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BB King Songs

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Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 - May 14, 2015), known by his stage name B.B. King, was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

Rolling Stone ranked King No. 6 on its 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. King introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that influenced many later electric blues guitarists. King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and is considered one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname "The King of the Blues", and one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" along with Albert and Freddie. King was known for performing tirelessly throughout his musical career, appearing at more than 200 concerts per year on average into his 70s. In 1956, he reportedly appeared at 342 shows.

Below is a list of BB King songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Kent 45330
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week)
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: King, Josea
album: The Great B.B. King
comments: [blues]
B.B. King Sweet Sixteen (Pt. 1)
1960 Kent
2 record label: Bluesway 61032
chart position: RandB #3, US #15
written by: Roy Hawkins & Rick Darnell
album: Completely Well
comments: [blues]
B.B. King The Thrill Is Gone
1969 Bluesway
3 record label: Kent 346
chart position: RandB #8
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: B.B. King
album: King Of The Blues
comments: [blues]
B.B. King Partin' Time
1960 Kent
4 record label: Kent 360
chart position: RandB #7, US #119
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Mayfield, King, and Davis
comments: [ballad]
B.B. King Peace of Mind
1961 Kent
5 record label: Kent 333
chart position: RandB #8
weeksinr&bchart: 3
written by: B.B. King and Joe Josea
album: Let Me Love You
comments: [blues]
B.B. King Got a Right to Love My Baby
1960 Kent
6 record label: ABC 10856
chart position: RandB #2, US #72
written by: Jimmy Johnson
comments: [blues]
B.B. King Don't Answer the Door
1966 ABC
7 record label: Kent 393
chart position: RandB #12, US #34
written by: B.B. King & Joe Josea
album: Rock Me Baby
comments: [blues]
B.B. King Rock Me Baby
1964 Kent
8 record label: ABC 11280
chart position: RandB #6, US #45
written by: B.B. King
album: Indianola Mississippi Seeds
comments: [blues soul]
B.B. King Chains and Things
1970 ABC
9 record label: RPM 468
chart position: RandB #3
written by: Ivory Joe Hunter
album: Singin' the Blues
comments: [blues]
B.B. King Bad Luck
1956 RPM
10 record label: RPM 479
chart position: RandB #3
written by: Buck Ram (as Jean Miles) and Katherine Harrison
album: Mr. Blues
comments: [ballad]
B.B. King On My Word of Honor
1956 RPM
11 record label: ABC 11406
chart position: RandB #6, US #28
written by: Dave Crawford and Charles Mann
B.B. King I Like to Live the Love
1973 ABC
12 record label: RPM 468
chart position: RandB #6
written by: B.B. King and Jules Taub
album: Singin' the Blues
comments: [blues]
B.B. King Sweet Little Angel
1956 RPM
13 record label: ABC 11433
chart position: RandB #27, US #28
written by: Dave Crawford and Horace Johnson
album: To Know You Is To Love You
B.B. King Who Are You
1974 ABC
14 record label: ABC Paramount 10527
chart position: RandB #9
written by: B.B. King, Joe Josea and Maxwell Davis
B.B. King Please Accept My Love
1958 ABC Paramount
15 record label: Stateside 1269
chart position: RandB #10, US #39
written by: B.B. King
B.B. King Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
1968 Stateside
16 record label: Probe 94683
chart position: RandB #12, US #38
written by: Stevie Wonder and Syreeta
B.B. King To Know You Is to Love You
1973 Probe
17 record label: MCA 52530
chart position: RandB #15, US #107
written by: Ira Newborn
album: Six Silver Strings
B.B. King Into the Night
1985 MCA
18 record label: Bluesway 61024
chart position: RandB #13, US #61
written by: Dave Clark and B.B. King
album: Live and Well
B.B. King Why I Sing the Blues
1969 Bluesway
19 record label: RPM 492
chart position: RandB #13
written by: B.B. King
B.B. King Troubles, Troubles, Troubles
1957 RPM
20 record label: Bluesway 61035
chart position: RandB #25, US #48
written by: B.B. King (as Riley
album: Completely Well
comments: [blues]
B.B. King So Excited
1970 Bluesway
21 record label: RPM 492
chart position: RandB #14
written by: B.B. King and Joe Josea
B.B. King I Want to Get Married
1957 RPM
22 record label: Kent 396
chart position: RandB #15
written by: B.B. King and Ling
B.B. King Let Me Love You
1964 Kent
23 record label: Kent 403
chart position: RandB #15, US #82
written by: B.B. King (as Riley "B.B." King) and Jules Taub
B.B. King Beautician Blues
1964 Kent
24 record label: Bluesway 61029
chart position: RandB #15, US #76
written by: B.B. King
album: Live and Well
comments: [blues]
B.B. King Just a Little Love
1969 Bluesway
25 record label: RPM 451
chart position: RandB #15
written by: Tampa Red (as Hudson Whittaker)
album: Singin' the Blues
B.B. King Crying Won't Help You
1956 RPM
26 record label: Kent 360
chart position: RandB #16
written by: King and Josea
B.B. King Someday
1961 Kent
27 record label: ABC Impulse 31006
chart position: RandB #20, US #101
written by: Sam Theard and Fleecie Moore
album: Together Again…Live
Bobby Bland & B.B. King Let the Good Times Roll
1976 ABC Impulse
28 record label: Kent 315
chart position: RandB #16
written by: B.B. King and Jules Taub
comments: [blues]
B.B. King You've Been An Angel
1958 Kent
29 record label: Kent 372
chart position: RandB #17
written by: King and Josea
B.B. King Gonna Miss You Around Here
1962 Kent
30 record label: Kent 462
chart position: RandB #17, US #94
written by: B.B. King
album: The Jungle
B.B. King The Jungle
1967 Kent
31 record label: ABC 11268
chart position: RandB #18, US #40
written by: B.B. King
album: Indianola Mississippi Seeds
B.B. King Ask Me No Questions
1971 ABC
32 record label: ABC 12029
chart position: RandB #19, US #64, US dance #6
written by: Dave Crawford
album: Friends
B.B. King Philadelphia
1974 ABC
33 record label: ABC 12380
chart position: RandB #19, US #102
written by: Stix Hooper (as
B.B. King Never Make a Move Too Soon
1978 ABC
34 record label: ABC Paramount 10527
chart position: RandB #12, US #34
written by: Jack Clement
B.B. King How Blue Can You Get
1964 ABC Paramount
35 record label: ABC 11330
chart position: RandB #21, US #38
written by: Jesse Belvin & Jo Ann Belvin
album: Guess Who
B.B. King Guess Who
1972 ABC
36 record label: ABC 12158
chart position: RandB #22
written by: B.B. King
B.B. King When I'm Wrong
1976 ABC
37 record label: Kent 45350
chart position: RandB #23
written by: Peter Joe Clayton
B.B. King Walking Dr. Bill
1960 Kent
38 record label: Kent 365
chart position: RandB #24
written by: Joe Josea
B.B. King My Sometime Baby
1962 Kent
39 record label: ABC 10552
chart position: RandB #24, US #98
written by: Charlie Singleton
B.B. King Help The Poor
1964 ABC
40 record label: Kent 426
chart position: RandB #25, US #97
written by: Lowell Fulson (as Lowell Fulsom)
B.B. King Blue Shadows
1965 Kent
41 record label: BluesWay 4561019
chart position: Cashbox R&B #29, US #98
written by: Quincy Jones and Maya Angelou
B.B. King The B.B. Jones
1968 BluesWay
42 record label: Bluesway 61019
chart position: RandB #25, US #82
written by: Quincy Jones and Maya Angelou
B.B. King You Put It on Me
1968 Bluesway
43 record label: ABC 11268
chart position: RandB #25, US #48
written by: Leon Russell
album: Indianola Mississippi Seeds
comments: [blues]
B.B. King Hummingbird
1970 ABC
44 record label: ABC 11310
chart position: RandB #37, US #93
written by: Ahmet Ertegun (as Nugetre)
B.B. King Ghetto Woman
1971 ABC
45 record label: Bluesway 61018
chart position: RandB #26, US #74
written by: B.B. King
B.B. King I'm Gonna Do What They Do to Me
1968 Bluesway
46 record label: BluesWay/ABC 61021
chart position: Cashbox R&B #30, US #102
written by: Percy Mayfield
B.B. King Please Send Me Someone to Love
1968 BluesWay/ABC
47 record label: BluesWay/ABC 61022
chart position: Cashbox R&B #30, US #113
written by: King, Maya, Fats Washington
B.B. King Get Myself Somebody -- Don't Waste My Time
1969 BluesWay/ABC
48 record label: ABC 11316
chart position: RandB #28, US #46
written by: Jerry Ragovoy
B.B. King Ain't Nobody Home
1971 ABC
49 record label: ABC 11321
chart position: RandB #28, US #92
written by: B.B. King and Dave Clark
album: L.A. Midnight
B.B. King I Got Some Help I Don't Need
1972 ABC
50 record label: RPM 498
chart position: US #85
written by: King and Ling
B.B. King I Need You So Bad
1957 RPM
51 record label: ABC 10599
chart position: RandB #29, US #90
written by: Bill Doggett and Louis Jordan
B.B. King Never Trust A Woman
1964 ABC
52 record label: ABC 11302
chart position: RandB #36, US #90
weeksinr&bchart: 3
comments: [instrumental version]
B.B. King Help The Poor
1971 ABC
53 record label: MCA 41062
chart position: RandB #30, US #110
written by: Joe Sample and Will Jennings
B.B. King Better Not Look Down
1979 MCA
54 record label: ABC-Paramount 10724
chart position: Cashbox RandB #31
written by: B.B. King, S. King
comments: [blues]
B.B. King The Things You Put Me Through
1965 ABCParamount
55 record label: Kent 441
chart position: RandB #31
written by: Sonny Boy Williamson
album: The Jungle
B.B. King Eyesight to the Blind
1966 Kent
56 record label: Blue Horizon 3144
chart position: RandB #31, US #94
written by: B.B. King and Joe Josea
B.B. King The Woman I Love
1968 Blue Horizon
57 record label: RPM 494
chart position: US #95
written by: Joe Josea and B.B. King
B.B. King Be Careful with a Fool
1957 RPM
58 record label: BluesWay 61026
chart position: RandB #32, US #74
written by: B.B. King and Fats Washington (as Ferdinand Washington)
album: Live and Well
B.B. King Get Off My Back Woman
1969 BluesWay
59 record label: ABC 10889
chart position: Cashbox R&B #36, US #112
written by: Fats Washington (as Ferdinand Washington) and B.B. King
B.B. King Waitin' on You
1967 ABC
60 record label: ABC-Paramount 10334
chart position: Cashbox RandB #34
written by: Ivory Joe Hunter
album: Mr. Blues
comments: [blues]
B.B. King Blues At Midnight
1962 ABCParamount
61 record label: Bluesway 61026
chart position: RandB #34, US #
written by: B.B. King
B.B. King I Want You so Bad
1969 Bluesway
62 record label: Kent 4542
chart position: RandB #34, US #97
written by: B.B. King (as Riley
B.B. King That Evil Child
1971 Kent
63 record label: BlueWay 61024
chart position: RandB #34
written by: Dave Crawford, Charles Mann and Will Boulware
B.B. King Friends
1975 BlueWay
64 record label: ABC-Paramount 10634
chart position: Cashbox RandB #35
written by: J.L. Hooker
comments: [blues]
B.B. King It's My Own Fault
1965 ABCParamount
65 record label: Probe 93335
chart position: RandB #37, US #93
written by: Ahmet Ertegun (as Nugetre)
album: L.A. Midnight
B.B. King Sweet Sixteen
1972 Probe
66 record label: ABC-Paramount 10316
chart position: Cashbox RandB #40
written by: B.B. King, M. Davis, R. Rae
album: Mr. Blues
comments: [blues]
B.B. King You Ask Me
1962 ABCParamount
67 record label: Kent 445
chart position: Cashbox RandB #41
written by: King
album: The Jungle
comments: [soul blues]
B.B. King 5 Long Years
1966 Kent
68 record label: Kent 415
chart position: Cashbox RandB #42
written by: King
comments: [blues]
B.B. King The Worst Thing In My Life
1965 Kent
69 record label: BluesWay 61004
chart position: Cashbox RandB #42
written by: Jimmy Johnson
B.B. King I Don't Want You Cuttin' Off Your Hair
1967 BluesWay
70 record label: Kent 381
chart position: Cashbox RandB #44
written by: R. King, S. Ling
comments: [blues]
B.B. King Tell Me Baby
1962 Kent
71 record label: Kent 450
chart position: RandB #45
written by: B.B. King and Joe Josea
B.B. King I Stay in the Mood
1966 Kent
72 record label: Kent 319
chart position: Cashbox RandB #46
written by: Davis
B.B. King The Fool
1959 Kent
73 record label: Kent 4526
chart position: RandB #48
written by: Big Maceo (as Maceo Merriweather)
B.B. King Worried Life
1970 Kent
74 record label: Kent 458
chart position: RandB #49
written by: B.B. King
B.B. King It's a Mean World
1967 Kent
75 record label: ABC Paramount 10367
chart position: US #106
written by: Sam Coslow and Wilhelm Grosz
B.B. King Tomorrow Night
1962 ABC Paramount
76 record label: Kent 396
chart position: US #107
written by: B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King You're Gonna Miss Me
1964 Kent
77 record label: MCA 52675
chart position: RandB #62
written by: Al Smith
album: Six Silver Strings
B.B. King Big Boss Man
1985 MCA
78 record label: MCA 54339
chart position: RandB #63
weeksinr&bchart: 7
album: There Is Always One More Time
comments: [blues soul]
B.B. King The Blues Come Over Me
1992 MCA
79 record label: MCA 54339
chart position: RandB #63
album: When Love Comes To Town
comments: [soul blues]
B.B. King The Blues Comes Over Me
1992 MCA
80 record label: ABC 12247
chart position: RandB #88
written by: E. Randle
B.B. King Slow and Easy
1977 ABC
81 record label: ABC 12412
chart position: RandB #90
written by: Joe Sample and Will Jennings
B.B. King I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone
1978 ABC
82 record label: MCA 51101
chart position: RandB #91
written by: Doc Pomus and Dr. John
album: There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
comments: [blues]
B.B. King There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
1981 MCA
-- record label: Bluesway 61007
written by: B.B. King
B.B. King Worried Dream
1967 Bluesway




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