collaborative effort between King and the Irish band U2 on their Rattle and Hum album. Also that year King played for the 1988 Republican National Convention at the behest of the notorious Republican operative Lee Atwater. King has remained friendly with the Bush Family ever since and in 1990 was awarded the Presidential Medal of the Arts by George H.W. Bush and the Medal of Freedom by George W. Bush in 2008. In 2000, King teamed up with guitarist Eric Clapton to record Riding With the King. In 1998, King appeared in The Blues Brothers 2000, playing the part of the lead singer of the Louisiana Gator Boys, along with Clapton, Dr. John, Koko Taylor and Bo Diddley.
2006–present: farewell tour and later activities[edit]
On 2006, King went on a "farewell" world tour, although he has been active ever since it ended. partly supported by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore, with whom King had previously toured and recorded, including the song "Since I Met You Baby". It started in the UK, and continued with performances in the Montreux Jazz Festival and in Zürich at the Blues at Sunset. During his show in Montreux at the Stravinski Hall he jammed with Joe Sample, Randy Crawford, David Sanborn, Gladys Knight, Lella James, Andre Beeka, Earl Thomas, Stanley Clarke, John McLaughlin, Barbara Hendricks and George Duke. The European leg of the Farewell Tour ended in Luxembourg on September 19, 2006, at the D'Coque Arena (support act: Todd Sharpville). In November and December, King played six times in Brazil.
In June 2006, King was present at a memorial of his first radio broadcast at the Three Deuces Building in Greenwood, Mississippi, where an official marker of the Mississippi Blues Trail was erected. The same month, a groundbreaking was held for a new museum, dedicated to King.[21] in Indianola, Mississippi.[22] The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center opened on September 13, 2008. In late October 2006, he recorded a concert CD and DVD entitled B.B. King: Live at his B.B. King Blues Clubs in Nashville and Memphis. The four-night production featured his regular B.B. King Blues Band and captured his show as he performs it nightly around the world. It was his first live performance recording in 14 years.
B.B. King at Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario (May 2007)
On 2007, King played at Eric Clapton's second Crossroads Guitar Festival (Parts of this performance were subsequently aired in a PBS broadcast and released on the Crossroads II DVD.), contributed the song "Goin' Home", to Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (with Ivan Neville's DumpstaPhunk), and "One Shoe Blues" to Sandra Boynton's children's album Blue Moo, accompanied by a pair of sock puppets in the video.
In the summer of 2008, King played at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, the Chicago Blues Festival, and at the Monterey Blues Festival. On the winter, King was the closing act at the 51st Grammy Nomination Concert, and played at The Kennedy Center Honors Awards Show; his performance was in honor of actor Morgan Freeman. Also in 2008 he was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame alongside Liza Minnelli and Sir James Galway, and Sirius XM Radio's Bluesville channel was renamed B.B. King's Bluesville.
European Tour 2009, Vienna, July 2009
In Summer 2009, King started a European Tour with concerts in France, Germany, Belgium, Finland and Denmark.
King performed at the Mawazine festival in Rabat, Morocco, on May 27, 2010.[23] In June 2010, King performed at 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival with The Robert Cray Band, Jimmie Vaughan and Eric Clapton. In March 2010, King contributed to Cyndi Lauper's album Memphis Blues, which was released on June 22, 2010.
On 2011 King played at the Glastonbury Music Festival, and in The Royal Albert Hall, London, supported by Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Ronnie Wood, Mick Hucknall and Slash.
Barack Obama and B.B. King singing "Sweet Home Chicago" on February 21, 2012
On February 21, 2012, King was among the performers of "In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues", during which Obama sang part of "Sweet Home Chicago".[24] King recorded for the debut album of rapper and producer Big K.R.I.T., who also hails from Mississippi.[25] On July 5, 2012, King performed a concert at the Byblos Festival, Lebanon.
On May 26, 2013, King appeared at New Orleans Jazz Festival[26]
Over a period of 64 years, King has played in excess of 15,000 performances.
A feature documentary about B.B. King narrated by Morgan Freeman, and directed by Jon Brewer was released on October 15, 2012.
Equipment
For more information about King's guitar, see Lucille (guitar).
B.B. King uses simple equipment. He played guitars made by different manufacturers early in his career: he played a Fender Telecaster on most of his recordings with RPM Records (USA).[29] However, he is best known for playing variants of the Gibson ES-355. In 1980 Gibson Guitar Corporation launched the B.B. King Lucille model. In 2005 Gibson made a special run of 80 Gibson Lucilles, referred to as the "80th Birthday Lucille", the first prototype of which was given as a birthday gift to King, and which he has been using ever since.
King uses Lab Series L5 2x12" combo amp and has been using this amp for a long time. The amp was made by Norlin Industries for Gibson in the 1970s and '80s. Other popular L5 users are Allan Holdsworth and Ty Tabor of King's X. The L5 has an onboard compressor, parametric EQ, and four inputs. King has also used a Fender Twin Reverb.
He uses his signature model strings "Gibson SEG-BBS B.B. King Signature Electric Guitar Strings" with gauges: 10-13-17p-32w-45w-54w and D'Andrea 351 MD SHL CX (Medium .71mm, Tortoise Shell, Celluloid) Picks.
B.B. King's Blues Club[edit]
Sign outside B.B. King's Blues Club on Beale Street, Memphis
In 1991, B.B. King's Blues Club opened on Beale Street in Memphis, and in 1994, a second club was launched at Universal City Walk in Los Angeles. A third club in New York City's Times Square opened in June 2000. Two further clubs opened at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut in January 2002 and another in Nashville in 2003. A club in West Palm Beach opened in the fall of 2009 and an additional one, based in the Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, opened in the winter of 2009. In 2007, a B.B. King's Blues Club in Orlando opened on International Drive. The Memphis, Nashville, Orlando, West Palm Beach and Las Vegas clubs are all the same company.
Legacy
King is widely regarded as one of the most influential blues guitarists of all time, inspiring countless other electric blues and blues-rock guitarists.
Philanthropy
In 2001, King signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a non-profit organization that provides free musical instruments and instruction to children in underprivileged public schools throughout the US. He sits on LKR's Honorary Board of Directors.
TV appearances
B.B. King has made guest appearances in numerous popular television shows, including The Cosby Show, The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Sesame Street, Married... with Children, Sanford and Son, and Touched by an Angel. He has also made a cameo in the movie Spies Like Us. He voiced in the last episode of Cow and Chicken.
Personal life
King has been married twice, to Martha Lee Denton, 1946 to 1952, and to Sue Carol Hall, 1958 to 1966. Both marriages ended because of the heavy demands made on the marriage by King's 250 performances a year.It is reported that he has fathered 15 children and, as of 2004, had 50 grandchildren.He has lived with Type II diabetes for over 20 years and is a high-profile spokesman in the fight against the disease, appearing in advertisements for diabetes-management products along with American Idol season 9 contestant Crystal Bowersox.
King is an FAA licensed Private Pilot and learned to fly in 1963 at Chicago Hammond Airport in Lansing, IL (now Lansing Municipal Airport – KIGQ).He frequently flew to gigs, but under the advice of his insurance company and manager in 1995, King was asked to fly only with another licensed pilot; and as a result, King stopped flying around the age of 70.
External video
Oral History, B.B. King reflects on his greatest musical influences. interview date August 3, 2005, NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Oral History Library
His favorite singer is Frank Sinatra. In his autobiography King speaks about how he was, and is, a "Sinatra nut" and how he went to bed every night listening to Sinatra's classic album In the Wee Small Hours. King has credited Sinatra for opening doors to black entertainers who were not given the chance to play in "white-dominated" venues; Sinatra got B.B. King into the main clubs in Las Vegas during the 1960s.
Born as Riley B. King, he began broadcasting his music live on a Memphis radio station called WDIA. At first, he used the name The Peptikon Boy on air, which later was changed to The Beale Street Blues Boy, and then further shortened to just Blues Boy or B.B. Read Full BioB. B. King (b. September 16, 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi; died May 14, 2015 in Las Vegas) was a U.S. blues guitarist and songwriter. He is among the most respected electric guitarists; Rolling Stone magazine ranked him third in its list of the hundred greatest guitarists of all time.
Born as Riley B. King, he began broadcasting his music live on a Memphis radio station called WDIA. At first, he used the name The Peptikon Boy on air, which later was changed to The Beale Street Blues Boy, and then further shortened to just Blues Boy or B.B.
King's first hit on the R&B charts was "Three o'Clock in the Morning" in 1951. He first found success outside the blues market with the 1968 remake of the Roy Hawkins tune, "The Thrill Is Gone", which became a hit on both pop and R&B charts, a rare feat. King's mainstream success continued throughout the 1970s with songs like "To Know You Is to Love You" and "I Like to Live the Love". From 1951 to 1985, King appeared on Billboard's R&B charts seventy-four times.
King continued to record until his 80's, compilations of classic songs with other top artists, and new collaborative material with artists like Eric Clapton.
Further facts:
Early life
King was born in a cabin on a cotton plantation outside of Berclair, Mississippi, to Albert King and Nora Ella Farr on September 16, 1925. In 1930, his father left the family, and his mother married another man. King was raised by his maternal grandmother Elnora Farr in Kilmichael, Mississippi.[8]
As a kid, King sang in the gospel choir at Elkhorn Baptist Church in Kilmichael. It seems that at the age of 12, he purchased his first guitar for $15.00,[8] although another source indicates he was given his first guitar by Bukka White, his mother's first cousin (King's grandmother and White's mother were sisters).[9] In 1943, King left Kilmichael to work as a tractor driver and play guitar with the Famous St. John's Quartet of Inverness, Mississippi, performing at area churches and on WGRM in Greenwood, Mississippi.
In 1946, King followed Bukka White to Memphis, Tennessee. White took him in for the next ten months. However, King shortly returned to Mississippi, where he decided to prepare himself better for the next visit, and returned to West Memphis, Arkansas, two years later in 1948. He performed on Sonny Boy Williamson's radio program on KWEM in West Memphis, where he began to develop an audience. King's appearances led to steady engagements at the Sixteenth Avenue Grill in West Memphis and later to a ten-minute spot on the Memphis radio station WDIA. King's Spot became so popular, it was expanded and became the Sepia Swing Club.
Initially he worked at WDIA as a singer and disc jockey, gaining the nickname Beale Street Blues Boy, which was later shortened to Blues Boy and finally to B.B. It was there that he first met T-Bone Walker. "Once I'd heard him for the first time, I knew I'd have to have [an electric guitar] myself. 'Had' to have one, short of stealing!", he said.
Career
1949–2005
In 1949, King began recording songs under contract with Los Angeles-based RPM Records. Many of King's early recordings were produced by Sam Phillips, who later founded Sun Records. Before his RPM contract, King had debuted on Bullet Records by issuing the single "Miss Martha King" (1949), which did not chart well. "My very first recordings [in 1949] were for a company out of Nashville called Bullet, the Bullet Record Transcription company," King recalls. "I had horns that very first session. I had Phineas Newborn on piano; his father played drums, and his brother, Calvin, played guitar with me. I had Tuff Green on bass, Ben Branch on tenor sax, his brother, Thomas Branch, on trumpet, and a lady trombone player. The Newborn family were the house band at the famous Plantation Inn in West Memphis.
Performing with his famous guitar, Lucille
King assembled his own band; the B.B. King Review, under the leadership of Millard Lee. The band initially consisted of Calvin Owens and Kenneth Sands (trumpet), Lawrence Burdin (alto saxophone), George Coleman (tenor saxophone),[17] Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone), Millard Lee (piano), George Joyner (bass) and Earl Forest and Ted Curry (drums). Onzie Horne was a trained musician elicited as an arranger to assist King with his compositions. By his own admission, he cannot play chords well[18] and always relies on improvisation. This was followed by tours across the USA with performances in major theaters in cities such as Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit and St. Louis, as well as numerous gigs in small clubs and juke joints of the southern US states.
In the winter of 1949, King played at a dance hall in Twist, Arkansas. In order to heat the hall, a barrel half-filled with kerosene was lit, a fairly common practice at the time. During a performance, two men began to fight, knocking over the burning barrel and sending burning fuel across the floor. The hall burst into flames, which triggered an evacuation. Once outside, King realized that he had left his guitar inside the burning building. He entered the blaze to retrieve his beloved instrument, a Gibson hollow electric. The next day, King learned that the two men were fighting over a woman named Lucille. King named that first guitar Lucille, as well as every one he owned since that experience, as a reminder never again to do something as stupid as run into a burning building for a replaceable guitar.
King meanwhile toured the entire "Chitlin' circuit" and 1956 became a record-breaking year, with 342 concerts booked. The same year he founded his own record label, Blues Boys Kingdom, with headquarters at Beale Street in Memphis. There, among other projects, he produced artists such as Millard Lee and Levi Seabury.
In the 1950s, B.B. King became one of the most important names in R&B music, amassing an impressive list of hits including "3 O'Clock Blues",[14] "You Know I Love You," "Woke Up This Morning," "Please Love Me," "When My Heart Beats like a Hammer," "Whole Lotta Love," "You Upset Me Baby," "Every Day I Have the Blues", "Sneakin' Around," "Ten Long Years," "Bad Luck," "Sweet Little Angel", "On My Word of Honor," and "Please Accept My Love." King was extremely busy during this period and made 342 appearances and 3 recording sessions in 1956 alone. In 1962, King signed to ABC-Paramount Records, which was later absorbed into MCA Records, and this hence into his current label, Geffen Records. In November 1964, King recorded the Live at the Regal album at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
King won a 1970 Grammy Award for the song "The Thrill Is Gone"; his version became a hit on both the pop and R&B charts, which was rare during that time for an R&B artist. It also gained the number 183 spot in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. He gained further visibility among rock audiences as an opening act on The Rolling Stones' 1969 American Tour. King's mainstream success continued throughout the 1970s with songs like "To Know You is to Love You" and "I Like to Live the Love".
King was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980, and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. In 2004 he was awarded the international Polar Music Prize, given to artists "in recognition of exceptional achievements in the creation and advancement of music."
B.B. King in concert in France 1989
From the 1980s onward he has continued to maintain a highly visible and active career, appearing on numerous television shows and performing 300 nights a year. In 1988, King reached a new generation of fans with the single "When Love Comes to Town", a collaborative effort between King and the Irish band U2 on their Rattle and Hum album. Also that year King played for the 1988 Republican National Convention at the behest of the notorious Republican operative Lee Atwater. King has remained friendly with the Bush Family ever since and in 1990 was awarded the Presidential Medal of the Arts by George H.W. Bush and the Medal of Freedom by George W. Bush in 2008. In 2000, King teamed up with guitarist Eric Clapton to record Riding With the King. In 1998, King appeared in The Blues Brothers 2000, playing the part of the lead singer of the Louisiana Gator Boys, along with Clapton, Dr. John, Koko Taylor and Bo Diddley.
2006–present: farewell tour and later activities[edit]
On 2006, King went on a "farewell" world tour, although he has been active ever since it ended. partly supported by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore, with whom King had previously toured and recorded, including the song "Since I Met You Baby". It started in the UK, and continued with performances in the Montreux Jazz Festival and in Zürich at the Blues at Sunset. During his show in Montreux at the Stravinski Hall he jammed with Joe Sample, Randy Crawford, David Sanborn, Gladys Knight, Lella James, Andre Beeka, Earl Thomas, Stanley Clarke, John McLaughlin, Barbara Hendricks and George Duke. The European leg of the Farewell Tour ended in Luxembourg on September 19, 2006, at the D'Coque Arena (support act: Todd Sharpville). In November and December, King played six times in Brazil.
In June 2006, King was present at a memorial of his first radio broadcast at the Three Deuces Building in Greenwood, Mississippi, where an official marker of the Mississippi Blues Trail was erected. The same month, a groundbreaking was held for a new museum, dedicated to King.[21] in Indianola, Mississippi.[22] The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center opened on September 13, 2008. In late October 2006, he recorded a concert CD and DVD entitled B.B. King: Live at his B.B. King Blues Clubs in Nashville and Memphis. The four-night production featured his regular B.B. King Blues Band and captured his show as he performs it nightly around the world. It was his first live performance recording in 14 years.
B.B. King at Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario (May 2007)
On 2007, King played at Eric Clapton's second Crossroads Guitar Festival (Parts of this performance were subsequently aired in a PBS broadcast and released on the Crossroads II DVD.), contributed the song "Goin' Home", to Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (with Ivan Neville's DumpstaPhunk), and "One Shoe Blues" to Sandra Boynton's children's album Blue Moo, accompanied by a pair of sock puppets in the video.
In the summer of 2008, King played at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, the Chicago Blues Festival, and at the Monterey Blues Festival. On the winter, King was the closing act at the 51st Grammy Nomination Concert, and played at The Kennedy Center Honors Awards Show; his performance was in honor of actor Morgan Freeman. Also in 2008 he was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame alongside Liza Minnelli and Sir James Galway, and Sirius XM Radio's Bluesville channel was renamed B.B. King's Bluesville.
European Tour 2009, Vienna, July 2009
In Summer 2009, King started a European Tour with concerts in France, Germany, Belgium, Finland and Denmark.
King performed at the Mawazine festival in Rabat, Morocco, on May 27, 2010.[23] In June 2010, King performed at 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival with The Robert Cray Band, Jimmie Vaughan and Eric Clapton. In March 2010, King contributed to Cyndi Lauper's album Memphis Blues, which was released on June 22, 2010.
On 2011 King played at the Glastonbury Music Festival, and in The Royal Albert Hall, London, supported by Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Ronnie Wood, Mick Hucknall and Slash.
Barack Obama and B.B. King singing "Sweet Home Chicago" on February 21, 2012
On February 21, 2012, King was among the performers of "In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues", during which Obama sang part of "Sweet Home Chicago".[24] King recorded for the debut album of rapper and producer Big K.R.I.T., who also hails from Mississippi.[25] On July 5, 2012, King performed a concert at the Byblos Festival, Lebanon.
On May 26, 2013, King appeared at New Orleans Jazz Festival[26]
Over a period of 64 years, King has played in excess of 15,000 performances.
A feature documentary about B.B. King narrated by Morgan Freeman, and directed by Jon Brewer was released on October 15, 2012.
Equipment
For more information about King's guitar, see Lucille (guitar).
B.B. King uses simple equipment. He played guitars made by different manufacturers early in his career: he played a Fender Telecaster on most of his recordings with RPM Records (USA).[29] However, he is best known for playing variants of the Gibson ES-355. In 1980 Gibson Guitar Corporation launched the B.B. King Lucille model. In 2005 Gibson made a special run of 80 Gibson Lucilles, referred to as the "80th Birthday Lucille", the first prototype of which was given as a birthday gift to King, and which he has been using ever since.
King uses Lab Series L5 2x12" combo amp and has been using this amp for a long time. The amp was made by Norlin Industries for Gibson in the 1970s and '80s. Other popular L5 users are Allan Holdsworth and Ty Tabor of King's X. The L5 has an onboard compressor, parametric EQ, and four inputs. King has also used a Fender Twin Reverb.
He uses his signature model strings "Gibson SEG-BBS B.B. King Signature Electric Guitar Strings" with gauges: 10-13-17p-32w-45w-54w and D'Andrea 351 MD SHL CX (Medium .71mm, Tortoise Shell, Celluloid) Picks.
B.B. King's Blues Club[edit]
Sign outside B.B. King's Blues Club on Beale Street, Memphis
In 1991, B.B. King's Blues Club opened on Beale Street in Memphis, and in 1994, a second club was launched at Universal City Walk in Los Angeles. A third club in New York City's Times Square opened in June 2000. Two further clubs opened at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut in January 2002 and another in Nashville in 2003. A club in West Palm Beach opened in the fall of 2009 and an additional one, based in the Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, opened in the winter of 2009. In 2007, a B.B. King's Blues Club in Orlando opened on International Drive. The Memphis, Nashville, Orlando, West Palm Beach and Las Vegas clubs are all the same company.
Legacy
King is widely regarded as one of the most influential blues guitarists of all time, inspiring countless other electric blues and blues-rock guitarists.
Philanthropy
In 2001, King signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a non-profit organization that provides free musical instruments and instruction to children in underprivileged public schools throughout the US. He sits on LKR's Honorary Board of Directors.
TV appearances
B.B. King has made guest appearances in numerous popular television shows, including The Cosby Show, The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Sesame Street, Married... with Children, Sanford and Son, and Touched by an Angel. He has also made a cameo in the movie Spies Like Us. He voiced in the last episode of Cow and Chicken.
Personal life
King has been married twice, to Martha Lee Denton, 1946 to 1952, and to Sue Carol Hall, 1958 to 1966. Both marriages ended because of the heavy demands made on the marriage by King's 250 performances a year.It is reported that he has fathered 15 children and, as of 2004, had 50 grandchildren.He has lived with Type II diabetes for over 20 years and is a high-profile spokesman in the fight against the disease, appearing in advertisements for diabetes-management products along with American Idol season 9 contestant Crystal Bowersox.
King is an FAA licensed Private Pilot and learned to fly in 1963 at Chicago Hammond Airport in Lansing, IL (now Lansing Municipal Airport – KIGQ).He frequently flew to gigs, but under the advice of his insurance company and manager in 1995, King was asked to fly only with another licensed pilot; and as a result, King stopped flying around the age of 70.
External video
Oral History, B.B. King reflects on his greatest musical influences. interview date August 3, 2005, NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Oral History Library
His favorite singer is Frank Sinatra. In his autobiography King speaks about how he was, and is, a "Sinatra nut" and how he went to bed every night listening to Sinatra's classic album In the Wee Small Hours. King has credited Sinatra for opening doors to black entertainers who were not given the chance to play in "white-dominated" venues; Sinatra got B.B. King into the main clubs in Las Vegas during the 1960s.
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01-Boogie Woogie Woman I got a boogie-woogie woman Boogie-woogie all the time I g…
01-You Upset Me Baby Yes, she's thirty-six in the bust, twenty-eight in the waist…
03 Payin' The Cost To Be The Boss You act like you don't want to listen When I'm talking…
03 You're Losin' Me If you can't do no better, baby Think I'd better get…
03-I Gotta Find My Baby Well I hate to see the sun sets in the…
04 Please Accept My Love I don't even know your name But I love you just…
04 Worry Worry Worry worry worry Worry is all I can do Oh worry worry…
04-Sweet Little Angel Got a sweet little angel people [thank you] I love the…
05 Medley Three O'Clock Blues; Darling You Know I Love You You're sittin' there lookin' proud Thinkin' you're so fine …
06 Buzz Me The thrill is gone The thrill is gone away The…
07. I Just Can't Leave You Alone You let me down All over town I guess by now I…
10 Well, I had a woman She was nice and loving to…
10-That Ain't The Way To Do It Hey baby, you ain't treating me right You go off everyday…
17 Oh she's only seventeen Whine whine whine, weep over everyth…
20-Until I Found You All of my life, I've been searchin' For someone that's lonel…
21-I'm Gonna Do What They Do To Me The next woman I get She gotta have a job I'm not…
23-I'm Not Wanted Anymore Sometimes I got worried wo-ho I don't know what to…
3 O' Clock Blues Now here it is three o' clock in the mornin' Can't…
3 O'Clock Blues - Digitally Remastered Well now it's three o'clock in the morning And I can't…
3 O'clock Blues/Darlin' You Know I Love You Now here it is three o' clock in the mornin' Can't…
5 Long Years Lord, have you ever been mistreated Then you know just what…
A New Way of Drivin' Got a new way of driving Come ride in this car…
A Story Everybody Knows Went to a party, the New York style I met a…
A Whole Lot Of Lovin' I got a whole lot of lovin' Baby just waiting for…
A Woman Don't Care You may be rich You may be poor You may be high Or…
A World Full Of Strangers You and me don`t see eye to eye On every little…
Actions Speak Louder Than Words You won't listen to nothing I tell you, baby You keep…
Ain Once upon a time, a long long time ago, Wherever you'd…
Ain't Gonna Worry My Life Anymore Don't care when you go How long you stay Good time…
Ain't No One Like My Baby I'm in love with a real fine woman and she…
Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens One night farmer Brown was takin' the air Locked up the…
Ain't Nobody Home Once upon a time, a long long time ago Wherever you'd…
Ain't Nobody Home (feat. D'Angelo) Once upon a time, a long long time ago, wherever…
Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I attend church all day Sunday, come back home…
Ain't Nobody's Business If me and my baby fuss and fight Well, and the…
Ain't That Just Like A Woman There was Adam, happy as a man could be Till Eve…
All Over Again I've got a good mind to give up living, and…
All You Ever Give Me Is The Blues I gave you a diamond ring, you won't wear It's a…
Always On My Mind Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could…
Any Other Way Caught me in, in the palm of your hand I'm right…
Army of the Lord I'm a soldier (in the army of the Lord) I'm a…
Ask Me No Questions You go out when you get ready And you come…
B B.B. Boogie darlin', the B.B. Boogie baby Do the B.B. Boogie…
B B Blues My baby woke up this mornin' Said B, you must clean…
B B King Blues Theme Everyday, everyday I have the blues Ooh everyday, everyday…
B B's Blues If you love me, baby Why don't you write me sometime If…
B B's Boogie B.B. boogie darlin' The B.B. boogie baby Do the B.B. boogi…
B. B My baby woke up this mornin' Said B, you must clean…
B. B. Boogie B.B. Boogie darlin', the B.B. Boogie baby Do the B.B. Boogie…
B. B.'s Theme Na-nana Na-nananana Na-nananana Na-a Na-nana Na-nananana Na-…
B.B B.B. boogie darlin' The B.B. boogie baby Do the B.B. boogi…
B.B. Blues My baby woke up this mornin' Said B, you must clean…
B.B. Boogie B.B. Boogie darlin', the B.B. Boogie baby Do the B.B. Boogie…
B.B. King Blues Theme We are trav'ling in the footsteps Of those who've gone befo…
B.B.'s Blues If you love me, baby Why don't you write me sometime If…
B.B.'s Boogie B.B. Boogie darlin', the B.B. Boogie baby Do the B.B. Boogie…
B.B.s Blues If you love me, baby Why don't you write me sometime If…
B.B.s Boogie B.B. boogie darlin' The B.B. boogie baby Do the B.B. boogi…
Baby Get Lost Good mornin' baby, baby, welcome back, baby, welcome back to…
Baby I Love You If you want my love, baby If you really do Don't be…
Baby Look At You Well, baby, baby, baby look at you Yes, I said, "Baby,…
Baby Please Don Baby, please don't go Baby, please don't go Baby, please…
Back Door Santa They call me the Back Door Santa I make my runs…
Back In L.A From Hollywood and vine To the sunset strip There's so muc…
Backwater Blues It rained five days, Lord and the clouds turned as…
Bad Breaks Oh, I wish I was single, 'cause my woman, she…
Bad Case of Love I got a bad case of love I got a bad…
Bad Luck Well, my bad luck is falling Falling down like rain Bad lu…
Bad Luck Soul I want to go home but I ain't got sufficient…
BB Boogie B.B. Boogie darlin', the B.B. Boogie baby Do the B.B. Boogie…
BB King Everyday, everyday I have the blues Ooh everyday, everyday…
BB King- The Thrill Is Gone The thrill is gone The thrill is gone away The thrill is…
Bb's Blues If you love me, baby Why don't you write me sometime If…
Bb's Boogie B.B. boogie darlin' The B.B. boogie baby Do the B.B. boogi…
Be Careful With a Fool Yes, be careful with a fool 'Cause someday he may get…
Beautician Blues I met a fine beautician In a very fine condition She was…
Better Lovin' Man Trust was never meant for me Stuck on sights that…
Better Not Look Down I´ve been around and i´ve seen some things People moving fa…
Beware Brother Beware Hey, fellas, yes, you, fellas, listen to me, I got…
Big Boss Man Big boss man Can you hear me when I call Big boss…
Blind Love People, I was standing at my window Tears running all down…
Blue Decorations Blue decorations on my Christmas tree The saddest time of th…
Blue Rondo a la Turk Blue Rondo A La Turk (Round, Round, Round) Round, round, …
Blue Shadows Blues shadows fallin', since my baby went away Blues shadow…
Blues At Midnight When that midnight hour went chiming, I was in my room…
Blues Before Sunrise I have the blues before sunrise, Tears standing in my eyes. …
Blues Boys Tune [B-Legit] Aight, check game playboy It's like this here In t…
Blues for Me あなたの流した涙 夢までこぼれた 少しずつ時を越えて 僕まで届いた 涼しい眼と 指のすべてが 僕の声に気づいてる Smi…
Blues in Yes you're on the top now, baby, but don't nothing…
Blues Man People I've traveled from town to town Seems like everybody…
Blues Stay Away From Me Blues Stay away from me Oh, blues Why don't you let me be? D…
Boogie Woogie Woman I got a boogie-woogie woman Boogie-woogie all the time I g…
Born Again Human You taught me how to bend and never break You showed…
Bringing In A Brand New Year At the stroke of midnight On that great big holiday We're …
Broken Heart You`re breaking my heart, baby There ain`t a damn thing I…
Broken Promise You broke your promise, baby You don't love, honor or obey …
Business With My Baby Tonight My woman's been accusing me Of stepping out Jealous rumors h…
Buzz Me When I saw you this morning, baby, tell me why…
Buzz Me - Live At The International Club, Chicago/1966 When I saw you this morning, baby Tell me why did…
By Myself The party's over, the game is ended, the dreams I…
Bye Bye Baby Yes, she's thirty-six in the bust, twenty-eight in the waist…
Bye! Bye! Bye! Got a fine looking woman I call her, 'That gal of…
Caldonia Walk with my baby She got great big feet She long, lean…
Caldonia (Live) Walk with my baby She got great big feet She long, lean,…
Call It Stormy Monday They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
Can't Get Enough I've been tossing and turning all night Staring into the da…
Cat Fish Blues Well, I wish I was a catfish Swimmin' in the deep…
Catfish Blues Well, I wish I was a catfish Swimmin' in the deep…
Catfish Blues Aka Fishin' After Me Well, I wish I was a catfish Swimmin' in the deep…
Caught a Touch of Your Love I'm not feeling like I usually do I think it might…
Chains And Things Woke up this morning After another one of those crazy dreams…
Chains Of Love Chains of love have tied my heart to you Chains of…
Cherry Red Run here, pretty mama Sit down on your daddy's knee So I…
Cho Choo Ch Headin? for the station with a pack on my back I'm…
Christmas Celebration Here's to you, baby May Christmas bring you happiness Oh, he…
Christmas Comes But Once A Year Christmas time comes but once a year Oh I'm so happy My…
Christmas In Heaven It's Christmas in Heaven And it's Heaven in you And my darli…
Come Baby Baby Come back, baby, don't break up my home Yeah, you know…
Come by Here Come by here, baby, come by here Come by here, baby,…
Come Rain Or Come Shine I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you, Come rain or…
Confessin' Baby, here I stand before you with my heart in…
Country Girl You know my little girl She's a country girl Yes my…
Cryin' Won't Help You Babe Oh no matter what you say baby No matter what you…
Cryin' Won't Help You Babe (feat. David Gilmour & Paul Carrack) You sit there and call me a liar and a…
Cryin' Won't Help You Now Oh no matter what you say baby No matter what you…
Crying Won' t Help You Oh, no matter what you say, baby No matter what you…
Crying Won't Help You Now Oh no matter what you say baby No matter what you…
Crying Won't help you woman Oh no matter what you say baby No matter what you…
Crying Won’t Help You Oh, no matter what you say, baby No matter what you…
Cryin` Won`t Help You Now Oh no matter what you say baby No matter what you…
Dance With Me I want to dance with you baby But I don?t move…
Dangerous Mood Look out baby I'm in a dangerous mood I done called up…
Dark is the night Blues has got me, there is teardrops in my eyes…
Dark Is the Night Part 1 Blues has got me, there is teardrops in my eyes Yes,…
Darlin' What Happened Oh, what happened to that beautiful smile Oh, the one that…
Darlin' You Know I Love You Darlin', darlin' you know I love you I love you, for…
Darling You Know I Love You Now darlin' know I love you And love you for myself But…
Days of Old Way back yonder in the days of old The men was…
Did You Ever Love a Woman Did you ever love a woman And you loved her with…
Do You Call That A Buddy It was early one Monday mornin' And I was on my…
Don Oh just let me hold you baby I'm trying to forget…
Don't Answer Te Door Hey, everybody, let's have some fun You only live but once …
Don't Answer The Door Woman, I don't wanna a soul Hangin' around my house when…
Don't Answer The Door (Parts 1 Baby, I don't wanna a soul, Hangin around my house…
Don't Break Your Promise You told me that we always would go steady You said…
Don't Cry No More Don't cry no more, wipe away your tears Don't cry no…
Don't Get Aroun Much Anymore Missed the Saturday dance Heard they crowded the floor Cou…
Don't Get Around Much Anymore Missed the Saturday dance Heard they crowded the floor Could…
Don't Get Round Much Anymore Missed the Saturday dance Heard they crowded the floor Cou…
Don't Go No Farther You need meat, go to the market You need bread, try…
Don't Look Now but I've Got the Blues My pockets are empty, I feel so low If somebody loves…
Don't Make Me Pay For His Mistakes Don't make me pay for his mistakes, baby He's the one…
Don't You Lie To Me Now, let's talk it over, baby, 'fore we start I heard…
Don't You Want a Man Like Me Oh baby, don't you want a man like me Oh baby,…
Don’t Go No Farther You need meat, go to the market You need bread, try…
Down Hearted I'vee been down hearted Ever since the day we met Baby…
Down Now I keep on tryin' to get ahead, I'm doin' the…
Downhearted I'vee been down hearted Ever since the day we met Baby…
Downhearted aka How Blue Can You Get I've been downhearted baby Ever since the day we met…
Downhearted aka How Blue Can You Get? Baby, I've been downhearted Ever since the day we met Bab…
Drifting Blues Well I'm drifting and drifting, Like a ship out on the…
Drivin' Wheel Well, my baby don`t have to work And she don`t have…
Drowning In The Sea Of Love I've been down one time And I've been down two times But…
Dust My Blues I'm gonna get up in the mornin', I believe I'll…
Early Early Morning Well, early in the morning I wake with the rising…
Early In The Moring Early in the morning and I can't get right Had a…
Early In The Morning Early in the morning and I can't get right Had a…
Early in the Morning (feat. Va Early in the morning and I can't get right Had a…
Encore Til now, I always got by on my own I never…
Every Day Everyday, everyday I have the blues Everyday, everyday I ha…
Every Day I Have The Blues Everyday Everyday I have the blues Everyday Everyday I have …
Every Day I Have the Blues (Live Regal Theater) Everyday, everyday I have the blues Everyday, everyday I hav…
Every Day I Have The Blues ) Everyday Everyday I have the blues Everyday Everyday I have …
Every Day I Have The Blues - Live At The Regal Theater/1964 Everyday, everyday I have the blues Everyday, everyday I hav…
Everybody Lies A Little everybody knows a little bit the time for playing innocence …
Everybody Loves You Now Darlin' you know I love you, And love you, for…
Everybody's Had The Blues Everyone's has had the blues at some time And been used,…
Everyday Everyday, everyday I have the blues Everyday, everyday I ha…
Everyday I Have The Blues Everyday, everyday I have the blues Ooh everyday, everyday …
Everyday I Have the Blues (Live At The Regal Theater/1964) Everyday, everyday I have the blues Everyday, everyday I hav…
Everyday I Have The Blues ) Everyday Everyday I have the blues Everyday Everyday I ha…
Everything I Do Is Wrong Well, I can't get along no matter what I do Well,…
Evil Child Whenever I try to hold my baby, she just stand there…
Exactly Like You I used to have a perfect sweetheart Not a real one,…
Eyesight To The Blind Wish to god, man, you could see mine You're talkin'…
Feel Like a Million I've got a real fine woman and she gives me…
Fine Lookin Got a fine lookin' woman, lives way across the town Yes,…
Fishin After Me Well, I wish I was a catfish Swimmin' in the deep…
Five Long Years If you ever been mistreated Then you know just what I'm…
Fool Me Once When I was a young man Just gotten out I didn`t know What…
Fools Get Wise I ask you where you're goin' and you tell me…
For Sentimental Reason I love you For sentimental reasons I hope you do believe me …
Friends 元気でいてと言ってた 彼女の優しい声が胸に溶けてく やってみなよ だいじょうぶ うまくいくよと そんなあなたの言葉が 背…
From the Bottom From the bottom, take 1 From the bottom From the bottom …
Frosty 3 and 3 is 6, baby 3 and 6 is nine If…
Funny How Time Slips Away Well hello there My, it's been a long long time How am…
Gambler I don't know what love is, but I think I…
Gambler's Blues - Live At The International Club, Chicago/1966 I don't know what love is But I think I must…
Gambler’s Blues I don't know what love is, but I think I…
Get It on With Me (B.G. Talking) What's Happening It's Lil be Gizzle (Check…
Get Myself Somebody I was by myself Tryin' to get my thoughts together Tryin' to…
Get Off My Back Woman Yeah, you get off of my back, baby Can`t you tell…
Get Out of Here Here is somethin' baby, I want you to do I ain't…
Get These Blues Off Me Please don't be angry with me cause I've gone away I've…
Ghetto Woman She`s a ghetto woman, waitin for her man to come…
Go On I said lord up in heaven Honey, what's been wrong with…
Go Underground Yes, you thought You had a good thing, baby You could do…
Goin I've had my fun if I don't get well no…
Goin' To Chicago Blues I don't know what love is, but I think I…
Going Down Slow I've had my fun If I don't get well no…
Going Home I'm going home to see my baby, I'm going home I'm…
Gonna Keep On Loving You Say what you wanna Say what you please It don't make no…
Gonna Miss You Around Here Ah, because I'm not crazy, jealous, baby, it don't mean…
Good Man Gone Bad I want you to stop right there, baby Baby, and try…
Got 'em Bad There's no doubt about it A may as well shout about…
Got A Right To Love My I've got a right to love my baby She treats me…
Got My Mojo Working Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on…
Got the Blues I wake up and think of her No matter what I…
Gotta Find My Baby Well I hate to see the sun sets in the…
Growing Old Well, if we live, we gotta grow old baby And I…
Guess Who Someone really loves you Guess who Guess who Open your heart…
Guess Who ) Someone really loves you Guess who Guess who Open your he…
Habit To Me Ain't no need to worry about it Won't do you one…
Happy Birthday Blues Baby lights her cigarette And takes a look around She says…
Hard Workin Woman Got a hard working woman, works hard all day long Got…
Heartbreaker She's a real heartbreaker, don't you know? Oh, real heartbr…
Help The Poor Help the poor Won't you help poor me? Have a heart,…
Hold On Don't you ever be sad Lean on me in times of…
Hold on i Turn out the light, sleep won't come I think about what's…
Hold On I'm Coming Don't you ever be sad Lean on me in times of…
Hold That Train Hold that train, conductor, please don't let that engineer s…
How Blue Can Tou Get I've been down hearted baby, ever since the day we…
How Blue Can You Get I've been downhearted baby Ever since the day we met…
How Long How Long Blues How long, how long, has that evenin' train been gone? How…
How Many More Years How Many More Years, have I got to let you…
Hummingbird Sometimes I get impatient But she cools me without words…
I I know you don't love me no more No more, no,…
I Am 探してる do it again 今もずっと do it again 求めてる do it again 問いかける…
I Can Hear My Name I can hear my name ringin', ringin' all up and…
I Can't Explain Oh, I can't explain baby But heaven only knows why Oh, I…
I Can't Quit You Baby Well, I can't quit you baby But I got to put…
I Done Got Wise I done made up my mind baby, there just got…
I Get So Weary I get so weary in the evenin' when the suns…
I Got Some Help I Don Everybody wants to know Why I sing the blues Yes, I say…
I Got Some Help I Don't Need All of your affection is gone baby and your love…
I Got Some Help I Don't Need (single edit) All of your affection is gone baby And your love is…
I Got Some Outside Help I Don't Need All of your affection is gone baby and your love…
I Got The Blues sometimes i sang the blues when I know i should…
I Got The Blues Over You I can't get over the way you got over me…
I Got To Leave This Woman I got to leave this woman but I ain't got…
I Gotta Find My Baby Well I hate to see the sun sets in the…
I Gotta Move Out Of This Neighborhood I think I'm gonna have to move, people I gotta move…
I Had A Woman Oh, I had a woman She was nice and loving to…
I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone You let me down All over town I guess by now I…
I Know I know you don't love me no more No more, no,…
I Know The Price When you are lovin' somebody's lover Then you gotta understa…
I Know What You're Puttin' Down There's a whole lot of talk around town About the…
I Like To Live The Love My song is a serious matter It reflects what i feel If…
I Love You Now Darlin' you know I love you, And love you, for…
I Love You So Oh my darling I was so lonely Searching for you and…
I Need You I need you so To keep me happy If I can't have…
I Need You Baby Oh I need you baby Yes I need you baby Oh I…
I Need You So I need you so To keep me happy If I can't have…
I Need You So Bad Oh I need you baby Yes I need you baby Oh I…
I Need Your Love I need someone's hand to lead me through the night I…
I Never Had a Man I guess there's nothing to do And nothing to say, But simp…
I Pity The Fool I pity the fool, I said I pity the fool I…
I Stay in the Mood Yeah, I stay in the mood for you 'Cause I just…
I Wanna Be I wander helplessly day by day. It's so much easier to…
I Want a Little Girl I want a little girl, call my own She must be…
I Want to Get Married I want to get married But no woman will hear my…
I Want You So Bad Have you ever wanted someone And you thought they didn't wan…
I Was Blind I was blind and I could not see That you were…
I Will Survive You say you're leaving, you've shattered my dreams All of ou…
I Wonder I wonder why, why my baby won't treat me right I…
I Wonder Why I wonder why, why my baby won't treat me right I…
I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water Right now, right now, now, baby Right now, right now's the…
I'd Rather Go Blind Something told me it was over When I saw you and…
I'll String Along With You You may not be an angel 'Cause angels are so few But…
I'll Survive You say you're leaving, you've shattered my dreams All of o…
I'm Cracking Up Over You Days into weeks Weeks into months Months into years I'm blue…
I'm Gonna Do What They Do to Me The next woman I get She gotta have a job I'm not…
I'm Gonna Move Out of My Neighbourhood I'm gonna laugh you right out of my life, Laugh, and…
I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town I'm gonna move, baby Way out on the outskirts of town Hey,…
I'm gonna quit my baby Well, I work hard everyday Come home straight home with my…
I'm Gonna Sit In 'Til You Give In Ever since the world begin Man have received the right…
I'm Gonna Sit in Till You Give In When that ev'nin' sun goes down Yeah, you'll find me hangin…
I'm Gonna) Quit My Baby Well, I work hard everyday Come home straight home with my…
I'm In Love I'm in the mood for love Simply because you're near me. Funn…
I'm In Love With A Woman (him) Today I passed you on the street And my heart…
I'm In the Wrong Business I'm in the wrong business I swear I ain't lyin' I stay…
I'm King I've been around the world, seen everything And if it's lov…
I'm Moving On Just this morning I took a big long look around I've lived…
I'm Not Wanted Anymore Sometimes I got worried wo-ho I don't know what to…
I'm So Glad 아닐 거라 난 생각했는데 그대의 그 마음도 식을 줄 알았는데 변함없이 따뜻한…
I'm Working on the Building I’m working on the building, it's the true foundation I'm li…
I've Always Been Lonely I don't have to know your name Unless you really want…
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