B.B. King
Highest Rated: 99% Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
Lowest Rated: 9% Species II (1998)
Birthday: Sep 16, 1925
Birthplace: Itta Bena, Mississippi, USA
Arguably the most popular blues recording artist of the 20th century, as well as one of the most significant in the development of the electric guitar, B.B. King was a singer and performer whose voluminous and celebrated body of work helped bring the blues to mainstream audiences. King's sound - at once mournful and ecstatic with its trademark string bending and left-hand vibrato - bridged the gap between the rough-hewn country blues of his home in the Deep South, and the raucous electrified blues of Chicago and Detroit. What King brought to the music was jazz phrasing and soulful, gospel-driving singing that found favor with audiences who normally would not truck with the blues; in turn, he became an international favorite and Grammy winner 15 times over. Up until his death on May 14, 2015, King continued recording, performing and bringing his inimitable presence and music to listeners around the world, ensuring his well-earned status as King of the Blues.
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B.B. King
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99% |
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) |
Self, Music Performer |
$2.3M | 2021 |
89% | No Score Yet | Horn From the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story | Self | $25.4K | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Music for Mandela | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
86% |
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BB King: The Life of Riley | Self | - | 2012 |
19% |
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Dark Streets | Original Music | $11.0K | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Muddy Waters Can't Be Satisfied | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues: A Musical Journey | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
78% | No Score Yet | All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! | Self | $995.1K | 2001 |
75% |
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Genghis Blues | Self | $323.9K | 1999 |
9% |
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Species II | Original Song | $19.2M | 1998 |
46% |
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Blues Brothers 2000 | Malvern Gasperon (Character) | $14.0M | 1998 |
98% |
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When We Were Kings | Unknown (Character) | $2.7M | 1996 |
58% |
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Heart and Souls | Self | $16.4M | 1993 |
62% |
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U2 Rattle and Hum | Self | $8.6M | 1988 |
65% |
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Amazon Women on the Moon | Self | $388.2K | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Medicine Ball Caravan | Self | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Great Medicine Ball Caravan | Self | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jazz Casual: B.B. King | Unknown (Character) | - | 1968 |
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Soundstage | Music Performer | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Classic Albums | Self | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
17% | No Score Yet | Baywatch Nights | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 91% | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 96% | Married ... With Children | Street Singer (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 69% | The Cosby Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sanford and Son | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1970 1972 |