B.B. King, on learning:

 

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

- B.B. King.

On this day in music history - The album King of the Blues | My Kind of Blues, by B.B. King (1960)

 

King of the Blues | My Kind of Blues

by B.B. King

was released on March 16, 1960.

Track list:

King Of The Blues; I've Got A Right To Love My Baby; What Way To Go; Long Nights; Feel Like A Million; I’ll Survive; Good Man Gone Bad; If I Lost You; You’re On The Top; Partin’ Time; I’m King; You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now; Mr. Pawnbroker; Understand; Someday Baby; Driving Wheel; Walking Dr. Bill; My Own Fault, Baby; Catfish Blues; Hold That Train; Please Set The Date; Whole Lotta Love; Woke Up This Morning; Let’s Do The Boogie; Story From My Heart And Soul; Jump With You Baby; Bye Bye Baby.

On this day in music history - The album Midnight Believer, by B.B. King (1978)

 

Midnight Believer

by B.B. King

was released on February 16, 1978.

Track list:

When It All Comes Down; Midnight Believer; I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone; Hold on (I Feel Our Love Is Changing); Never Make a Move Too Soon; World Full of Strangers; Let Me Make You Cry a Little Longer; Better Not Look Down; Same Old Story (Same Old Song); Happy Birthday Blues; I've Always Been Lonely; Second Hand Woman; Tonight I'm Gonna Make You a Star; Beginning of the End; Story Everybody Knows; Take It Home.

On this day in music history - The album Deuces Wild, by B.B. King (1997)

Deuces Wild

by B.B. King,

was released on November 4, 1997.

On this day in music history - The album Blues on the Bayou, by B.B. King (1998)

Blues on the Bayou

by B.B. King

was released on October 20, 1998.

On this day in music history - The album Let the Good Times Roll, by B.B. King (1999)

Let the Good Times Roll

by B.B. King

was released on October 5, 1999.

On this day in music history - The album There Is Always One More Time (1991)

There Is Always One More Time

by B.B. King

was released on October 1, 1991.

On this day in movie history - The Road to Memphis (2003)

The Road to Memphis

documentary directed by Richard Pearce,

written by Robert Gordon,

part 3 of the documentary series The Blues,

produced by Martin Scorsese,

was released in the United States on September 30, 2003.

Additional music by Davis Coen.

Cast:

Dr. Louis Cannonball Cantor, The Coasters, Jim Dickinson, Fats Domino, Rosco Gordon, Don Kern, B.B. King, Little Richard, Little Milton, Joe Mulherin, Calvin Newborn, Sam Phillips, Bobby Rush, Chris Spindel, Christine Spindel, Hubert Sumlin, Rufus Thomas, Ike Turner, Cato Walker III, Nat D. Williams, Howlin' Wolf.

On this day in music history - The album B.B. King & Friends: 80, by B.B. King (2005)

B.B. King & Friends: 80

by B.B. King

was released September 13, 2005.

On this day in movie history - The Blues (2003)

The Blues

7-part documentary series.

Released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on September 6, 2003.

Aired on PBS television in the United States from September 28, 2003 – October 4, 2003.

Directed by:

Charles Burnett, Clint Eastwood, Marc Levin, Martin Scorsese, Mike Figgis, Richard Pearce and Wim Wenders.

Written by:

Charles Burnett, Peter Guralnick, Robert Gordon and Wim Wenders.

Series episode titles:

• Feel Like Going Home
• The Soul of a Man
• The Road to Memphis
• Warming by the Devil's Fire
• Godfathers and Sons
• Red, White and Blues
• Piano Blues

Cast:

Ike Turner, B.B. King, Pinetop Perkins, Dick Waterman, Chris Thomas King, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Nathaniel Lee Jr., Keith B. Brown, Carl Lumbly, James Hughes, David F. Hughes, Ivy Cassel, Shayne Tingle, Frances Horton White, Susan McWilliams, Joy Brashears, Tommie Tc Carter, Goodman. Wille, Colleen White, Vasti Jackson, Nathaniel Lee Sr., Ted Davis, Ilona W. Wilkes, Jay R. Unger, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Common, Laurence Fishburne, Tom Jones, T Bone Burnett, Lulu, Nick Cave, Mick Fleetwood, Elvis Costello, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Beck, Lou Reed, Van Morrison, Jeff Beck, Eric Burdon, Keb' Mo', Dr. John, Steve Winwood, Eagle Eye Cherry, Chuck D, Dave Brubeck, Taj Mahal, Cassandra Wilson, Lucinda Williams, Los Lobos, KoKo Taylor, Lonnie Donegan, Bobby Rush, Rufus Thomas, Humphrey Lyttelton, John Mayall, Peter Green, Albert Lee, Vernon Reid, Sam Phillips, Jack Elliott, Georgie Fame, Ali Farka Touré, Chris Barber, Marc Ribot, Little Milton, Hubert Sumlin, George Melly, Magic Slim, Chris Farlowe, Ian Jennings, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Rahzel, Bert Jansch, Sam Carr, Joe Mulherin, Jon Cleary, Salif Keïta, Shemekia Copeland, Rosco Gordon, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Johnny Juice Rosado, Garland Jeffreys, Marshall Chess, Jay McShann, Cato Walker III, Pete Jolly, Corey Harris, Jim Dickinson, Otha Turner, Calvin Newborn, Henry Gray, Don Kern, Bernice Turner Pratcher, Pete King, Richard Shurman, Davy Graham, Habib Koité, Marcia Ball, Christine Tobin, Dr. Louis Cannonball Cantor, David Barnes, Bob Koester, Phil Chess, Seaberg Ronnog, Jesse Price, Willie King, Sam Lay, Steve Seaberg, Mark Mondesir, Ahmir, Morris Jennings, Toumani Diabaté, Jamar Chess, Phil Upchurch, James Blood Ulmer, Chris Spindel, Pete Johnson, Christine Spindel, Sharde Thomas, Mya, Rob Stone.

September in music history - To Know You Is to Love You, by B.B. King (1973)

To Know You Is to Love You,

by B.B. King,

was released in September 1973.

Exact release date unknown.

On this day in music history - One Kind Favor, by B.B. King (2008)

One Kind Favor

by B.B. King

was released on August 26, 2008.

On this day in music history - The album The Blues, by B.B. King (1958)

The Blues

by B.B. King

was released on June 23, 1958.

On this day in music history - The album Blues Summit, by B.B. King (1993)

Blues Summit

by B.B. King

was released on June 22, 1993.

On this day in music history - The album Reflections, by B.B. King (2003)

Reflections

by B.B. King

was released on June 10, 2003.

On this day in music history - The album Singin' the Blues, by B.B. King (1957)

Singin' the Blues

by B.B. King

was released on June 10, 1957.

On this day in music history - The album Makin' Love Is Good for You, by B.B. King (2000)

Makin' Love Is Good for You

by B.B. King

was released on April 25, 2000.

On this day in music history - One Kind Favor, by B.B. King (2008)

One Kind Favor,

by B.B. King,

was released on August 26, 2008.