This 1979 effort finds B.B. interpreting a number of pop-blues tunes, many of them co-written by Will Jennings and co-producer Joe Sample, with King co-writing two of the songs aboard. Even with a large, contemporary backdrop (including a seven-piece horn section and female backup singers), there's still plenty of room for B.B.'s stinging guitar and stentorian vocals in the mix.

Live at the BBC contains 15 highlights from live B.B. King performances the BBC aired between the years of 1978 and 1991 -- a span that at first seems pretty impressive for a single-disc set, but a close inspection reveals that this 15-track collection covers just three specific dates...

Completely Well was B.B. King's breakthrough album in 1969, which finally got him the long-deserved acclaim that was no less than his due. It contained his signature number, "The Thrill Is Gone," and eight other tunes, six of them emanating from King's pen, usually in a co-writing situation.

This not-so-exciting second Bobby "Blue" Bland and B.B. King pairing was recorded in Los Angeles Coconut Grove. There were more show business theatrics and less solid, soulful blues vocalizing than on their acclaimed debut, but there were still enough good moments to make it acceptable.

Компанию Би Би Кингу в студии составили клавишник Joe Sample (кстати, участвовавший и в создании альбома "Riding With The King", записанного совместно с Эриком Клэптоном), гитарист Doyle Bramhall II, басист Nathan East и барабанщик Abe Laboriel, Jr. Плюс оркестр под управлением Nick Ingman. Для записи были отобраны преимущественно известные вечнозеленые стандарты.

A wild cross-section of material -- signature items like "Sweet Little Angel" and "Please Accept My Love," an off-the-wall reading of Tony Bennett's "In the Middle of an Island," and best of all, a torrid jazzy instrumental called "String Bean" that finds King pulling some astounding guitar tricks out of a seemingly bottomless bag.

There Must Be a Better World Somewhere is the twenty seventh studio album by B. B. King released in 1981. It was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording the following year.

Live in Japan is a live album by B. B. King recorded in Sankei Hall, Tokyo on March 4 and 7, 1971 and released 1971 only in Japan as double LP. It was reissued 1999 for the first time outside Japan.

B.B. King is an international icon, the founding father of the blues and rock guitar styles. His landmark recordings of the 1950s and 1960s for RPM, Kent and Crown were very influential at the time, and still are. We proudly present 106 tracks from that extraordinary body of work. by John Broven. Ace Records is extremely honoured to be able to present THE VINTAGE YEARS, a momentous 4-CD box set of B.B. King's landmark recordings for the Modern Records group on the RPM, Crown and Kent labels in the 1950s and 1960s.

Six Silver Strings is the thirtieth studio blues album by B.B. King released in 1985. Promoted as a King's 50th album, the production is split between five David Crawford-produced tracks recorded in Miami with session musicians, and three tracks co-produced by filmmaker John Landis and his Into the Night soundtrack colleague Ira Newborn. AllMusic criticized the lackluster "pop rock" work shown in the Crawford-produced tracks, with uninspired performances from King

Riding with the King — студийный блюзовый альбом Эрика Клэптона и Би Би Кинга, изданный в 2000 году. Получил премию Грэмми в номинации «Лучший традиционный блюзовый альбом» и стал 2×мульти-платиновым.Впервые Кинг и Клэптон выступили в 1967 году в кафе Au Go Go в Нью-Йорке.Тогда Эрику было 22 года и он был участником супергруппы Cream. Тем не менее, музыканты, будучи друзьями уже не один десяток лет, записались вместе только в 1997 году, это была песня «Rock Me Baby», вышедшая на альбоме Кинга Deuces Wild.Тогда же Клэптон сказал, что хочет сделать с Би Би Кингом совместный альбом. Запись завершилась в 2000 году, тогда Клэптону было 55 лет, Кингу — 74.

B.B.KING & BOBBY BLAND: Together For The First Time That's "together for the first time" on disc, of course. ... Bland and King have shared stages since the '50s, when they were both members of the Beale Streeters, the legendary Memphis blues commune. In any case, this 1974 concert catches both artists at the peak of their game, recorded (with a nice sense of inside-the-band intimacy) in front of an extremely appreciative audience.

Blues on Top of Blues is the fourteenth studio album by B.B. King released in 1968 on BluesWay BLS-6011. The album reached a peak position of number 46 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart.

Recorded live in Cannes 1983