Born Riley B. King on this day, Sept. 16, 1925, he would move from Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee where he would take on the name "Blues Boy," which he shortened to BB.

BB King’s first million-selling single reached No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970, no mean feat for a blues single in any era, but extra-special at the turn of the new decade. The Thrill Is Gone ...

The song’s memorable refrain of “I’ve been downhearted, baby, ever since the day we met” comes from B.B. King’s 1964 song “How Blue Can You Get.” The song was featured in the Jim ...