The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with B. B. King

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with B. B. King

10/24/2003

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2003.257

Blues guitarist B. B. King (1925 - 2015 ) is a world famous blues musician. King was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 10/24/2003, in Chicago, Illinois. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 1; Total Run Time: 01h 00m 00s

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King, B. B., 1925-2015

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B.B. King was born Riley B. King Sept. 16, 1925 in Itta Bena, MS. He got the nickname "Beale Street Blues Boy", later shortened to "Blues Boy", and finally to B.B. while working as a disc jokey. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, King was a part of the blues scene on Beale Street and by the 1950s he became one of the most important names in R&B music. He died May 14, 2015 in Las Vegas, NV.B.B. King was born Riley B. King in Itta Bena, Mississippi on September 16, 1925. His parents, Nora Ella and...