B. B. King discography

B. B. King discography
In concert in France, 1989
Studio albums43
Live albums16
Singles138

B. B. King (1925–2015) was an American blues musician whose recording career spanned 1949–2008. As with other blues contemporaries, King's material was primarily released on singles until the late 1950s–early 1960s, when long playing record albums became more popular.

Overview

B.B. King's first charting single, "3 O'Clock Blues," reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B charts in 1951. He charted further No. 1 singles on various Billboard R&B charts with "You Know I Love You," "Please Love Me" and "You Upset Me Baby."[1] Between 1958 and 1974 he had 10 top 10 hits on the R&B chart, including "Sweet Sixteen," "Chains And Things," "I Like To Live the Love" and one of his most well-known hits, "The Thrill Is Gone."[2] King had 32 charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100 from 1964 to 1989. His final chart entry on the Hot 100 was a 1989 collaboration with U2 on "When Love Comes To Town."[1]

King charted 25 albums on the Billboard Blues Albums chart which ties him with Joe Bonamassa for the most charted albums. Between 1968 and 2008, he attained 33 charting albums on the Billboard 200. His highest-charting album was his 2000 album with Eric Clapton titled Riding With the King, peaking at No. 3.[1]

Studio albums

Modern Records (with Crown and Kent subsidiaries)

Year Title Chart peak Certifications
US US R&B US Jazz US Blues AUS
[3] 		SWI
1956 Singin' the Blues

This is the first album publication of titles only released before as 78 rpm or 45 rpm singles.

  • Released: 1956
  • Label: Crown (CLP-5020)
  • Format: LP
 — — — — — — RIAA: Gold[4]
1958 The Blues

This is the first album publication of titles only released before as 78 rpm or 45 rpm singles.

  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Crown (CLP-5063)
  • Format: LP
 — — — — — —
1959 B.B. King Wails
  • Released: 1959
  • Label: Crown (CLP-5115)
  • Format: LP
 — — — — — —
Sings Spirituals
  • Released: 10 July 1960
  • Label: Crown (CLP-5119)
  • Format: LP
 — — — — — —
1960 The Great B. B. King
  • Released: 1960
  • Label: Crown (CLP–5153)
  • Format: LP
 — — — — — —
King of the Blues
  • Released: 16 March 1960
  • Label: Crown (CLP-5167)
  • Format: LP
 — — — — — —
My Kind of Blues
  • Released: August 1960[5]
  • Label: Crown (CLP-5188)
  • Format: LP
 — — — — — —
1961 More B.B. King
  • Released: November 1961
  • Label: Crown (CLP-5230)
  • Format: LP
 — — — — — —
Notice - Although King had signed to ABC Records in January 1962, his former company Modern/RPM continued to release singles and albums until 1971.
The recording dates are before 1962. The exception is a "contractual settlement" session recorded in 1965, which spawned six new recordings for Kent.
1962 Easy Listening Blues
  • Released: 1962
  • Label: Crown (CLP-5286)
  • Format: LP
 — — — — — —
1963 Blues in My Heart
  • Released: 1963
  • Label: Crown (CLP-5309)
  • Format: LP
 — — — — — —
B.B. King
  • Released: 2 October 1963
  • Label: Crown (CLP-5359)
  • Format: LP
 — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

ABC Records (and BluesWay subsidiary) then MCA Records and Geffen Records

Year Title Chart peak Certifications
US US R&B US Jazz US Blues AUS
[3] 		SWI
1962 Mr. Blues — — — — — —
1966 Confessin' the Blues
  • Released:
  • Label: ABC-Paramount (ABC-528)
  • Format:
 — — — — — —
1968 Blues on Top of Blues
  • Released:
  • Label: ABC-Bluesway (BLS-6011)
  • Format:
 — 46 — — — —
Lucille
  • Released:
  • Label: ABC-Bluesway (BLS-6016); MCA (MCAD-10518)
  • Format:
 192 — — — — —
1969 Live & Well (Side B)
  • Released:
  • Label: ABC-Bluesway (BLS-6031); MCA (MCAD-31191)
  • Format:
 56 11 17 — — —
Completely Well
  • Released:
  • Label: ABC-Bluesway (BLS-6037); MCA (MCAD-11768)
  • Format:
 38 5 — — — —
1970 Indianola Mississippi Seeds
  • Released:
  • Label: ABC (ABCS-713); MCA (MCAD-31343)
  • Format:
 26 8 7 — — —
1971 B.B. King in London
  • Released:
  • Label: ABC (ABCX-730); MCA (MCAD-10843)
  • Format:
 57 15 — — — —
1972 L.A. Midnight
  • Released:
  • Label: ABC (ABCX-743)
  • Format:
 53 21 — — — —
Guess Who
  • Released:
  • Label: ABC (ABCX-759); MCA (MCAD-10351)
  • Format:
 65 14 — — — —
1973 To Know You Is to Love You
  • Released:
  • Label: ABC (ABCX-794); MCA (MCAD-10414)
  • Format:
 71 13 — — — —
1974 Friends
  • Released:
  • Label: ABC (ABCD-825)
  • Format:
 153 27 — — — —
1975 Lucille Talks Back
  • Released:
  • Label: ABC (ABCD-898)
  • Format:
 — — — — — —
1977 King Size
  • Released:
  • Label: ABC (AB-977)
  • Format:
 154 34 — — — —
1978 Midnight Believer
  • Released:
  • Label: ABC (AA-1061); MCA (MCAD-27011)
  • Format:
 124 27 — — — —
1979 Take It Home
  • Released:
  • Label: MCA (MCA-3151); MCA (MCAD-11770)
  • Format:
 112 22 — — — —
1981 There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
  • Released:
  • Label: MCA (MCA-5162); MCA (MCAD-27034)
  • Format:
 131 26 — — — —
1982 Love Me Tender
  • Released:
  • Label: MCA (MCA-5307); MCA (MCAD-886)
  • Format:
 179 45 — — — —
1983 Blues 'N' Jazz
  • Released:
  • Label: MCA (MCA-5413); MCA (MCAD-27119)
  • Format:
 172 38 21 — — —
1985 Six Silver Strings
  • Released:
  • Label: MCA (MCAD-5616)
  • Format:
 — 31 23 — — —
1988 King of the Blues: 1989
  • Released:
  • Label: MCA (MCAD-42183)
  • Format:
 — — — — — —
1991 There Is Always One More Time
  • Released:
  • Label: MCA (MCAD-10295)
  • Format:
 — 76 — — — —
1993 Blues Summit
  • Released:
  • Label: MCA (MCAD-10710)
  • Format:
 182 64 — — — 93
1994 Diane Schuur & B.B. King - Heart to Heart
  • Released:
  • Label: GRP (GRD-9767)
  • Format: CD, Cassette
 — — 6 — — —
1995 Lucille & Friends
  • Released:
  • Label: MCA [Australia/Europe only] (MCD-33008)
  • Format:
 — — — — 95 —
1997 Deuces Wild
  • Released:
  • Label: MCA (MCAD-11711)
  • Format:
 73 — — 1 67 33
1998 Blues on the Bayou
  • Released:
  • Label: MCA (MCAD-11879)
  • Format:
 186 — — 2 — —
1999 Let the Good Times Roll
  • Released:
  • Label: MCA (088 112042-2)
  • Format:
 — — — 2 — —
2000 B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding with the King 3 — — — 5 3
Makin' Love Is Good for You
  • Released:
  • Label: MCA (088 112299-2)
  • Format:
 — — — 2 — —
2001 A Christmas Celebration of Hope (also released in 2003 as 20th Century Masters/The Christmas Collection: The Best of B.B. King)
  • Released:
  • Label: MCA (088 112756-2); MCA (B0000707-02)
  • Format:
 151 — — 1 — —
2003 Reflections
  • Released:
  • Label: MCA (B0000532-02)
  • Format:
 165 — — 2 — —
2005 B.B. King & Friends: 80
  • Released:
  • Label: Geffen (B0005263-02)
  • Format:
 45 — — 1 — 78
2008 One Kind Favor
  • Released:
  • Label: Geffen (B0011791-02)
  • Format:
 37 — — 1 — 78
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Year Album Label Peak chart positions
US US R&B US Blues US Jazz
1965 Live at the Regal
Recorded on November 21, 1964, at the Regal Theater in Chicago. 		ABC-Paramount ABC-509 78 — — —
1965 Live! B.B. King on Stage
This fake live album contains old studio recordings with overdubbed audience. 		Kent Records KLP-5015, KST-515 — — — —
1967 Blues Is King
Recorded on November 5, 1966 at the International Club in Chicago. 		ABC-BluesWay BLS-6001 — — — —
1969 Live & Well (Side A)
Recorded in early March, 1969, at the Village Gate in New York City. 		ABC-BluesWay BLS-6031 — — — —
1971 Live in Cook County Jail
Recorded on September 10, 1970, in Cook County Jail in Chicago. 		ABC Records ABCS-713 25 1 — 3
1974 B.B. King and Bobby Bland Together for the First Time... Live
Recorded live in 1974 at Western Recorders Studio in Los Angeles. 		ABC-Dunhill DSD-80190 43 2 — —
1976 Bobby Bland and B.B. King Together Again...Live
Recorded in 1976 at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles. 		ABC-Impulse ASD-9317 73 9 — —
1980 Now Appearing at Ole Miss
Recorded in 1979 at the University of Mississippi. 		MCA Records MCA-5162 162 45 — 21
1982 The Crusaders with B.B. King - Royal Jam
Recorded in september 1981 with the Crusaders and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in London. 		MCA Records MCA2-8017 144 — — —
Live in London
Recorded in september 1981 with his orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in London. 		Crusaders Records/MCA CRP-16013 — — — —
1990 Live at San Quentin
Recorded on May 25, 1990 at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California. 		MCA Records MCAD-6455 — — — —
1991 Live at the Apollo
Recorded on November 10, 1990 at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. 		GRP Records GRD-9637 — — — —
1996 How Blue Can You Get? Classic Live Performances 1964-1994
Compilation of previous albums. 		MCA Records MCAD2-11443 — — — —
1999 Live in Japan (recorded 1971)
Recorded on March 4 and 7, 1971 in Sankei Hall, Tokyo. 		ABC Records GW-131 (1971 LP issue);
MCA Records MCAD-11910 (1999 CD reissue) 		— — — —
2007 B.B. King Live
Recorded in october 2006 at the B.B. King Blues Clubs in Nashville and Memphis. 		Geffen B0009770-02 — — 11 —
2008 Live at the BBC
Recorded at London-Hammersmith Odeon (1978), London-Maida Vale (1989), Glasgow Jazzfest (1991) and Croydon-Fairfield Halls (1998). 		Geffen B0012448-02; Universal-Island Records 6007 5306314 9 — — 1 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Major compilation albums

Year Album Label
1962 Twist With B.B. King Crown Records CLP-5248
1963 16 of the Best of B.B. King [reissued in 1968 as 16 Greatest Hits] Galaxy Records 8202; reissue: 8208
1964 Rock Me Baby...14 Great Hits Kent Records KLP-5012, KST-512
1967 The Jungle Kent Records KLP-5021, KST-521
1968 From The Beginning (2 x LP) Kent Records KLP-5033, KST-533
1968 His Best – The Electric B. B. King ABC-BluesWay Records BLS-6022
1973 The Best of B.B. King ABC Records ABCX-767
1981 Great Moments With B.B. King (2 x LP) MCA Records MCA2-4124
1983 Why I Sing the Blues MCA Special Products MCAD-20256
1986 Ambassador of The Blues (UK/Europe only) Crown Records GEM-001
1987 You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now Kent Records KLP-2004
1992 King of the Blues (4-CD box set) MCA Records MCAD4-10677
1994 The Very Best Of B.B. King (UK/Europe only) MCA Records MCBD-19505
1998 Greatest Hits MCA Records MCAD-11746
1999 His Definitive Greatest Hits (2 x CD) (UK/Europe only) MCA Records MCD-11921
The RPM Hits 1951-1957 Ace Records CDCHD 712
2000 The Best of the Kent Singles 1957-1971 Ace Records CDCHD 760
2002 The Modern Recordings 1950-1951 (2 x CD) Ace Records CDCHM2 835
The Vintage Years (4-CD box set) Ace Records ABOXCD 8
2003 Blues Kingpins: B.B. King Virgin Records 72435 82712 25
2005 The Ultimate Collection Geffen Records B0003854 02
2007 The Best of the Early Years Ace Records CDCHD 1150
2012 Ladies and Gentlemen...Mr. B.B. King (10-CD box set) Universal Music Group 6007 5338499 2
2012 Ladies and Gentlemen...Mr. B.B. King (4-CD box set) Universal Music Group 6007 5339086 3
2019 All Time Greats: B.B. King (2-CD) (UK/Europe only) Universal Music Group 6007 5389516 0

Singles

Bullet Records

Year Title Single information Peak chart position Album
US R&B US US Rock UK
[26]
1949 "Miss Martha King"
b/w "When Your Baby Packs Up and Goes"

Bullet Records
Bullet 309[matrix 1]

— — — — These titles have never been published
in an album. Only "Miss Martha King"
was reissued in 1992 in the 4-CD box set
King of the Blues (MCAD4-10677).
"Got the Blues"
b/w "Take a Swing with Me"

Bullet Records
Bullet 315[matrix 2]

— — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Modern Records (with RPM and Kent subsidiaries)

Year Title Single information Peak chart position Album
US R&B US US Rock UK
[26]
1950 "Mistreated Woman"
b/w "B.B. Boogie"

RPM Records 304 (September 1950)
RPM 304[matrix 3]

— — — —
"The Other Night Blues"
b/w "Walkin′ and Cryin′"

RPM Records (December 1950)
RPM 311[matrix 4]

— — — —
1951 "Don't You Want a Man Like Me"
b/w "My Baby's Gone"

RPM Records (c. June 1951)
RPM 318[matrix 5]

— — — —
"She's Dynamite"
b/w "B.B.'s Blues"

RPM Records (c. June 1951)
RPM 323[matrix 6]

— — — —
"She's a Mean Woman"
b/w "Hard Workin' Woman"

RPM Records (September 1951)
RPM 330[matrix 7]

— — — —
"3 O'Clock Blues"
b/w "That Ain't the Way to Do It"

RPM Records (December 1951)
RPM 339[matrix 8]

1 — — — reissued in Singin' the Blues
1952 "Fine Lookin' Woman"
b/w "She Don't Move Me No More"

RPM Records (c. March–April 1952)
RPM 348[matrix 9]

— — — — N/A
"Shake It Up and Go"
b/w "My Own Fault, Darlin′"[Note 1]

RPM Records (c. April–July 1952)
RPM 355[matrix 10]

— — — —
"Some Day Some Where"
b/w "Gotta Find My Baby"

RPM Records (c. July 1952)
RPM 360[matrix 11]

— — — —
"You Know I Love You"
b/w "You Didn't Want Me"

RPM Records (September 1952)[27]
RPM 363[matrix 12]

1 — — — reissued in Singin' the Blues
"Story from My Heart and Soul"
b/w "Boogie Woogie Woman"

RPM Records (December 1952)
RPM 374[matrix 13]

9 — — — N/A
1953 "Woke Up This Morning (My Baby She Was Gone)"
b/w "Don't Have to Cry"[Note 2]

RPM Records (March 1953)
RPM 380[matrix 14]

3 — — — reissued in Singin' the Blues
"Please Love Me"
b/w "Highway Bound"

RPM Records (June 1953)
RPM 386[matrix 15]

1 — — —
"Please Hurry Home"
b/w "Neighborhood Affair"

RPM Records (August 1953)
RPM 381[matrix 16]

4 — — — N/A
"Blind Love"
b/w "Why Did You Leave Me"

RPM Records (November 1953)
RPM 395[matrix 17]

— — — — reissued in Singin' the Blues
1954 "Please Help Me"
b/w "Praying to the Lord"

RPM Records (February 1954)
RPM 403

— — — — N/A
"Love You Baby"
b/w "The Woman I Love"

RPM Records (April 1954)
RPM 408[matrix 18]

31 — — — reissued in B.B. King Wails
"Everything I Do Is Wrong"
b/w "Don't You Want a Man Like Me" [re-make]

RPM Records (June 1954)
RPM 411[matrix 19]

— — — — reissued in The Blues
"When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer"
b/w "Bye! Bye! Baby"

RPM Records (July 1954)
RPM 412[matrix 20]

8 — — — reissued in The Blues
"You Upset Me Baby"
b/w "Whole Lotta' Love"

RPM Records (september 1954)
RPM 416[matrix 21]

1
8 		— — — reissued in Singin' the Blues
1955 "Every Day I Have the Blues"[Note 3]
b/w "Sneakin' Around"

RPM Records (January 1955)
RPM 421[matrix 22]

8
14 		— — — reissued in Singin' the Blues
"Lonely and Blue"
b/w "Jump with You Baby"

RPM Records (April 1955)
RPM 425[matrix 23]

— — — — N/A
"I'm in Love"
b/w "Shut Your Mouth"

RPM Records (June 1955)
RPM 430[matrix 24]

— — — —
"Talkin' the Blues"
b/w "Boogie Rock"

RPM Records (July 1955)
RPM 435[matrix 25]

— — — — N/A
"Ten Long Years"[Note 4]
b/w "What Can I Do"

RPM Records (September 1955)
RPM 437[matrix 26]

9 — — — reissued in Singin' the Blues
"I'm Cracking Up Over You"
b/w "Ruby Lee"

RPM Records (November 1955)
RPM 450[matrix 27]

— — — — N/A
"Crying Won't Help You"
b/w "Can't We Talk It Over"[Note 5]

RPM Records (December 1955)
RPM 451[matrix 28]

15 — — — reissued in Singin' the Blues
1956 "Let's Do the Boogie"
b/w "Did You Ever Love a Woman"

RPM Records (March 1956)
RPM 457[matrix 29]

— — — — reissued in Singin' the Blues
"Dark Is the Night (Part I)"
b/w "Dark Is the Night (Part II)"

RPM Records (May 1956)
RPM 459[matrix 30]

— — — —
"Sweet Little Angel"
b/w "Bad Luck"

RPM Records (July 1956)
RPM 468[matrix 31]

6
3 		— — — reissued in Singin' the Blues
"On My Word of Honor"
b/w "Bim Bam"

RPM Records (November 1956)
RPM 479[matrix 32]

3 — — — N/A
1957 "Early in the Morning"
b/w "You Don't Know"

RPM Records (January 1957)
RPM 486[matrix 33]

— — — — reissued in The Blues
"How Do I Love You"
b/w "You Can't Fool My Heart"

RPM Records (March 1957)
RPM 490[matrix 34]

— — — — N/A
"I Want to Get Married"
b/w "Troubles, Troubles, Troubles"

RPM Records (April 1957)
RPM 492[matrix 35]

14
13 		— — — reissued in The Blues
"Quit My Baby"
b/w "Be Careful with a Fool"

RPM Records (June 1957)
RPM 494[matrix 36]

— 95 — — reissued in The Great B.B. King
"I Wonder"
b/w "I Need You So Bad"

RPM Records (September 1957)
RPM 498[matrix 37]

— 85 — —
"The Key to My Kingdom"
b/w "My Heart Belongs to Only You"

RPM Records (November 1957)
RPM 501[matrix 38]

— — — —
1958 "Why Do Everything Happen to Me"
b/w "You Know I Go for You"

Kent Records (March 1958)
Kent 301[matrix 39]

— — — — reissued in The Blues
"Don't Look Now, But I've Got the Blues"
b/w "Days of Old"

Kent Records (July 1958)
Kent 307[matrix 40]

— — — — reissued in The Great B.B. King
"Please Accept My Love"
b/w "You've Been an Angel"

Kent Records (October 1958)
Kent 315[matrix 41]

9
16 		— — —
1959 "I Am"
b/w "Worry Worry"

Kent Records (February 1959)
Kent 317[matrix 42]

— — — —
"Come by Here"
b/w "The Fool"

Kent Records (April 1959)
Kent 319[matrix 43]

— — — — reissued in B.B. King Wails
"A Lonely Lover's Plea"
b/w "Woman I Love"

Kent Records (c. June 1959)
Kent 325[matrix 44]

— — — —
"Everyday I Have the Blues" [re-make; with Maxwell Davis conducting members of the Count Basie orchestra]
b/w "Time to Say Goodbye"

Kent Records (September 1959)
Kent 327[matrix 45]

— — — — Compositions of Count Basie and Others
"Mean Ole Frisco"
b/w "Sugar Mama"

Kent Records (c. October–November 1959)
Kent 329[matrix 46]

— — — — N/A
"Sweet Sixteen, Pt. 1"
b/w "Sweet Sixteen, Pt. 2"

Kent Records (December 1959)
Kent 330[matrix 47]

2 — — — reissued in The Great B.B. King
1960 "Got a Right to Love My Baby"
b/w "My Own Fault"

Kent Records (c. May 1960)
Kent 333[matrix 48]

8 — — — King of the Blues
"Good Man Gone Bad"
b/w "Partin' Time"

Kent Records (July 1960)
Kent 346[matrix 49]

8 — — — King of the Blues
"You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now"
b/w "Walking Dr. Bill"

Kent Records (September 1960)
Kent 350[matrix 50]

23 — — — My Kind of Blues
"Things Are Not the Same"
b/w "Fishin After Me"

Kent Records (November 1960)
Kent 351[matrix 51]

— — — — My Kind of Blues
1961 "Someday" Kent 360 16 — — —
"Peace of Mind"[28] Kent 360 7 119 — — More
Notice - Although King had signed to ABC Records in January 1962, his former company Modern/RPM continued to release singles and albums until 1971.
The recording dates are before 1962. The exception is a "contractual settlement" session recorded in 1965, which spawned six new recordings for Kent.
1962 "My Sometime Baby" Kent 365 24 — — — Blues in My Heart
1962 "Gonna Miss You Around Here" Kent 372 17 — — —
1963 "The Road I Travel" Kent 390 — — — — Sings Spirituals
"Christmas Celebration"
b/w "Easy Listening Blues" 		Kent 387 — — — — Easy Listening Blues
1964 "Rock Me Baby" Kent 393 12 34[29] — — Rock Me Baby...14 Great Hits
"Let Me Love You" Kent 396 15 110 — — Let Me Love You
"Beautician Blues" Kent 403 15 82 — — The Jungle
"The Worst Thing in My Life" Kent 415 — — — —
1965 "Blue Shadows" Kent 426 25 97 — — The Jungle
1966 "Eyesight to the Blind" Kent 441 31 — — —
"Ain't Nobody's Business" Kent 447 — — — — The Jungle
"I Stay in the Mood" Kent 450 45 — — — The Jungle
1967 "It's a Mean World" Kent 458 49 — — — The Jungle
"The Jungle" Kent 462 17 94 — — The Jungle
1968 "The Woman I Love" Kent 492 31 94 — — B.B. King Wails
1971 "That Evil Child"
b/w "Tell Me Baby"[30]

Kent KS 4542

34 97 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

ABC Records (and BluesWay subsidiary)

Year Title Single information Peak chart position Album
US R&B US US Rock UK
[26]
1962 "I'm Gonna Sit in 'til You Give In"
b/w "You Ask Me"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10316

— — — — Mr. Blues
"My Baby's Comin' Home"
b/w "Blues at Midnight"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10334

— — — —
1963 "Sneakin' Around"
b/w "Chains of Love"

ABC-Paramount (March 1963)
ABC-10361

— — — — Mr. Blues
"Tomorrow Night"
b/w "Mother's Love"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10367

— — — —
"Guess Who"
b/w "By Myself"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10390

— — — —
"Young Dreams"
b/w "On My Word of Honor"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10455

— — — —
"Slowly Losing My Mind"
b/w "How Do I Love You"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10486

— — — —
"How Blue Can You Get"
b/w "Please Accept My Love"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10527

21 97[29] — —
1964 "Help the Poor"
b/w "I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10552

24 98[29] — —
"The Hurt"
b/w "Whole Lot of Lovin'"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10576

— — — —
"Never Trust a Woman"
b/w "Worryin' Blues"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10599

29 90[29] — —
"Please Send Me Someone to Love"
b/w "Stop Leading Me On"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10616

— — — — Confessin' the Blues
"Everyday I Have the Blues"
b/w "It's My Own Fault"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10634

— — — —
"Night Owl"
b/w "Tired of Your Jive"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10675

— — — — His Best – The Electric B.B. King
1965 "I Need You"
b/w "Never Could Be You"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10710

— — — —
"All Over Again"
b/w "The Things You Put Me Through"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10724

— — — — His Best – The Electric B.B. King
"I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water"
b/w "Goin' to Chicago Blues"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10754

— — — — Confessin' the Blues
"You're Still a Square"
b/w "Tormented"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10766

— — — —
1966 "Don't Answer the Door, Pt. I"
b/w "Don't Answer the Door, Pt. II"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10856

2 72 — — Blues Is King
"Waitin' on You"
b/w "Night Life"

ABC-Paramount
ABC-10889

— 112 — —
1967 "I Don't Want You Cuttin' Off Your Hair"
b/w "Think It Over"

ABC-BluesWay (April 1967)
BL 45-61004[matrix 52]

— — — — His Best – The Electric B.B. King
"Worried Dream"
b/w "That's Wrong Little Mama"

ABC-BluesWay
BL 45-61007[matrix 53]

— — — — Blues on Top of Blues
1968 "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss"
b/w "Having My Say"

ABC-BluesWay
BL 45-61015[matrix 54]

10 39 — — His Best – The Electric B.B. King
"Losing Faith in You"
b/w "I'm Gonna Do What They Do to Me"

ABC-BluesWay
BL 45-61018[matrix 55]


26
74 		— — Blues on Top of Blues
"The B.B. Jones"
b/w "You Put It on Me"[Note 6]

ABC-BluesWay
BL 45-61019[matrix 56]

—
25 		98
82 		— — His Best – The Electric B.B. King
1969 "I Want You So Bad"
b/w "Get Off My Back Woman"[Note 7]

ABC-BluesWay
BL 45-61026

34
32 		127
74 		— — Live & Well
"Why I Sing the Blues"
b/w "Friends"

ABC-BluesWay
BL 45-61024[matrix 57]

13 61 — —
"Just a Little Love"
b/w "My Mood"

ABC-BluesWay
BL 45-61029[matrix 58]

15 76 — —
1970 "The Thrill Is Gone"
b/w "You're Mean"

ABC-BluesWay
BL 45-61032[matrix 59]

3 15 — — Completely Well
"So Excited"
b/w "Confessin' the Blues"

ABC-BluesWay
BL 45-61035[matrix 60]

14 54 — —
"Hummingbird"
b/w "Ask Me No Questions"

ABC Records
ABC 45-11268[matrix 61]

18 48 — — Indianola Mississippi Seeds
"Chains and Things"
b/w "King's Special"

ABC Records
ABC 45-11280[matrix 62]

6 45 — —
1971 "Ask Me No Questions"
b/w "Nobody Loves Me But My Mother"

ABC Records
ABC 45-11290[matrix 63]

25 40 — —
"Help the Poor" (re-recording)
b/w "Lucille's Granny"[31]

ABC Records
ABC 45-11302[matrix 64]

36 90 — — L.A. Midnight
"Ghetto Woman"
b/w "The Seven Minutes"[32]

ABC Records
ABC 45-11310[matrix 65]

25 68 — — B.B. King in London
From the Motion Picture The Seven Minutes
1972 "Sweet Sixteen" (re-recording) ABC 11319 37 93 — — L.A. Midnight
"I Got Some Help I Don't Need" ABC 11321 28 92 — —
"Ain't Nobody Home" ABC 11316 28 46 — — B. B. King in London
"Guess Who" (re-recording) ABC 11330 21 62 — — Guess Who
1973 "To Know You Is to Love You" ABC 11373 12 38 — — To Know You Is to Love You
1974 "I Like to Live the Love" ABC 11406 6 28 — —
"Who Are You" ABC 11433 27 78 — —
"Philadelphia" ABC 12029 19 64 — — Friends
1975 "My Song" ABC 12053 — — — —
"Friends" (re-recording)[33] ABC 12053 34 — — —
1976 "Let the Good Times Roll" ABC Impulse 31006 20 101 — — Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live
1977 "Slow and Easy" ABC 12247 88 — — — King Size
1978 "Never Make a Move Too Soon" ABC 12380 19 102 — — Midnight Believer
"I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone" ABC 12412 90 — — —
1979 "Better Not Look Down" MCA 41062 30 110 — — Take It Home
1981 "There Must Be a Better World Somewhere" MCA 51101 91 — — — There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
1985 "Into the Night" MCA 52530 15 107 — — Six Silver Strings
"Big Boss Man" / "My Guitar Sings The Blues" MCA 52675 62 — — —
1989 "When Love Comes to Town" (with U2) Island 7-99225 — 68 2[34] 6 Rattle and Hum
1992 "The Blues Come Over Me" MCA 54339 63 — — — There is Always One More Time
"Since I Met You Baby" (with Gary Moore) Virgin [UK] 1423 — — — 59 After Hours
2000 "Riding with the King" (with Eric Clapton) Reprise 7-16831 — — 26 — Riding with the King
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Billboard Year-End performances

Year Song Year-End
Position
1970 "The Thrill Is Gone" 98

Other appearances

Year Song Album
1968 "You Put It On Me", "The B.B. Jones", "Messy But Good" (with Quincy Jones) For Love of Ivy / OST
1995 "Stormy Monday Blues" (with GRP All-Star Big Band) All Blues
2001 "Three O'Clock Blues" (with Jimmy Smith) Dot Com Blues[35]
2001 "Let The Good Times Roll" (with Tony Bennett) Playin' With My Friends[36]
2010 "The Thrill Is Gone" (with Stevie Wonder) The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts[37]
2012 "Praying Man" (with Big K.R.I.T.) Live from the Underground
2014 "On the Way" (Various artists) The Art of McCartney[38]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ Re-recorded for My Kind of Blues
  2. ^ Titled "Past Day" in the album The Blues.
  3. ^ "Everyday I Have the Blues" was the b-side to "Sneaking Around."
  4. ^ "Ten Long Years" was the b-side to "What Can I Do (Just Sing the Blues)."
  5. ^ "Can't We Talk It Over" or "16 Tons" (non-album track) on different releases
  6. ^ The singel BL-61019 was issued with two differents labels, one "B.B. Jones" b/w "You Put It on Me", one "B.B. Jones" b/w "Stop Putting the Hurt on Me".
  7. ^ "Get Off My Back Woman" was the b-side of "I Want You So Bad."

Matrix numbers

  1. ^ Miss Martha King: 309-A, When Your Baby Packs Up and Goes: 309-B.
  2. ^ Got the Blues: 315-A, Take a Swing with Me: 315-B.
  3. ^ "Mistreated Woman": 304A-MM-1404, "B.B. Boogie": 304B-MM-1405.
  4. ^ "Walkin′ and Cryin′": 311A-MM-1439-1, "The Other Night Blues": 311B-MM-1438-2.
  5. ^ "Don't You Want a Man Like Me": 318A-1470, "My Baby's Gone": 318B-1469.
  6. ^ "B.B.'s Blues": 323-1489, "She's Dynamite": 323-1563.
  7. ^ "She's a Mean Woman": 330-1604, "Hard Workin' Woman": 330-1605.
  8. ^ "3 O'Clock Blues": 339-1682, "That Ain't the Way to Do It": 339-1683.
  9. ^ "Fine Lookin' Woman": 348-1491, "She Don't Move Me No More": 348-1752.
  10. ^ "Shake It Up and Go": 355-1805, "My Own Fault, Darlin′": 355-1806.
  11. ^ "Some Day Some Where": 360-1843, "Gotta Find My Baby": 360-1844.
  12. ^ "You Know I Love You": 363-1865, "You Didn't Want Me": 363-1866.
  13. ^ "Story from My Heart and Soul": 374-1924, "Boogie Woogie Woman": 374-1925.
  14. ^ "Woke Up This Morning": 380-1940, "Don't Have to Cry": 380-1941.
  15. ^ "Please Love Me": 386-1960, "Highway Bound": 386-1961.
  16. ^ "Neighborhood Affair": 391-2014, "Please Hurry Home": 391-2015.
  17. ^ "Why Did You Leave Me": 395-2024, "Please Hurry Home": 395-2025.
  18. ^ "Love You Baby": 408-2069, "The Woman I Love": 408-2070.
  19. ^ "Everything I Do Is Wrong": 411-2090, "Don't You Want a Man Like Me": 411-2091.
  20. ^ "When My Heart Beats Like...": 412-2100, "Bye! Bye! Baby": 412-2101.
  21. ^ "You Upset Me Baby": 416-2121, "Whole Lotta' Love": 416-2122.
  22. ^ "Sneakin' Around": 421-2139, "Every Day I Have the Blues": 421-2140.
  23. ^ "Lonely and Blue": 425-2062, "Jump with You Baby": 425-2063.
  24. ^ "Shut Your Mouth": 430-2188, "I'm in Love": 430-2189.
  25. ^ "Talkin' the Blues": 435-2206, "Boogie Rock": 435-2207.
  26. ^ What Can I Do: 437-2212, Ten Long Years: 437-2213.
  27. ^ "I'm Cracking Up Over You": 450-2264, "Ruby Lee": 450-2265.
  28. ^ "16 Tons": 451-2268, "Crying Won't Help You": 451-2269, "Can't We Talk It Over": 451-2270.
  29. ^ "Let's Do the Boogie": 457-2281, "Did You Ever Love a Woman": 457-2282.
  30. ^ "Dark Is the Night (Part I)": 459-3006, "Part II": 459-3007.
  31. ^ "Sweet Little Angel": 468-3057, "Bad Luck": 468-3058.
  32. ^ "On My Word of Honor": 479-3084, "Bim Bam": 479-3085.
  33. ^ "Early in the Morning": 486-3123, "You Don't Know": 486-3124.
  34. ^ "How Do I Love You": 490-3139, "You Can't Fool My Heart": 490-3140.
  35. ^ "I Want to Get Married": 492-3151, "Troubles, Troubles, Troubles": 492-3152.
  36. ^ "Quit My Baby": 494-3163, "Be Careful with a Fool": 494-3164.
  37. ^ "I Wonder": 498-3173, "I Need You So Bad": 498-3174.
  38. ^ The Key to My Kingdom: 501-3179, My Heart Belongs to Only You 501-3180.
  39. ^ You Know I Go for You: 301-1, Why Do Everything Happen to Me: 301-2.
  40. ^ "Don't Look Now, But I've Got the Blues": 307-1, "Days of Old": 307-2.
  41. ^ "Please Accept My Love": 315-1, "You've Been an Angel": 315-2.
  42. ^ "I Am": 317-1, "Worry Worry": 317-2.
  43. ^ "Come by Here": 319-A, "The Fool": 319-B.
  44. ^ "A Lonely Lover's Plea": 325-A, "Woman I Love": 325-B.
  45. ^ "Everyday I Have the Blues": 327-A, "Time to Say Goodbye": 327-B.
  46. ^ "Mean Ole Frisco": 329-A, "Sugar Mama": 329-B.
  47. ^ "Sweet Sixteen Pt. 1": 330-1, "Sweet Sixteen Pt. 2": 330-2.
  48. ^ "Got a Right to Love My Baby": 333-1, "My Own Fault": 333-2.
  49. ^ "Good Man Gone Bad": 346-1, "Partin' Time": 346-2.
  50. ^ "You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now": 350-1, "Walking Dr. Bill": 350-2.
  51. ^ "Things Are Not the Same": 351-2, "Fishin Time": 351-2.
  52. ^ "I Don't Want You Cuttin' Off Your Hair": AMP 45-14129.
  53. ^ "Worried Dream": AMP 45-14129, "That's Wrong Little Mama": AMP 45-14130.
  54. ^ "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss": AMP 45-14244, "Having My Say": AMP 45-14131.
  55. ^ "Losing Faith in You": AMP 45-14243, "I'm Gonna Do What They Do to Me": AMP 45-14245.
  56. ^ |"The B.B. Jones": AMP 45-15097, "You Put It on Me": AMP 45-15096, "Stop Putting the Hurt on Me": 45-14627.
  57. ^ "Why I Sing the Blues": AMP 45-15725, "Friends": AMP 45-15723.
  58. ^ "Just a Little Love": AMP 45-70001, "My Mood": AMP 45-70002.
  59. ^ "The Thrill Is Gone": AMP 45-70112, "You're Mean": AMP 45-70106.
  60. ^ "So excided": AMP 45-70078, "Confessin' the Blues": AMP 45-70110.
  61. ^ "Hummingbird": AMP 45-16052, "Ask Me No Questions": AMP 45-16054.
  62. ^ "Chains and Things": AMP 45-16069-S, "King's Special": AMP 45-16053-S.
  63. ^ "Ask Me No Questions": AMP 45-16054, "Nobody Loves Me But My Mother": AMP 45-16072.
  64. ^ "Help the Poor": AMP 45-16191-S, "Lucille's Granny": AMP 45-16198-S.
  65. ^ "Ghetto Woman": AMP 45-16239-S, "The Seven Minutes": AMP 45-16193-S.

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