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

"Got My Mojo Working" is a blues song written by Preston "Red" Foster and first recorded by Ann Cole in 1956. Muddy Waters popularized it in 1957 and the song was a feature of his performances throughout his career. A mojo is an amulet or talisman associated with hoodoo, an early African-American folk-magic belief system. Rolling Stone magazine included Waters' rendition of the song on its list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at number 359.

Тридцать шестой студийный альбом американского блюзового гитариста и певца Би Би Кинга.Описывая запись этого альбома, Би Би Кинг сказал: "Записывая альбомы, я получал удовольствие от записи на протяжении многих лет, но на этот раз,эта работа особенно близка моему сердцу. Она также одна из самых расслабленных и удовлетворяющих для меня... Никто не говорил нам что делать.Никто и не должен говорить нам, что делать. Я считаю, что группа играет на этом альбоме, лучше чем когда-либо".

"When Love Comes to Town" is a song by Irish rock band U2 featuring blues guitarist B. B. King. It is the twelfth track from U2's 1988 album, Rattle and Hum, and was released in 1989 as the record's third single. The song was recorded at the historic Sun Studio in Memphis. "When Love Comes to Town" reached number one in the Irish Singles Chart, number six in the UK singles chart, number ten in the Dutch Top 40 and number two in the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

Indianola Mississippi Seeds is B. B. King's eighteenth studio album. It was released on October 1970 on ABC Records on LP and May 1989 on MCA Records on CD. On this album B. B. King mixed elements of blues and rock music. Producer Bill Szymczyk decided to follow up on the success of the hit "The Thrill Is Gone" by matching King with a musical all-star cast. The result was one of King's most critically acclaimed albums and one of the most highly regarded blues crossover albums of all time.

Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan — Трибьют-альбом посвящённый американскому джазовому саксофонисту и певцу Луису Джордану (Louis Jordan). B.B. King выиграл премию Грэмми за трек '' Is you is, or is you ain't (My baby) '' в дуэте с Dr. John, в номинации ''Лучшее вокальное поп сотрудничество''.