Би Би Кинг был Королем блюза дольше, чем какой-либо монарх правил на нашей планете. Он – мастер игры на гитаре, чья музыка вдохновляла других и уверенно держалась на вершинах музыкальных хит-парадов. Однако, чтобы стать гением своего дела, Би Би Кингу пришлось пройти через многие испытания.

Live in Cook County Jail is a 1971 live album by American blues musician B.B. King, recorded on September 10, 1970, in Cook County Jail in Chicago. Agreeing to a request by jail warden Winston Moore, King and his band performed for an audience of 2,117 prisoners, most of whom were young black men. King's set list consisted mostly of slow blues songs, which had been hits earlier in his career. When King told ABC Records about the performance, he was advised to bring along press and recording equipment.

His workout on Louis Jordan's "Just like a Woman" is a tour de force that's been reissued often, but much of the compilation is rare stuff that gives Lucille her full due.

Би Би Кинг был самым приятным человеком, которого я когда-либо встречал в музыкальном бизнесе. Он — сам блюз, а блюз — это и есть Би Би Кинг», — рассказывает Джо Бонамасса. «Он помог мне в начале моей карьеры и его советами я пользуюсь до сих пор.

My Kind of Blues is a studio album by American bluesman B. B. King. According to biographer David McGee, the songs were recorded in 1958 at the Chess Records studios in Chicago. However, researcher Colin Escott identifies the recordings as being from a March 3, 1960 session, when King was under contract to the Bihari brothers and recorded in the Los Angeles area.

Этот концертный альбом Би Би Кинга выиграл премию Грэмми в номинации ''Лучшая традиционная блюзовая запись''.

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.