B.B. King - 1949-1952

This excellent compilation presents the very beginning of the Riley "b.b." King story as documented on phonograph records made between the years 1949 and 1952. Born in Mississippi, influenced by his uncle Bukka White as well as by Lowell Fulson, Wynonie Harris, and Ivory Joe Hunter, King cut his first four sides in 1949 for the Bullet label in Memphis, TN. Backed by trumpet, trombone, two saxes, and a rhythm section containing both Phineas Newborns Jr. and Sr., "blues Boy" King sang his own kind of blues in a high and spirited voice. Read More