Category: B. B. King

The Life of B.B. King in Life and Music “Sounding Out” (1972) DocumentaryThe life of B.B. King in his own words.His first job paid 75 cents a day and for that he had to pick over 200 pounds of cotton, one ball and a...

RIP BB King Documentary: Live at Sing Sing Prison September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015Riley B. King was born on September 16, 1925 on a cotton plantation near the town of Itta Bena, Mississippi, the son of sharecroppers Albert and...

It’s My Own Fault B. B. King & Bobby Bland The Lion and The KingB B King and Bobby “Blue” Bland take the stage with Don Cornelius to perform live On Soul Train 1975 following the release of their LP...

Sweet Sixteen B. B. King Blues Come to ZaireB. B. King is captured on film during a live performance in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974.This concert was part of a three day celebration of sports and music that also featured the...

I Believe To My Soul B. B. King King at the RumbleB.B. King performs “I Believe To My Soul” live in Africa in 1974 on stage before Muhammad Ali and a crowd of 80,000 he gives one of the most thrilling performances of...

How Blue Can You Get? B. B. King Blues For ThanksgivingB. B. King and his band perform at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York on Thanksgiving Day, 1972.*”How Blue Can You Get” (or “Downhearted”) is a...

The Thrill Is Gone B. B. King Live In Africa ’74B.B. King Live In Africa ’74 is a rare – extremely rare – intimate view of B.B. King in concert. At age 49, having “crossed over” to wide...