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B.B King was a famous blues artist from the
1900’s. His real name is Riley B. King, but he got the
nickname B.B King from a name everyone called
him which was the “Beale Street Blues Boy.” He was
born on September 16, 1925. His first record came
out in 1949.
B.B King’s songs from the record became very popular. Some examples of those songs are “Three O’Clock Blues, You Know I Love You, and Woke Up This Morning.” B.B. King says he has such good music because of his guitar named Lucille. A fact about B.B. King and his guitar, Lucille, was when he was performing a show at a club in Arkansas, there was a barrel of kerosene. There was a huge fight and the barrel fell over causing a huge fire in the little club. Luckily, he got out safe with his guitar. He then named his guitar Lucille because the woman that made the barrel fall over, her name was Lucille.
B.B. King has played for a lot of famous people and
more than 300 shows. He has won 15 grammys. He
passed away in 2015 because he fell and got diagnosed
with dehydration and suffering from exhaustion. He died
in his sleep on May 14, 2015. B.B. King has left a huge
impact in the Blues music and a role model to a lot of
people.
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Bessie Smith video
Bessie Smith had six siblings, and her aunt had to raise her and her siblings after both their parents and two of their brothers died. She starting singing when she was young to try and help get money for her family. Bessie was a street singer accompanied by her brother playing the guitar.
In 1923, Bessie signed a contract with Columbia records
and married Jack Gee. Soon, Bessie became one of the
highestpaid African Americans. Around the end of the
1920s, her popularity lessoned even though she kept
performing. Her song “Downhearted Blues” was very
popular and 800,000 copies were sold.
Bessie Smith was born on April 15, 1894 in Chattanooga,
Tennessee.She died from her injuries in Clarkdale,
Mississippi hospital. She was 43.Her funeral was in
Philadelphia.