Gladys Knight And B.B. King music video The Thrill Is Gone (From "The Midnight Special" Episode 105. Air Date: January 31, 1975)
B.B. King music video When It All Comes Down (I'll Still Be Around) - Hold On (I Feel Our Love Is Changing) (From "The Old Grey Whistle Test", 1978)
Buddy Guy With B.B. King And Eric Clapton music video Let Me Love You Baby (2005)
U2 And B.B. King music video When Love Comes To Town
U2 And B.B. King music video When Love Comes To Town
U2 And B.B. King music video When Love Comes To Town
B.B. King music video My Lucille
B.B. King music video Into The Night
B.B. King And Eric Clapton music video Riding With The King
U2 And B.B. King music video When Love Comes To Town
B.B. King And Tracy Chapman music video The Thrill Is Gone
Gladys Knight And B.B. King music video The Thrill Is Gone (From The Midnight Special)
B.B. King And Eric Clapton music video Riding With The King
B.B. King music video Eyesight To The Blind (Live From Later With Jools Holland)
U2 And B.B. King music video When Love Comes To Town
Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 6 on its 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time (previously ranked No. 3 in the 2003 edition of the same list), and he was ranked No. 17 in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. King was also inducted into 2014 class of the R&B Music Hall of Fame. He is considered one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname "The King of Blues", and one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with Albert King and Freddie King). King is also known for performing tirelessly throughout his musical career, appearing at 250-300 concerts per year until his seventies. In 1956 it was noted that he appeared at 342 shows. King continues to appear at 100 shows a year.
Over the years, King has developed one of the world's most identifiable guitar styles. He borrowed from Blind Lemon Jefferson, T-Bone Walker and others, integrating his precise and complex vocal-like string bends and his left hand vibrato, both of which have become indispensable components of rock guitarists' vocabulary. His economy and phrasing has been a model for thousands of players. King has mixed blues, jazz, swing, mainstream pop and jump into a unique sound. In King's words, "When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille."