ARTSCULTURE · HISTORICAL MARKER
B. B. King
Greenville, Mississippi · King of the Blues
Historical Marker Database · Mark Hilton
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THE STORY
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Through the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's and 1990's, there was only one King of the Blues: B. B. King, Riley B. King, born in 1925 in Indianola, Mississippi, known as "Beale Street Blues Boy."
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Greenville, Mississippi · USA
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