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B. B. King discography

B. B. King discography

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B. B. King (1925–2015) was an American blues musician whose recording career spanned 1949–2008. As with other blues contemporaries, King's material was primarily released on singles until the late 1950s–early 1960s, when long playing record albums became more popular.

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Overview

B.B. King's first charting single, "3 O'Clock Blues," reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B charts in 1951. He charted further No. 1 singles on various Billboard R&B charts with "You Know I Love You," "Please Love Me" and "You Upset Me Baby."[1] Between 1958 and 1974 he had 10 top 10 hits on the R&B chart, including "Sweet Sixteen," "Chains And Things," "I Like To Live the Love" and one of his most well-known hits, "The Thrill Is Gone."[2] King had 32 charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100 from 1964 to 1989. His final chart entry on the Hot 100 was a 1989 collaboration with U2 on "When Love Comes To Town."[1]

King charted 25 albums on the Billboard Blues Albums chart which ties him with Joe Bonamassa for the most charted albums. Between 1968 and 2008, he attained 33 charting albums on the Billboard 200. His highest-charting album was his 2000 album with Eric Clapton titled Riding With the King, peaking at No. 3.[1]

Studio albums

Modern Records (with Crown and Kent subsidiaries)

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ABC Records (and BluesWay subsidiary) then MCA Records and Geffen Records

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Live albums

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Major compilation albums

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Singles

Bullet Records

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Modern Records (with RPM and Kent subsisiaries)

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ABC Records (and BluesWay subsidiary)

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Billboard Year-End performances

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Other appearances

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Notes and references

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Re-recorded for My Kind of Blues
  2. [N 2]
    Titled "Past Day" in the album The Blues.
  3. [N 3]
    "Everyday I Have the Blues" was the b-side to "Sneaking Around."
  4. [N 4]
    "Ten Long Years" was the b-side to "What Can I Do (Just Sing the Blues)."
  5. [N 5]
    "Can't We Talk It Over" or "16 Tons" (non-album track) on different releases
  6. [N 6]
    The singel BL-61019 was issued with two differents labels, one "B.B. Jones" b/w "You Put It on Me", one "B.B. Jones" b/w "Stop Putting the Hurt on Me".
  7. [N 7]
    "Get Off My Back Woman" was the b-side of "I Want You So Bad."

Matrix numbers

  1. [M 1]
    Miss Martha King: 309-A, When Your Baby Packs Up and Goes: 309-B.
  2. [M 2]
    Got the Blues: 315-A, Take a Swing with Me: 315-B.
  3. [M 3]
    "Mistreated Woman": 304A-MM-1404, "B.B. Boogie": 304B-MM-1405.
  4. [M 4]
    "Walkin′ and Cryin′": 311A-MM-1439-1, "The Other Night Blues": 311B-MM-1438-2.
  5. [M 5]
    "Don't You Want a Man Like Me": 318A-1470, "My Baby's Gone": 318B-1469.
  6. [M 6]
    "B.B.'s Blues": 323-1489, "She's Dynamite": 323-1563.
  7. [M 7]
    "She's a Mean Woman": 330-1604, "Hard Workin' Woman": 330-1605.
  8. [M 8]
    "3 O'Clock Blues": 339-1682, "That Ain't the Way to Do It": 339-1683.
  9. [M 9]
    "Fine Lookin' Woman": 348-1491, "She Don't Move Me No More": 348-1752.
  10. [M 10]
    "Shake It Up and Go": 355-1805, "My Own Fault, Darlin′": 355-1806.
  11. [M 11]
    "Some Day Some Where": 360-1843, "Gotta Find My Baby": 360-1844.
  12. [M 12]
    "You Know I Love You": 363-1865, "You Didn't Want Me": 363-1866.
  13. [M 13]
    "Story from My Heart and Soul": 374-1924, "Boogie Woogie Woman": 374-1925.
  14. [M 14]
    "Woke Up This Morning": 380-1940, "Don't Have to Cry": 380-1941.
  15. [M 15]
    "Please Love Me": 386-1960, "Highway Bound": 386-1961.
  16. [M 16]
    "Neighborhood Affair": 391-2014, "Please Hurry Home": 391-2015.
  17. [M 17]
    "Why Did You Leave Me": 395-2024, "Please Hurry Home": 395-2025.
  18. [M 18]
    "Love You Baby": 408-2069, "The Woman I Love": 408-2070.
  19. [M 19]
    "Everything I Do Is Wrong": 411-2090, "Don't You Want a Man Like Me": 411-2091.
  20. [M 20]
    "When My Heart Beats Like...": 412-2100, "Bye! Bye! Baby": 412-2101.
  21. [M 21]
    "You Upset Me Baby": 416-2121, "Whole Lotta' Love": 416-2122.
  22. [M 22]
    "Sneakin' Around": 421-2139, "Every Day I Have the Blues": 421-2140.
  23. [M 23]
    "Lonely and Blue": 425-2062, "Jump with You Baby": 425-2063.
  24. [M 24]
    "Shut Your Mouth": 430-2188, "I'm in Love": 430-2189.
  25. [M 25]
    "Talkin' the Blues": 435-2206, "Boogie Rock": 435-2207.
  26. [M 26]
    What Can I Do: 437-2212, Ten Long Years: 437-2213.
  27. [M 27]
    "I'm Cracking Up Over You": 450-2264, "Ruby Lee": 450-2265.
  28. [M 28]
    "16 Tons": 451-2268, "Crying Won't Help You": 451-2269, "Can't We Talk It Over": 451-2270.
  29. [M 29]
    "Let's Do the Boogie": 457-2281, "Did You Ever Love a Woman": 457-2282.
  30. [M 30]
    "Dark Is the Night (Part I)": 459-3006, "Part II": 459-3007.
  31. [M 31]
    "Sweet Little Angel": 468-3057, "Bad Luck": 468-3058.
  32. [M 32]
    "On My Word of Honor": 479-3084, "Bim Bam": 479-3085.
  33. [M 33]
    "Early in the Morning": 486-3123, "You Don't Know": 486-3124.
  34. [M 34]
    "How Do I Love You": 490-3139, "You Can't Fool My Heart": 490-3140.
  35. [M 35]
    "I Want to Get Married": 492-3151, "Troubles, Troubles, Troubles": 492-3152.
  36. [M 36]
    "Quit My Baby": 494-3163, "Be Careful with a Fool": 494-3164.
  37. [M 37]
    "I Wonder": 498-3173, "I Need You So Bad": 498-3174.
  38. [M 38]
    The Key to My Kingdom: 501-3179, My Heart Belongs to Only You 501-3180.
  39. [M 39]
    You Know I Go for You: 301-1, Why Do Everything Happen to Me: 301-2.
  40. [M 40]
    "Don't Look Now, But I've Got the Blues": 307-1, "Days of Old": 307-2.
  41. [M 41]
    "Please Accept My Love": 315-1, "You've Been an Angel": 315-2.
  42. [M 42]
    "I Am": 317-1, "Worry Worry": 317-2.
  43. [M 43]
    "Come by Here": 319-A, "The Fool": 319-B.
  44. [M 44]
    "A Lonely Lover's Plea": 325-A, "Woman I Love": 325-B.
  45. [M 45]
    "Everyday I Have the Blues": 327-A, "Time to Say Goodbye": 327-B.
  46. [M 46]
    "Mean Ole Frisco": 329-A, "Sugar Mama": 329-B.
  47. [M 47]
    "Sweet Sixteen Pt. 1": 330-1, "Sweet Sixteen Pt. 2": 330-2.
  48. [M 48]
    "Got a Right to Love My Baby": 333-1, "My Own Fault": 333-2.
  49. [M 49]
    "Good Man Gone Bad": 346-1, "Partin' Time": 346-2.
  50. [M 50]
    "You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now": 350-1, "Walking Dr. Bill": 350-2.
  51. [M 51]
    "Things Are Not the Same": 351-2, "Fishin Time": 351-2.
  52. [M 52]
    "I Don't Want You Cuttin' Off Your Hair": AMP 45-14129.
  53. [M 53]
    "Worried Dream": AMP 45-14129, "That's Wrong Little Mama": AMP 45-14130.
  54. [M 54]
    "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss": AMP 45-14244, "Having My Say": AMP 45-14131.
  55. [M 55]
    "Losing Faith in You": AMP 45-14243, "I'm Gonna Do What They Do to Me": AMP 45-14245.
  56. [M 56]
    |"The B.B. Jones": AMP 45-15097, "You Put It on Me": AMP 45-15096, "Stop Putting the Hurt on Me": 45-14627.
  57. [M 57]
    "Why I Sing the Blues": AMP 45-15725, "Friends": AMP 45-15723.
  58. [M 58]
    "Just a Little Love": AMP 45-70001, "My Mood": AMP 45-70002.
  59. [M 59]
    "The Thrill Is Gone": AMP 45-70112, "You're Mean": AMP 45-70106.
  60. [M 60]
    "So excided": AMP 45-70078, "Confessin' the Blues": AMP 45-70110.
  61. [M 61]
    "Hummingbird": AMP 45-16052, "Ask Me No Questions": AMP 45-16054.
  62. [M 62]
    "Chains and Things": AMP 45-16069-S, "King's Special": AMP 45-16053-S.
  63. [M 63]
    "Ask Me No Questions": AMP 45-16054, "Nobody Loves Me But My Mother": AMP 45-16072.
  64. [M 64]
    "Help the Poor": AMP 45-16191-S, "Lucille's Granny": AMP 45-16198-S.
  65. [M 65]
    "Ghetto Woman": AMP 45-16239-S, "The Seven Minutes": AMP 45-16193-S.

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    "Peace of Mind" was the b-side of "Someday Baby."
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    Billboard Magazine did not publish an R&B Singles chart between November 1963 and January 1965.
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  36. [36]
    "Friends" was the b-side of "My Song."
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    "When Love Comes to Town" was the first B.B. King single to chart on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
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