B.B. King

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B.B. King

B.B. King is a famous blues guitarist and vocalist.

(9/16/1925 - )

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“Blues Boy” King

• Born Riley B. King in the small town of Itta Benna in the Mississippi Delta

• He was born to a family of poor sharecroppers

• By age 7, he had to work in the fields

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B.B. King

King’s most famous and beloved guitar, named “Lucille”.

King learned the basic of guitar from his preacher. At age 12, he purchased his first guitar for $15.00. He started playing on the streets and learning

from other street performers. He soon began playing nightclubs and had a

regular spot on a radio station.

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Civil Rights

• Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956)

• Greensboro sit-ins (1960)•Selma to Montgomery marches (1965)• Civil Rights Act of 1964• Voting Rights Act of 1965• Immigration and Nationality Services

Act of 1965• Brown v. Board of Education, 1954

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National Happenings

Vietnam war 1956-1975

2. Watergate burgalry 1972 and Nixon resignation 1974

3. Three mile Island 1979

4. Спутник-1,Sputnik 1 in 1957

5. Joseph Mccarthy and Mccarthyism

6. First man on the moon 1969

7. Iran Hostage crisis 1979

8. selma to mongomery marches 1965

9. fall of the berlin wall

10. The spotted owl 1990

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Awards/Major Works• Blues Is King (1967)• Blues Summit (1993)• Catfish Blues (1995)• Classics (1996)• Collection (1997)• Completely Well (1998)• Completely Well (Gold Disc) (1969)• Completely Well (1969)• Deuces Wild (1997)• Do The Boogie! B.B. King's... (1988)• The Electric B.B. King - His Best (1968)• Everyday I Sing The Blues (1998)• The Fabulous B.B. King (1991)• Got My Mojo Working (1989)• Great Moments With B.B. King (1968)• Guess Who (1972)• Live At The Apollo (1991)• Live At The Regal (1997)• Live At The Regal (1964)• Live In Cook County Jail (1998)• Live In Cook County Jail (1971)• Love Me Tender (1982)• Lucille (Gold Disc) (1968)• Lucille Talks Back (1975)• Midnight Believer (1978)

• Over 15 Grammy Awards• The Presidential Medal of Arts• Kennedy Center Honors• 1987, Induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame• 1980, induction into the Blues Hall of Fame• The Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded by President George Bush• #3 on Time Magazine’s Greatest Guitarists of All Time

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