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B.B. King

Birth Name:Riley Ben King

Birth Place:Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States

Profession Soundtrack, Actor, Music department

Actor

15 Credits
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
Cow and Chicken
Blues Brothers 2000
The Fearless Four
Touched by an Angel
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Heart and Souls
Blossom
Teech
Married...With Children
The Cosby Show
Amazon Women on the Moon
Spies Like Us
Sanford and Son
Sesame Street

performer

69 Credits
Fellow Travelers
Black Woodstock
Lovecraft Country
Super Dark Times
Deadly Pickup
Supernatural
Vinyl
American Horror Story
Hawaii Five-0
BB King: The Life of Riley
True Blood
Soul Power
Entourage
Unaccompanied Minors
Lost
The Ultimate Gift
Body Electric
Yes
The Blues
Calendar Girls
7th Heaven
Play It to the Bone
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
Payback
Matrimoni
Safe Men
The Mighty
Species II
John Grisham's 'The Rainmaker'
The Fearless Four
Ghosts of Mississippi
The Cable Guy
Heaven's Prisoners
When We Were Kings
Heat
Casino
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Chicago Hope
Dead Air
Chasers
Mrs. Doubtfire
Heart and Souls
The Fugitive
RoboCop 3
Crisscross
Teech
Thelma & Louise
Married...With Children
China Beach
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Air America
Next of Kin
The Wonder Years
U2: Rattle and Hum
Stormy Monday
The Color of Money
B.B. King: Into the Night
The Insiders
Live Aid
Into the Night
The King of Comedy
WKRP in Cincinnati
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
FM
Sanford and Son
Sing Sing Thanksgiving
The Seven Minutes
Dynamite Chicken
Sesame Street

writer

8 Credits
Sun Records
The X Factor UK
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
What's Love Got to Do with It
Bottom
Jimi Plays Monterey
Jimi Hendrix
Maidstone

Soundtrack

3 Credits
American Masters
The Associates
For Love of Ivy

lyrics

1 Credit
Around the World With Timon & Pumbaa

arranger

1 Credit
Pida Huivista Kiinni, Tatjana

Self

98 Credits
Born in Chicago
B.B. King: On the Road
Horn from the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story
Monochrome: Black, White and Blue
Soundbreaking: Stories From the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music
American Masters
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
Tavis Smiley
Music for Mandela
BB King: The Life of Riley
A.K.A. Doc Pomus
B.B. King: Live At The Royal Albert Hall
West Wing Week
Glastonbury 2011
Great Performances
National Memorial Day Concert
Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010
B.B. King: Live
Soundstage
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
The States
Biography
Late Show With David Letterman
Antone's Home of the Blues
Lightning in a Bottle
60 Minutes
Blues Story
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey
The Blues
Save Our History
Classic Albums
American Roots Music
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
The Young and the Restless
Top Ten
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
The Mick Fleetwood Story: Two Sticks and a Drum
Century of Country
Blues Masters
Genghis Blues
TFI Friday
The Greatest
Late Night With Conan O'Brien
The Fifties
Austin City Limits
Caesars Palace 30th Anniversary Celebration
Charlie Rose
When We Were Kings
Baywatch Nights
New York Undercover
B.B. King: The Blues Summit
The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 6
Mr. Bluesman
Sesame Street
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Ebony/Jet Showcase
The Arsenio Hall Show
Shalom Sesame
Guitar Legends
Late Night with David Letterman
Classic Concentration
All Day and All Night: Memories from Beale Street Musicians
The South Bank Show
Top of the Pops
U2: Rattle and Hum
B.B. King: Into the Night
Arena
Live Aid
The Merv Griffin Show
The Toni Tennille Show
America's Top 10
The Old Grey Whistle Test
American Bandstand
Good Mornin' Blues
Soundstage
The Mike Douglas Show
Good Morning America
All You Need Is Love
Sammy and Company
Dinah!
The Midnight Special
Soul Train
Sing Sing Thanksgiving
In Concert
Blues Under the Skin
The Helen Reddy Show
The Dick Cavett Show
Black Rodeo
Phil Donahue
The Flip Wilson Show
Rollin' on the River
Medicine Ball Caravan
The Pearl Bailey Show
The Barbara McNair Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
Playboy After Dark
The Rosey Grier Show
SOUL

songs performed by

1 Credit
Booker

musician

1 Credit
Into the Night

singer

1 Credit
The Associates