B.B. King Profile
Birth Name: Riley B. King
Birth Date: September 16th, 1925
Birth Place: Itta Bena, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Nicknames:
Blues Boy
Beale Street Blues Boy
King of the Blues
Associated Acts:
B.B. King & Eric Clapton
B.B. King & Jimi Hendrix
Bobby Bland & B. B. King
Diane Schuur & B.B. King
Also Called:
Riley B. King
Genres:
Blues
Soul
Blues Rock
Electric Blues
Rhythm & Blues
Spouses:
Sue Carol Hall (June 4th, 1958 - 1966) (divorced)
Martha Lee Denton (November 11th, 1944 - 1952) (divorced)
Did You Know:
He is a diabetic & vegetarian
BB King was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1990 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C
His guitar is a Gibson B.B. King Lucille (modified at his request in 1982)