Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. B.B. King, the King of the Blues, would have turned 100 on Sept. 16. Most Americans know his name, his primacy among blues legends ...

He was born Riley B. King to Mississippi sharecroppers in 1925. But his legacy will forever be known as B.B. King, a pioneer for jazz and blues musicians everywhere. King died Thursday evening at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. He was the one to influence the greats, from O.G. Chicago blues phenoms such as Buddy Guy, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, the British ...

This September, Memphis will sing the blues in the most joyful way possible: by celebrating the 100th birthday of B.B. King. Born September 16, 1925, his music transcended genres, inspiring ...

This Is the Last Week to Donate to Win Guitar Package & Support Music Education as B.B. King Centennial Tribute Continues DEERFIELD BEACH, FL, UNITED STATES, February ...

LAS VEGAS — B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late Thursday at ...

LAS VEGAS (CBSNewYork/AP) —B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died ...

B.B. King's standing as "King of the Blues" was, despite its regal pomp, an understatement. Riley B. King was bigger than the blues. A blues performer, certainly, King influenced more than a half ...

B.B. King, the King of the Blues, would have turned 100 on Sept. 16. Most Americans know his name, his primacy among blues legends, and the singular identity of his beloved hollow-body Gibson guitar ...

Blues legend B.B. King, who took his music from rural juke joints to the mainstream and inspired a generation of guitarists from Eric Clapton to Stevie Ray Vaughan, has died in Las Vegas. He was 89.

The Mississippi guitar aficionado and father of Lucille was a tireless road warrior. By Phil Gallo, Billboard B.B. King Performing - H 2014 B.B. King, the last of the Southern-born blues musicians who ...

Reporting from Las Vegas — B.B. King, the singer and guitarist who put the blues in a three-piece suit and took the musical genre from the barrooms and back porches of the Mississippi Delta to ...