![]() ![]() Two days of rehearsals meant lots of waiting, waiting, waiting, The rock ‘n’ roll and soul stars were used to national TV they’d been playing American Bandstand for years. wrote: “National TV was a novelty for me, and the idea of appearing on Sullivan, the biggest show in the country, was frightening and thrilling. In his autobiography, “Blues All Around Me,” B.B. King’s only appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show was on October 18, 1970. ![]() That hit was followed by “Paying the Cost to Be the Boss,” and his most popular record, “The Thrill is Gone.” After he scored his first hit in 1964, “Rock Me Baby,” King began to tour nationally. has named his trademark Gibson guitars Lucille. After risking his life to retrieve the guitar, he learned the men were fighting over a girl named Lucille. realized he left his beloved guitar inside. After evacuating along with everyone else, B.B. While he was doing a show in Twist, Arkansas, two men got into a fight and knocked over a kerosene stove, starting a fire. Eventually, the Blues Boy was shortened to B.B. He soon landed a spot on a local radio station, going by the name Riley King, Beale Street Blues Boy. In 1947 he hitchhiked to Memphis, Tennessee and stayed with his cousin, delta blues guitarist Bukka White. ![]() ![]() He picked up his first guitar at age 15 and played on street corners for spare change. King was born on a plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi on September 16, 1925. ![]()
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