We Say Goodbye to Blues Legend BB King

Some facts about B.B. King:

• King was born September 16th, 1925 in Indianola, Mississippi to sharecropper parents.
• He started out as a DJ in 1948 and recorded his first album a year later.
• 74 of his songs made Billboard’s R&B chart, including his 1970 crossover hit “The Thrill Is Gone.”
• King won seven Grammys and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
• King, who married and divorced twice, is survived by 15 children

B.B. King explains how he named his famous guitar Lucille…….