Born on this day – B.B. King:

B.B. King

Singer

Songwriter

Guitarist

Producer

September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015

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:

Woman Blues! by Victoria Spivey with Lonnie Johnson (1961)

What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong (1967)

To Know You Is to Love You by B.B. King (1973)

Sanctuary by Sherry Finzer (2009)

Woman Blues!

Album by Victoria Spivey with Lonnie Johnson,

released in September, 1961.

Exact release date unknown.

Track list: Christmas Without Santa Claus; A Big One; Let’s Ride Tonight; What Is This Thing They’re Talking About; I’m A Red Hot Mama; Grow Old Together; Beautiful World; I Got Men All Over This Town; That Man; Thursday Girl.

 

What a Wonderful World

Album by Louis Armstrong,

released September 1, 1967.

Track list: What a Wonderful World; Cabaret; The Home Fire; Dream a Little Dream of Me; Give Me Your Kisses; Sunshine of Love; Hello Brother; There Must Be a Way; Fantastic, That’s You; I Guess I’ll Get the Papers and Go Home; Hellzapoppin’.

To Know You Is to Love You

Album by B.B. King,

released in September, 1973.

Exact release date unknown.

Track list: I Like To Live The Love; Respect Yourself; Who Are You; Love; I Can’t Leave; To Know You Is To Love You; Oh To Me; Thank You For Loving The Blues.

Sanctuary

Album by Sherry Finzer,

released September 1, 2009.

Track list: Awakenings; Celestial Voyage; Mystic Haze; Ethereal Journey; Fortitude; Peaceful Drift.

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.

Track list:

See That My Grave Is Kept Clean; I Get So Weary; Get These Blues off Me; How Many More Years; Waiting for Your Call; My Love Is Down; The World Gone Wrong; Blues Before Sunrise; Midnight Blues; Backwater Blues; Sitting on Top of the World; Tomorrow Night.

On this day in music history - B.B. King and Breaking Benjamin:

The Blues by B.B. King (1958)

Dark Before Dawn by Breaking Benjamin (2015)

 

The Blues

Album by B.B. King,

released June 23, 1958.

Track list: Why Do Things Happen to Me; Ruby Lee; When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer; Past Day; Boogie Woogie Woman; Early Every Morning; I Want to Get Married; That Ain’t the Way to Do It; Troubles, Troubles, Troubles; Don’t You Want a Man Like Me; You Know I Go For You; What Can I Do.

Dark Before Dawn

Album by Breaking Benjamin,

released June 23, 2015.

Track list: Dark; Failure; Angels Fall; Breaking the Silence; Hollow; Close to Heaven; Bury Me Alive; Never Again; The Great Divide; Ashes of Eden; Defeated; Dawn.

On this day in music history - B.B. King and Heart:

Blues Summit by B.B. King (1993)

Jupiters Darling by Heart (2004)

Blues Summit

Album by B.B. King,

released June 22, 1993.

Track list: Playin’ With My Friends; Since I Met You, Baby; I Pity The Fool; You Shook Me; Something You Got; There’s Something On Your Mind; Little By Little; Call It Stormy Monday; You’re The Boss; We’re Gonna Make It; I Gotta Move Out Of This Neighborhood / Nobody Love – Orch; Everybody’s Had The Blues.

Jupiters Darling

Album by Heart,

released June 22, 2004.

Track list: Make Me; Oldest Story In the World; Things; The Perfect Goodbye; Enough; Move On; I Need the Rain; I Give Up; Vainglorious; No Other Love; Led to One; Down the Nile; I’m Fine; Fallen Ones; Lost Angel; Hello Moonglow.

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.

Track list:

I Got To Leave This Woman; Since I Fell For You; I Know; Peace Of Mind; Monday Woman; Ain't Nobody Like My Baby; Makin' Love Is Good For You; Don't Go No Farther; Actions Speak Louder Than Words; What You Bet; You're On Top; Too Good To You Baby; I'm In The Wrong Business; She's My Baby.

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 - King of the Blues, Homeland, He Said She Said

King of the Blues / My Kind of Blues by B.B. King (1960)

Homeland by Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel (1990)

He Said She Said by Peter Karp & Sue Foley (2010)

 

King of the Blues / My Kind of Blues

Album by B.B. King,

released 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.

Homeland

Album by Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel,

released March 16, 1990.

Track list: Homeland; Lotus; Peru; Aria; Clancy's Heart; Traveling Home; Caravan Crossing; Immigrant; The Voyage.

 

He Said She Said

Album by Peter Karp & Sue Foley,

released March 16, 2010.

Track list: Treat Me Right; So Far so Fast; Wait; Rules of Engagement; Hold on Baby; Mm Hmm; Danger Lurks; Ready for Your Love; Scared; Valentine's Day; Dear Girl; Baby Don't Go; Regret; Lost in You.

On this day in music history - Traces of You by Kristin Asbjørnsen, Radiant Sky by Scott August, Midnight Believer by B.B. King

Midnight Believer by B.B. King (1978)

Radiant Sky by Scott August (2010)

Traces of You by Kristin Asbjørnsen (2018)

Midnight Believer

Album by B.B. King,

released 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. 

Radiant Sky

Album by Scott August,

released February 16, 2010.

Track list: Calling the Sun; New Horizons; Arc of Dreams; Rivier of Stars; Santa Fe; Since the Stars Fell; Rising from the Plateau; Journey of Solace; A Pale Radiance; Searching Beyond.

Traces of You

Album by Kristin Asbjørnsen,

released February 16, 2018.

Track list: By Your Side; You Hold Me While Leaving Me; She Holds My Hand; Promise; We Haven’t Found Our Way Back Home; Goodbye; Finally; I Won’t Leave The Room; Spring Reappears; Traces Of You; Vil Du Være Her Bestandig.

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.

Track list:

If You Love Me - (with Van Morrison); Thrill Is Gone, The - (with Tracy Chapman); Rock Me Baby - (with Eric Clapton); Please Send Me Someone to Love - (with Mick Hucknall); Baby I Love You - (with Bonnie Raitt); Ain’t Nobody Home - (with D’Angelo); There Must Be a Better World Somewhere - (with Dr. John); Confessin’ the Blues - (with Marty Stuart); Paying the Cost to Be the Boss - (with The Rolling Stones); Dangerous Mood - (with Joe Cocker); Keep It Coming - (with Heavy D); Cryin’ Won’t Help You - (with David Gilmour / Paul Carrack); Night Life - (with Willie Nelson).

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.

Track List:

Blues Boys Tune; Bad Case of Love; I’ll Survive; Mean Ole’ World; Blues Man; Broken Promise; Darlin’ What Happened; Shake It Up and Go; Blues We Like; Good Man Gone Bad; If I Lost You; Tell Me Baby; I Got Some Outside Help I Don’t Need; Blues in ‘G’; If That Ain’t It I Quit.

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.

Track list:

Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens; Is You Is, Or Is You Ain’t (My Baby); Beware, Brother, Beware; Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door; Ain’t That Just Like A Woman; Choo Choo Ch’Boogie; Buzz Me; Early In The Mornin’; I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town; Jack, You’re Dead; Knock Me A Kiss; Let The Good Times Roll; Caldonia; It’s A Great, Great Pleasure; Rusty Dusty Blues (Mama Mama Blues); Sure Had A Wonderful Time Last Night; Saturday Night Fish Fry; Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out.

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.

Track list:

I’m Moving On; Back In L.A.; The Blues Come Over Me; Fool Me Once; The Lowdown; Mean And Evil; Something Up My Sleeve; Roll, Roll, Roll; There Is Always One More Time.

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.

Track list:

Early in the Morning, by Van Morrison; Tired of Your Jive, by Billy Gibbons; The Thrill Is Gone, by Eric Clapton; Need Your Love So Bad, by Sheryl Crow; Ain’t Nobody Home, by Daryl Hall & John Oates, Daryl Hall; Hummingbird, by John Mayer; All Over Again, by Mark Knopfler; Drivin’ Wheel, by Glenn Frey; There Must Be a Better World Somewhere, by Gloria Estefan; Never Make Your Move Too Soon, by Roger Daltrey; Funny How Time Slips Away, by Bobby Bland; Rock This House, by Elton John.