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B.B King (aka) Riley B. King Born: September 16, 1925

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[] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.B._King http://www.bbking.com/bio/

|| B.B. King did for the society || B.B. King wasn't all about music, he also helped around with the society. He signed a an offical supporter to Little Rock Kids. This is an orginazation, that provides free instruments and lessons, for public schools, throughout the U.S.A., and he is also apart of the board of dierctors for it. ||
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 * [[image:bb_king.jpg width="64" height="64"]] || Who is Riley B. King (B.B. King) || B.B. King is a musican, who plays the blues. He is known for his note solos and playing the instuments, piano, guitar, and vocals. ||
 * [[image:Riley height="64"]] || His Life || B.B. King was born on a plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi. Sharecropping was a difficult time on the plantation. His parents seperated at age four. His mother died at age nine and then he was to live with his granmother, who ended up dying at age four-teen. ||
 * [[image:Memphis-Beale-Street.jpg width="64" height="64"]] || How he got started? || B.B. King started his musican experience, by playing at street corners for a couple of dimes. Then one day he decide to go to Memphis, to pursue his music. He went there because, all the important musicans from the south went there. ||
 * [[image:sonny3.jpg width="64" height="64"]] || Big Break || B.B. King got his first big break in 1948 on Sonny Boy Williamson's radio program on KWEM out of West Memphis. This then led to all sorts of playing opportunities for him. In a couple of years, B.B. King needed to come up with a radio name. It first started off as Beale Street Blues Boy, which was shortened to Blues Boy King, and then to B.B. King. ||
 * 5[[image:kin2-002.jpg width="64" height="64"]] || His Career || B.B. King has made many songs, and albums. He has performed, about 15,000 performances a year. He has played with lots of other famous musicans, like Eric Clapton, or Gerorge Harrison. He has won lots of grammies and awards from his awesome blues music. ||
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 * 7[[image:bbkingboy.jpg width="64" height="64"]] || Fascinating Story || One day, when B.B. King was playing, two men were fighting over something, and knocked over some kerosene, that lit the whole building on fire. King ran out with everyone, but realized that he had forgotten his favorite acustic guitar. He ran in back for it, risking is own life for it. He then heard that the fight was over a girl named Lucille. From that day on, he named his guitar Lucille. ||
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 * 9[[image:24386573-24386579-slarge.jpg width="64" height="64"]] || To This Day || To this day, B.B. King is living his best. He is still playing perforences, like he did in his early years. He has earned lots of awards, and helped those who needed it. He has made his dream as a musican come true. ||

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