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Filmography
2010
True Blood
(TV series)
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Fresh Blood
(2010)
(writer: "Help the Poor" - uncredited / performer: "Help the Poor" - uncredited)
2008
Soul Power
(documentary)
(performer: "Thrill Is Gone")
2004/I
Yes
(writer: "TEN LONG YEARS" / as Ridley B. King / performer: "TEN LONG YEARS")
2003
Calendar Girls
(writer: "You Upset Me Baby" / performer: "You Upset Me Baby")
2000
7th Heaven
(TV series)
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Tunes
(2000)
(performer: "Riding With the King")
2000
Aleph, lectures contades
(TV series documentary)
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Toni Morrison
(2000)
(writer: "Blues Boys Tune", "If That Ain't It I Quit" / performer: "Blues Boys Tune", "If That Ain't It I Quit")
1999/I
Payback
(performer: "The Thrill Is Gone")
1998
Marriages
(performer: "Let the good times roll")
1998
The Mighty
(performer: "Let the Good Times Roll" 1956)
1998
Species II
(performer: "Don't Answer the Door")
1997
The Fearless Four
(performer: "Life is One Long Rainy Day", "Hand in Hand", "What Can Go Wrong", "Mix Max - Song", "Song of Freedom")
1996
Heaven's Prisoners
(performer: "The Thrill Is Gone", "Don't Answer The Door, Parts One And Two")
1996
When We Were Kings
(documentary)
(writer: "Sweet Sixteen" / performer: "Sweet Sixteen")
1995
Heat
(performer: "The Thrill Is Gone")
1995
Casino
(performer: "The Thrill Is Gone")
1994
Chasers
(performer: "THE THRILL IS GONE")
1990
Air America
(performer: "Right Place, Wrong Time")
1988
Stormy Monday
(performer: "The Thrill Is Gone", " Call It Stormy Monday")
1985
Live Aid
(TV special documentary)
("Why I Sing the Blues")
1985
Into the Night
(performer: "INTO THE NIGHT", "MY LUCILLE", "IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR")
1978
FM
(performer: "The Key To My Kingdom")
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Actor (11 titles)
1991
Teech
(TV series)
Uncle Isaac
1991
Guitar
(video)
B. B. King
2000
John Henry
(video)
(musician - electric guitar)
1989
Booker
(TV series)
(songs performed by - 1 episode)
The Associates
(TV series)
(singer: theme song - 1 episode, 1979)
(vocal - 1 episode, 1980)
2000
John Henry
(video)
(music composed and produced by)
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Self (153 titles)
2007
The States
(TV series documentary)
Himself (Mississippi)
2004-2005
Biography
(TV series documentary)
Himself
2003
60 Minutes
(TV series documentary)
Himself - Musician (segment "King Solomon")
2003
The Blues
(TV series documentary)
Himself
1985
Live Aid
(TV special documentary)
Himself
1972-1974
Soul Train
(TV series documentary)
Guest
/
Himself
1970-1972
Flip
(TV series)
Himself
1970
Soul!
(TV series)
Himself
1969
Della
(TV series)
Himself
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Personal Details
Other Works:
(2002)
TV commercial: Burger King
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Publicity Listings:
2 Print Biographies
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3 Interviews
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5 Articles
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2 Magazine Cover Photos
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Alternate Names:
B.B. King and The Jungle Brothers | B. B. King
Height:
5' 9¾" (1.77 m)
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Did You Know?
Personal Quote:
(when asked what he'd do differently, could he live his life over) "I would have finished high school."
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Trivia:
Is a vegetarian.
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Trademark:
His vibrato-finger technique on the guitar
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Nickname:
Blues Boy
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Star Sign:
Virgo