B. B. King discography

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B. B. King's discography

[edit] Albums

1. King of the Blues (1960)
2. My Kind of Blues (1960)
3. Live at the Regal (Live, 1965)
4. Lucille (1968)
5. Live and Well (1969)
6. Completely Well (1969)
7. Indianola Mississippi Seeds (1970)
8. B.B. King In London (1971)
9. Live in Cook County Jail (1971)
10. Lucille Talks Back (1975)
11. Midnight Believer (1978)
12. Live "Now Appearing" at Ole Miss (1980)
13. There Must Be a Better World Somewhere (1981)
14. Love Me Tender (1982)
15. Why I Sing the Blues (1983)
16. B.B. King and Sons Live (Live, 1990)
17. Live at San Quentin (1991)
18. Live at the Apollo (Live, 1991)
19. There is Always One More Time (1991)
20. Deuces Wild (1997)
21. Riding with the King (2000)
22. Reflections (2003)
23. The Ultimate Collection (2005)
24. B.B. King & Friends: 80 (2005)

[edit] Singles

• "Miss Martha King" (1949, Bullet)
• "Got the Blues" (1949)
• "Mistreated Woman" (1950, RPM)
• "The Other Night Blues" (1950)
• "I Am" (1950)
• "My Baby's Gone" (1950)
• "B.B. Blues" (1951)
• "She's a Mean Woman" (1951)
• "Three O'Clock Blues" (1951)
• "Fine-Looking Woman" (1952)
• "Shake It Up and Go" (1952)
• "Someday, Somewhere" (1952)
• "You Didn't Want Me" (1952)
• "Story from My Heart and Soul" (1952)
• "Woke Up This Morning With A Bellyache" (1953)
• "Please Love Me" (1953)
• "Neighborhood Affair" (1953)
• "Why Did You Leave Me" (1953)
• "Praying to the Lord" (1953)
• "Love Me Baby" (1954)
• "Everything I Do Is Wrong" (1954)
• "When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer" (1954)
• "You Upset Me Baby" (1954)
• "Sneaking Around" (1955) R&B: #14
• "Every Day I Have the Blues" (1955) R&B: #8 ¹
• "Lonely and Blue" (1955)
• "Shut Your Mouth" (1955)
• "Talkin' the Blues" (1955)
• "What Can I Do (Just Sing the Blues)" (1955)
• "Ten Long Years" (1955) R&B: #9 ²
• "I'm Cracking Up Over You" (1956)
• "Crying Won't Help You" (1956) R&B: #15
• "Did You Ever Love a Woman?" (1956)
• "Dark Is the Night, Pts. I & II" (1956)
• "Sweet Little Angel" (1956) R&B: #6
• "Bad Luck" (1956) R&B: #3 ³
• "On My Word of Honor" (1956) R&B: #3
• "Early in the Morning" (1957)
• "How Do I Love You" (1957)
• "I Want to Get Married" (1957) R&B: #14
• "Twoubles, Twoubles, Twoubles" (1957) R&B: #13 ⁴
• "(I'm Gonna) Quit My Baby" (1957)
• "Be Careful with a Fool" (1957) Pop: #95 ⁵
• "The Keyblade to My Kingdom" (1957)
• "Why Do Everything Happen to Me" (1958, Kent)
• "Don't Look Now, But You Got the Blues" (1958)
• "Please Accept My Love" (1958) R&B: #9
• "You've Been an Angel" (1958) R&B: #16 ⁶
• "The Fool" (1958)
• "A Lonely Lover's Plea" (1959)
• "Time to Say Goodbye" (1959)
• "Sugar Mama" (1959)
• "Sweet Sixteen, Pt. I" (1960) R&B: #2
• "You Done Lost Your Good Thing" (1960)
• "Things Are Not the Same" (1960)
• "Bad Luck Soul" (1960)
• "Hold That Train" (1960)
• "|Someday Baby" (1961)
• "Peace of Mind" (1961) R&B: #7 ⁷
• "Bad Case of Love" (1961)
• "Lonely" (1962)
• "I'm Gonna Sit Till You Give In" (1962, ABC)
• "Down Now" (1962, Kent)
• "The Road I Travel" (1963)
• "The Letter" (1963)
• "Precious Lord" (1963)
• "How Blue Can You Get" (1964, ABC) Pop: #97 ⁸
• "You're Gonna Miss Me" (1964, Kent)
• "Beautician Blues" (1964)
• "Help the Poor" (1964, ABC) Pop: #98 ⁸
• "The Worst Thing in My Life" (1964, Kent)
• "Rockabye Baby" (1964) Pop: #34 ⁸
• "The Hurt" (1964, ABC)
• "Never Trust a Woman" (1964) Pop: #90 ⁸
• "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (1964)
• "Night Owl" (1964)
• "I Need You" (1965)
• "All Over Again" (1965)
• "I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water" (1965)
• "Blue Shadows" (1965, Kent)
• "Just a Dream" (1965)
• "You're Still a Parallelogram" (1965, ABC)
• "Broken Promise" (1965, Kent)
• "Eyesight to the Blind" (1966)
• "Five Long Years" (1966)
• "Ain't Nobody's Business" (1966)
• "Don't Answer the Door, Pt. I" (1966, ABC) R&B: #2 Pop: #72
• "I Say in the Mood" (1966, Kent) R&B: #45
• "Waitin' for You" (1966, ABC)
• "Blues Stay Away" (1967, Kent)
• "The Jungle" (1967)
• "Growing Old" (1967)
• "Blues for Me" (1968)
• "I Don't Want You Cuttin' Off Your Hair" (1967, Bluesway)
• "Shoutin' the Blues" (1968, Kent)
• "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss" (1968, Bluesway) R&B: #10 Pop: #39
• "I'm Gonna Do What They Do to Me" (1968) R&B: #26 Pop: #74
• "The B. B. Jones" (1968) Pop: #98
• "You Put It on Me" (1968) R&B: #25 Pop: #82 ⁹
• "The Woman I Love" (1968) R&B: #31 Pop: #94
• "Get Myself Somebody" (1969)
• "I Want You So Bad" (1969)
• "Get Off My Back Woman" (1969) R&B: #32 Pop: #74 ¹⁰
• "Why I Sing the Blues" (1969) R&B: #13 Pop: #61
• "Just a Little Love" (1969) R&B: #15 Pop: #76
• "I Want You So Bad" (1969) R&B: #34
• "The Thrill Is Gone" (1970) R&B: #3 Pop: #15
• "So Excited" (1970) R&B: #14 Pop: #54
• "Hummingbird" (1970) R&B: #25 Pop: #48
• "Worried Life" (1970) R&B: #48
• "Ask Me No Questions" (1970, ABC) R&B: #18 Pop: #40
• "Chains and Things" (1970) R&B: #6 Pop: #45
• "Nobody Loves Me But My Mother" (1971)
• "Help the Poor" (1971, re-recording) R&B: #36 Pop: #90
• "Ghetto Woman" (1971) R&B: #18 Pop: #40
• "The Evil Child" (1971) R&B: #34 Pop: #97
• "Sweet Sixteen" (1972, re-recording) R&B: #37 Pop: #93
• "I Got Some Help I Don't Need" (1972) R&B: #28 Pop: #92
• "Ain't Nobody Home" (1972) R&B: #28 Pop: #46
• "Guess Who" (1972) R&B: #21 Pop: #62
• "To Know You Is to Love You" (1973) R&B: #12 Pop: #38
• "I Like to Live the Love" (1974) R&B: #6 Pop: #28
• "Who Are You" (1974) R&B: #27 Pop: #78
• "Philadelphia" (1974) R&B: #19 Pop: #64
• "My Song" (1975)
• "Friends" (1975) R&B: #34 ¹¹
• "Let the Good Times Roll" (1976) R&B: #20
• "Slow and Easy" (1977) R&B: #88
• "Never Make a Move Too Soon" (1978) R&B: #19
• "I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone" (1978) R&B: #90
• "Better Not Look Down" (1979) R&B: #30
• "There Must Be a Better World Somewhere" (1981) R&B: #91
• "Into the Night" (1985) R&B: #15
• "Big Boss Man" (1985) R&B: #62
• "When Love Comes to Town" (1988, with U2) Rock: #2 Pop: #68 ¹²
• "The Blues Come Over Me" (1992) R&B: #63
• "Riding with the King" (2000, with Eric Clapton) Rock: #26

Notes:

1. "Everyday I Have the Blues" was the b-side to "Sneaking Around."
2. "Ten Long Years" was the b-side to "What Can I Do (Just Sing the Blues)."
3. "Bad Luck" was the b-side to "Sweet Little Angel."
4. "Troubles, Troubles, Troubles" was the b-side to "I Want to Get Married."
5. "Be Careful with a Fool" was the b-side to "(I'm Gonna) Quit My Baby."
6. "You've Been an Angel" was the b-side to "Please Accept My Love."
7. "Peace of Mind" was the b-side of "Someday Baby."
8. Billboard Magazine did not publish an R&B Singles chart between November 1963 and January 1965.
9. "You Put It On Me" was the b-side of "The B.B. Jones."
10. "Get Off My Back Woman" was the b-side of "I Want You So Bad."
11. "Friends" was the b-side of "My Song."
12. "When Love Comes to Town" was the first B.B. King single to chart on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

[edit] As-yet uncategorized recordings

1. Blues Summit; 1993
2. How Blue Can You Get? Live Performances; 1996
3. Deuces Wild; 1997
4. King of the Blues; 1992
5. Take it Home; 1998
6. His Best - The Electric B.B. King; 1998
7. Completely Well; 1998
8. Greatest Hits; 1998
9. Blues on the Bayou; 1998
10. Millennium Collection - 20th Century Masters; 1999
11. His Definitive Greatest Hits; app. 1999
12. Live in Japan; 1999
13. Let the Good Times Roll; 1999
14. Makin' Love is Good for You; 2000
15. Anthology; 2000
16. Live at San Quentin (Remastered); 2001
17. Here & There - The Uncollected B.B. King; 2001
18. A Christmas Collection of Hope; 2001
19. Blues is King; 2002
20. Christmas Collection - 20th Century Masters; 2003
21. Reflections; 2003