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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When putting the tracks together for B.B. King's Blues Summit 100 – my band's two-disc, 32-track tribute to B.B. King in ...

Discussions about early rock ‘n’ roll and blues music often center around the likes of Chuck Berry and Ray Charles, respectively, despite B.B. King being an integral player in either genre. This ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Windsor lives in Nashville, Tennessee and writes about music. It’s been a little over a decade since the death of B.B. King, ...

The King of the Blues never contested claims from women during his decades of touring who came forward saying he was the father of their babies — even though a low sperm count made it highly unlikely.

Sixty-six years passed from the time in 1948 when Riley King auditioned for a spot on Sonny Boy Williamson's radio program, until his final performance at the House of Blues on October 3, 2014 in ...

Lawyer for King's business manager says charges are "absolutely ridiculous" and "unfounded" His daughters accuse two of his aides of poisoning him The coroner's office says there's "no evidence to ...

Four members of B.B. King’s band will portray themselves in The Thrill Is Gone, an upcoming film that stars The Wire’s Wendell Pierce as the legendary bluesman. The Thrill Is Gone — which King’s ...

B.B. King died on Thursday (May 14) from a series of small strokes. The official cause of death is known as multi-infarct dementia, or vascular dementia. According to Billboard, the diagnosis was made ...

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This month, King’s legacy continues to be honored with the release of a new tribute to his 1975 album “Lucille Talks Back.” An all-star group of blues, rock, pop and soul musicians have contributed to ...

This year marks five years since B.B. King‘s death, but the thrill of King’s music will live on during two ambitious nights: February 16th and 17th, 2020, at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New ...