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B. B. King (b. 1925) is a U.S. blues guitarist and songwriter. He is among the most respected electric guitarists; Rolling Stone magazine ranked him third in its list of the hundred greatest guitarists of all time. Born Riley B. King on the 16th September 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi, he began broadcasting his music live on a Memphis radio station called WDIA. At first, he used the name The Peptikon Boy on air, which later was changed to The Beale Street Blues Boy, and then further shortened to just Blues Boy or B.B. King’s first hit on the R&B charts was “Three o’Clock in the Morning” in 1951. |
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Buddy Guy |
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Albert King |
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B.B. King & Eric Clapton |
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Freddie King |
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John Lee Hooker
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United States, Clarksdale - Mississippi |
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Eric Clapton
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Muddy Waters
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United States, Issaquena County - Mississippi |
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Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Luther Allison |
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Otis Rush |
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Robert Cray |
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Buddy Guy & Junior Wells |
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Jimi Hendrix & B.B. King |
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Howlin' Wolf |
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Robert Johnson
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Koko Taylor |
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Elmore James |
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Chuck Berry
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United States, St. Louis - Missouri |
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Johnny Winter |
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B.B. King & Friends |
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Ray Charles
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Sonny Boy Williamson |
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Lowell Fulson |
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Jimi Hendrix
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The Allman Brothers Band
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