King, B. B.
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Name (Hebrew)
קינג, בי. בי.
Name (Latin)
King, B. B.
Other forms of name
King, Blues Boy
King, Riley B
Date of birth
1925-09-16
Date of death
2015-05-14
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Blues (Music)
Occupation
Blues musicians
Guitarists
Singers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
AMG, Aug. 13, 2009 (B.B. King
b. Riley B. King, Sept. 16, 1925, Indianola, Miss.)
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- AMG, Aug. 13, 2009(B.B. King; born Riley B. King on Sep. 16, 1925 in Indianola, Miss.)
- B.B. King anthology, c1992:title page (B.B. King) page 77 (nickname B.B. short for Blues Boy)
- B.B. King live at the Regal [Phonodisc] 1965.
- B.B. King website, Jan. 15, 2014(B.B. King; Riley B. King; b. Sep. 16, 1925 on a plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi, near Indianola)
- Enc. of popular music, 4th ed.(B. B. King; born Riley B. King on Sep. 16, 1925 in Indianola, Miss.)
- Grove Music online, Jan. 15, 2014(B. B. King; Riley B. King; b. Sep. 16, 1925 in Itta Bena, Miss.; American blues singer and guitarist)
- The New York times website, viewed May 15, 2015(B.B. King; b. Riley B. King (the middle initial apparently did not stand for anything) on Sep. 16, 1925 in Berclair, Miss., a hamlet outside the small town of Itta Bena; d. Thursday [May 14, 2015] in Las Vegas, Nev.; B.B. stood for Blues Boy, a name he took with his first taste of fame in the 1940s)
- B.B. King live at the Regal. [Phonodisc] 1965.
- B.B. King anthology, c1992:t.p. (B.B. King) p. 77 (nickname B.B. short for Blues Boy)