Skip to main content

Blues Legend and Guitarist: B.B King passes on






Blues legend, singer, songwriter and guitarist, B.B. King died on Thursday, May 14th, at his home in Las Vegas. He was aged 89. His lawyer said the Blues king, who won 15 Grammy awards, died peacefully in his sleep around 9.40pm of that fateful day. 

He had battled diabetes-related ailments and high blood pressure for years. B.B King, real name Riley B. King, was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 6 on its 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.









B.B. KING'S CONTRIBUTION TO BLUES MUSIC

Pre 1949 BB King, the nickname given to him as the Beale Street Blues Boy releases his first single Three O'Clock Blues

1949 Two other singles You Know I Love You and Woke Up This Morning closely follow 

1956 King reportedly appeared at 342 shows in one year 

1962 King gets a recording deal with ABC Records

1969 Released hit single The Thrill is Gone 

1971 King receives first of 15 Grammy Awards 

1977 Granted an honourary Doctor Of Music by Yale University 

1987 Inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 

1989 Teamed up with U2 for When Love Comes To Town

2006 Ran the 'Farewell' music tour but continued playing for another decade 

2008 A museum was created in honour of the 'King Of Blues' 

2009 Wins 15th Grammy Award 

2011 Played Glastonbury Music Festival 

2012 Invited to sing at the White House with President Obama 

2014 Continued to tour the US until he fell on stage and was rushed to hospital 

2014 Inducted into R&B Music Hall of Fame


Source: Linda Ikeji's blog




Blues legend, singer, songwriter and guitarist, B.B. King died yesterday May 14th at his home in Las Vegas. He was aged 89. His lawyer said the Blues king, who won 15 Grammy awards, died peacefully in his sleep around 9.40pm yesterday. He had been battling diabetes-related ailments and high blood pressure for years. B.B King, real name Riley B. King, was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 6 on its 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. May his soul rest in peace, amen

Copy and WIN : http://ow.ly/KNICZ
Blues legend, singer, songwriter and guitarist, B.B. King died yesterday May 14th at his home in Las Vegas. He was aged 89. His lawyer said the Blues king, who won 15 Grammy awards, died peacefully in his sleep around 9.40pm yesterday. He had been battling diabetes-related ailments and high blood pressure for years. B.B King, real name Riley B. King, was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 6 on its 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. May his soul rest in peace, amen

Copy and WIN : http://ow.ly/KNICZ

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

POEM: DOWN AND OUT

Down and Out Who cares to notice the penniless? Who cares how they became ripen? Griping you to their desperate chest, So jamed and bashed crossing to beg, Limps and crawls from spot to spot. . My chest flames to such doleful pleas, Clutching hooves strolling thier way, Smokes my heart to hear them cry out, ‘‘Oh how will I succeed, Oh how do I live?” “I crave you with every breath I got in me” Old and weary, young and lanky, Resting beneath bridges for warmth,  Feasting on scrap wearing tatters, Without buddies, no family, nor us, No one seem to see or care little. Having nothing that matters to the rich, Pleased with what they receive with hope,  From break to night, twenty four seven, Lay noisy tummys by slumpy gutters, If they disappeared who cares where to? Miserable basking on side walks, Faces pale like out of oxygen for days, Targets of hunger, cold and epidemic, A smile can warm a paupers lifetime, Let them in, they knock, share your little. By Bassem Aya...
2 comments
Read more
The Much We Know It is such a wonderful phenomenon that as human we exist in our own worlds, with different beliefs, reasons and characters, yet in all these differences , decisions made does not only affect the maker of this decision but also the society at large. Generally, man works to be successful and well respected, either working to positively or negatively affect the society. Even that individual who does nothing at all will be successful in nothing, these things pays off on the society either consciously or unconsciously. For instance the killing of a single man in an area in a community affect everyone in that area and the whole community negatively in terms of creating of fear in the hearts of the individuals in that community and when there is provision of an essential amenity in a community which is generally positive, such community will be effected positively too, people will be happy and hopeful for more positive outcomes. The consciousness of man helps make deci...
Post a Comment
Read more

POEM: COULD I BUT SHOW YOU

COULD I BUT SHOW YOU                 Could I but show you how a word can grow into a thorn that lodges deep within? The softest places of the hardest men, you wouldn't be so quick to let one go. In silences, defenceless and alone, security and self-esteem descend; ambitions cease and aspirations bend in the victims of a fatal verbal blow.                     If I could show you how a word can rise - bring laughter, bring excitement, bring rapport, bring nations out of poverty and war - perhaps your speech would seek a different guise. What problems of this world could be deterred if we revered the value of a word?            By Corey Harvard
3 comments
Read more