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B.B. King

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Aliases
B. B. "Blues Boy" King and His Orchestra
Real name
Riley Ben King
Born
September 16, 1925
Died
May 14, 2015
Country
United States
IPI
00016225319 17 works
00016240228 36 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Songwriter, singer, and legendary blues guitarist
Family
Elmore Morris Cousin
Shirley King Daughter
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Covers by B.B. King

Title Performer Release date Originally by
December 1955 Merle Travis
November 1951 Lowell Fulson
1974 Lowell Fulson
April 1966 Eddie Boyd
October 5, 1999 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
1971 Howard Tate
September 13, 2005 Howard Tate
November 4, 1997 Howard Tate
1966 Tennessee Ten (Original Memphis Five), Jimmy Witherspoon
October 5, 1999 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
  2003 Gwen McCrae REL, Brenda Lee REC
2003 Roy Hamilton - Orch. under the dir. of O. B. Masingill
  1994 Ina Ray Hutton and Her Orch. – Vocal Chorus by Stuart Foster REL, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra REC,BRD
i 2001 Emile Berliner
August 9, 2011 The "5" Royales with Charlie Ferguson His Tenor and Orchestra
1967 Dinah Washington
November 4, 1997 Aretha Franklin
1974 Barbara Lewis
1961 Wynonie "Blues" Harris with Jack McVea and His All Stars
June 2002 Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
2001 Clarence Carter
October 30, 2001 Clarence Carter
August 26, 2008 Bessie Smith
September 1956 Ivory Joe Hunter and His Band
1961 Blind Lemon Jefferson
October 1964 Roy Brown
1972 Hoyt Axton
October 5, 1999 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
1985 Jimmy Reed
March 28, 1995 Johnny Adams
June 1962 Ivory Joe Hunter and His Band
1986 Ivory Joe Hunter with Johnny Moore's 3 Blazers
August 26, 2008 Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell
May 1965 Lowell Fulson
January 1967 Delmore Brothers
December 1952 Tampa Red
1975 Ann Peebles
Bringing in a Brand New Year B.B. King 2001 Unverified
November 4, 1997 Charles Brown & Amos Milburn, Sam Cooke
2005 Blind Lemon Jefferson
1967 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
1971 Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
listen on Internet Archive June 22, 1993 T-Bone Walker and His Guitar
December 1955 Walter Davis
September 1962 Joe Turner with Vann "Piano Man" Walls and His Orchestra
1965 Pete Johnson and His Boogie Woogie Boys - Vocal Chorus Joe Turner
October 5, 1999 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
1962 Jesse Thomas with The Lloyd Glenn Combo
2001 Amos Milburn
Christmas in Heaven B.B. King 2001 Unverified
  June 13, 2000 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
1965 Jay McShann at the Piano with Singing By Walter Brown
November 4, 1997 Jay McShann at the Piano with Singing By Walter Brown
September 1968 Little Willie John
December 1955 Tampa Red
November 4, 1997 Keb' Mo'
June 13, 2000 B.B. King
February 1956 Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore
September 1966 Jimmy Johnson and His Band featuring Hank Alexander
Don't Change on Me B.B. King April 1982 Unverified
1974 Bobby Bland
  1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ink Spots REL
April 25, 2000 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
1975 Z. Z. Hill
1977 Tampa Red
  1963 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers REC, The Ellingtonians with Chubby Kemp REL
Sampled by Primitive Radio Gods
1965 Eddie Edinborough with Wesley Wilson at the Piano
1974 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
2003 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
August 1960 The Honey Dripper
September 13, 2005 The Honey Dripper
1988 Joe Simon
1986 Pinetop and Lindberg, Robert Johnson
October 5, 1999 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
June 22, 2010 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
January 1957 T-Bone Walker and His Guitar
September 13, 2005 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
listen on Internet Archive June 22, 1993 Joe Louis Walker
1974 B.B. King
November 18, 2013 Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
January 1955 Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
  2003 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
January 1966 Sonny Boy Williamson [US2]
1976 Big Bill, "Lightnin'" Hopkins
November 1960 Robert Petway
September 13, 2005 Billy Walker
August 26, 2008 T-Bone Walker
1994 Willie Bryant and His Orchestra
1974 St. Louis Jimmy
1962 St. Louis Jimmy
September 25, 2007 Fats Domino
1965 Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing
listen on Internet Archive   1977 Ann Cole with The Suburbans and Orchestra REL, Muddy Waters REC
July 1952 Doctor Clayton
2003 Tampa Red
1972 Jesse Belvin with Shorty Rogers and His Orchestra and Chorus
June 13, 2000 B.B. King
June 13, 2000 Sam & Dave
1982 B.B. King
August 1960 Dr. Clayton
1965 Ida Cox, Leroy Carr
August 26, 2008 The Howlin' Wolf
July 1970 Leon Russell
September 13, 2005 Leon Russell
November 4, 1997 Leon Russell
2006 Tony Bennett with Ray Ellis and His Orchestra
October 1964 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
May 1964 Lester Williams and His Band
1994 Don Gibson
April 1982 Don Gibson
1965 Papa Freddie
November 4, 1997 Van Morrison
August 26, 2008 T-Bone Walker and His Orchestra
April 25, 2000 Barbara George
1967 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
i 2001 Bing Crosby
  2003 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Muzzy Marcellino REC, Dick Powell BRD
1974 Bobby Bland
2003 Deek Watson and His Brown Dots
1965 Casey Bill
April 25, 2000 A.C. Reed
  1994 Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
1959 The Carter Family
September 1968 Little Willie John
1980 Little Willie John
Inflation Blues B.B. King 1983 Unverified
1965 Lil Green
2006 Tony Bennett with Ray Ellis and His Orchestra
1985 Wilson Pickett
listen on Internet Archive June 22, 1993 Bobby Bland
October 5, 1999 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
1994 The Ambassadors [US2]
October 5, 1999 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
January 1967 T-Bone Walker featuring Freddie Slack at the Piano with Bass and Drums
1977 Brook Benton
1974 Muddy Waters and His Guitar, B.B. King and His Orchestra
2000 Johnnie Taylor
June 13, 2000 Bramhall
2003 McKinney's Cotton Pickers with Vocal Refrain by George Thomas
September 1957 Cecil Gant
May 1964 Jamie Mahar
  October 5, 1999 The Aristo-Kats REL, Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five REC
1959 Artis Kitchen
August 1965 Roy Brown and His Mighty-Mighty Men
1961 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
1977 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
September 23, 2008 King Perry Orchestra
June 13, 2000 Charles Segar
October 5, 1999 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
1988 Clarence Lewis
November 15, 2011 Buddy Guy
1990 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
November 6, 2001 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
November 4, 1997 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
1976 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Let the Good Times Roll B.B. King & Friends September 21, 1999 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive June 22, 1993 Junior Wells
Lonesome Christmas B.B. King 2001 Unverified
1971 Memphis Minnie
listen on Internet Archive April 1982 Geo. Campbell, Elvis Presley
1983 New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
April 25, 2000 Tony Joe White
June 13, 2000 Bramhall
1959 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
1976 T-Bone Walker and His Guitar, Percy Mayfield
1976 Roy Hawkins, Bobby Bland
1993 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
August 26, 2008 T-Bone Walker and His Guitar
April 25, 2000 Willie Mabon and His Combo
1977 Dirty Red
1976 T-Bone Walker featuring Freddie Slack at the Piano with Bass and Drums, Little Junior Parker and Bill Harvey's Band, Little Walter and His Night Caps
November 1957 Bette McLaurin with "The Striders" & Eddie Wilcox Orch.
August 26, 2008 Lonnie Johnson
May 1952 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
Covered by (8 artists)
September 13, 2005 Little Willie John
1982 B.B. King
September 13, 2005 B.B. King
December 1966 Paul Buskirk and His Little Men featuring Hugh Nelson
November 4, 1997 Paul Buskirk and His Little Men featuring Hugh Nelson
September 19, 2000 Paul Buskirk and His Little Men featuring Hugh Nelson
April 1982 Paul Buskirk and His Little Men featuring Hugh Nelson, Percy Mayfield
June 1965 Lowell Fulson
  October 5, 1999 Jimmie Cox PRF, Blind Bobby Baker and His Guitar REC,REL
September 1968 Ivory Joe Hunter
1994 Frank Sinatra - Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
1988 James Taylor
1959 Haydn Quartet with Orchestra
October 1956 The Platters
November 17, 2014 Paul McCartney
1971 Little Johnny Taylor
March 1, 1994 Chairmen of the Board
November 4, 1997 B.B. King
November 20, 2007 B.B. King
October 1958 Jimmy Wilson
2001 Charles Brown
1965 Percy Mayfield
November 4, 1997 Percy Mayfield
Please Send Me Someone to Love B.B. King & Friends 1987 Unverified
August 1960 Memphis Minnie and Son Joe
1959 (unknown), Wiseman Sextet, Heavenly Gospel Singers
i 1983 Bill Doggett
1975 Lowell Fulson
1973 The Staple Singers
June 13, 2000 John Hiatt
August 7, 1990 Dr. John
May 1964 Curtis Jones, Li'l Son Jackson
Covered by (124 artists)
November 4, 1997 Curtis Jones, Li'l Son Jackson, B.B. King
November 9, 2004 Curtis Jones, Li'l Son Jackson, B.B. King
November 20, 2007 Curtis Jones, Li'l Son Jackson, B.B. King
September 13, 2005 Memphis Slim, Jimmy Rogers
October 5, 1999 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
October 5, 1999 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
1965 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
August 26, 2008 (unknown), Blind Lemon Jefferson
1983 Tampa Red
May 1952 Papa Charlie Jackson, Picaninny Jug Band, Tommy McClennan
June 1951 Tampa Red
1968 Lightning Hopkins
April 25, 2000 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Johnson
April 1982 Ivory Joe Hunter
listen on Internet Archive June 22, 1993 Ivory Joe Hunter
August 31, 2004 Lowell Fulson
August 26, 2008 Mississippi Sheiks
August 7, 1996 Art Neville, Jimmie Vaughan
  1992 Leroy Carr REL, Lucille Bogan REC
January 1955 Rudy Render
October 5, 1999 Casey Bill
August 1960 Sleepy John Estes
July 1952 Lowell Fulson and His Trio
listen on Internet Archive June 22, 1993 Chris Kenner
1994 Aretha Franklin
January 1965 Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm
1963 Percy Mayfield
1959 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
1972 The Lovin' Spoonful
October 1963 Roy Brown with His Mighty-Mighty Men
October 5, 1999 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
1959 Standard Quartette
September 1956 Lucille Bogan
Covered by (42 artists)
December 1959 Joe Turner with Van "Piano Man" Walls and His Orchestra
Covered by (15 artists)
1983 Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson's Orch.
August 7, 1996 The Vaughan Brothers
June 13, 2000 B.B. King
1974 Bobby Bland
August 1964 The Escorts [3]
1991 Joe Cocker
2003 Benny Carter and His Orchestra - Vocal by Roy Felton
September 13, 2005 B.B. King
November 4, 1997 B.B. King
listen on Internet Archive June 22, 1993 Big Jay McNeely and Band
1963 Roy Brown and His Mighty-Mighty Men
1977 Bill Withers
December 1969 Roy Hawkins
Sampled by Public Enemy
February 14, 1995 Roy Hawkins
September 13, 2005 Roy Hawkins
November 4, 1997 Roy Hawkins
January 23, 2007 Roy Hawkins
1993 Roy Hawkins
September 19, 2000 Roy Hawkins
2010 Roy Hawkins
November 8, 2010 Roy Hawkins
1954 Dr. Clayton
August 26, 2008 Mississippi Sheiks
June 13, 2000 Lowell Fulson
August 7, 1996 The Vaughan Brothers
April 1982 Jimmy Elledge
1973 Syreeta
October 1962 Henry Russell and His Romancers
To Someone That I Love B.B. King 2001 Unverified
1963 Thelma La Vizzo
April 1957 Lowell Fulson
1994 Jack Payne & His Band
August 1960 Cecil Gant
August 26, 2008 T-Bone Walker and His Guitar
September 1960 Dr. Clayton
1977 Jeff Barry
1971 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
1965 Gitfiddle Jim, Art Tatum and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Joe Turner
listen on Internet Archive June 22, 1993 Little Milton
2003 Louis Armstrong
July 1954 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
Covered by (4 artists)
June 13, 2000 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1], B.B. "Blues Boy" King and His Orchestra
2008 (unknown)
March 1958 Roy Hawkins and His Orchestra
June 2010 B.B. King
1959 Doctor Clayton
1994 Jerry Butler
July 1970 Sleepy John Estes, Big Maceo
June 13, 2000 Sleepy John Estes, Big Maceo
1960 Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell with Bob Crosby's Bob Cats
1994 Eddy Arnold with Orchestra and Choir conducted by Charles Grean
You Don't Know Nothing About Love B.B. King 1972 Unverified
July 1964 Muddy Waters
February 1966 Monroe Tucker and His Orchestra - Vocal Percy Mayfield
listen on Internet Archive June 22, 1993 LaVern Baker & Jimmy Ricks
listen on Internet Archive June 22, 1993 Muddy Waters
April 1982 Mickey Newbury

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