B.B. King

B.B. King - Everyday I Have The Blues (1987)
Know in his early career as Blues Boy King. Born Riley B. King, September 16, 1925 and is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter known for his expressive singing and inimitable guitar playing. As Komara has written, "King introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that would influence virtually every electric blues guitarist that followed."

Critical acclaim and widespread popularity have cemented his reputation as possibly the most respected and successful of all blues musicians. Rolling Stone magazine named him the third-greatest guitarist of "the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. The son of Alfred King and Nora Ella King, B. B. King has had two wives to date: Martha Lee Denton, 1946 to 1952, and Sue Carol Hall, 1958 to 1966. Both marriages ended because of the heavy demands made on the marriage by King's 250 performances a year. It is reported that he has fathered 15 children by different women. King is a licensed pilot, a known gambler, a vegetarian, non-drinker, and non-smoker. He has lived with Type II Diabetes for over twenty years and is a visible spokesman in the fight against the disease, appearing in advertisements for diabetes-management products.