Blues Boy: The Life and Music of B. B. KingUniv. Press of Mississippi, 1998 |
Contents
Indianola Mississippi Seeds 19251946 | 1 |
Radio Days 19471951 | 15 |
The Chitlin Circuit 19521960 | 32 |
The Years of Uncertainty 19611966 | 55 |
B B at the Fillmore 19661975 | 72 |
The Plan Fulfilled 19751997 | 89 |
Lucille | 102 |
Epilogue | 116 |
Notes | 120 |
Selected Discography | 127 |
Index | 147 |
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ABC LP African-American appeared artists audience B. B. King Baby Beale Street big band Bihari Bihari brothers Bill Szymczyk Billboard Blues Boy blues singer BluesWay Bobby Bobby Bland Booking Agency Bukka White charts Chess Chicago chitlin circuit clubs compilation albums concert Danchin Delta disc jockey Earl Hooker early Fulson Gonna gospel guitarist heard hit parade Ibid Indianola interview with B. B. jazz Johnny Kent Kilmichael King's career later on compilation listen Live Louis Jordan Lucille manager MCA LP Memphis Mississippi Modern musicians never night Orchestra player playing popular radio rhythm and blues Riley King rock sessions Sid Seidenberg Sing the Blues song Sonny Boy Williamson soul sound star started studio success Sweet Little Angel Sweet Sixteen T-Bone Walker talent theaters thing Three O'Clock Blues Thrill Is Gone tour wanted WDIA Woman York young