BB King

James Harman obituary

Blues singer, songwriter and harmonica player renowned for his demanding approach as a bandleader

Tony Russell

25, Jun, 2021 @5:08 PM

Beloved BB King 'Lucille' guitar sells for $280,000 at auction

Auction of items from blues guitarist’s estate totals $1.3m, with prize item a prototype Gibson guitar that was stolen and later returned

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

24, Sep, 2019 @9:19 AM

BB King's 'Lucille' guitar to be auctioned along with other personal items

Blues legend used instrument on tour in his later years and his touring van, jewellery and clothing are also on sale in Beverly Hills

Miranda Bryant in New York

23, Jul, 2019 @2:01 PM

Readers recommend playlist: songs with proverbs and idioms

A reader waxes lyrical in taking us through a playlist from your suggestions. BB King, Frank Sinatra and New Radicals all feature

attwilightlarks

30, Mar, 2017 @11:00 AM

Readers recommend playlist: songs with one word titles

A reader picks a list from your nominations – songs from Santana, Grateful Dead and Soulsavers all making the cut

Scott Blair

04, Aug, 2016 @11:00 AM

BB King remembered by Joe Bonamassa

The American blues rock guitarist has fond memories of ‘the king of the blues’, who died in Las Vegas

Joe Bonamassa

27, Dec, 2015 @10:30 AM

Readers recommend: melancholy songs – results

Broken hearts to bad luck, mood swings to lost love, fado to hip-hop, hard rock to classical, RR’s Ravi Raman selects 13 sorrowful songs from last week’s massive topic

Ravi Raman

03, Sep, 2015 @11:00 AM

Guess the guitar hero – from their guitar

We’ve cut out the faces of 12 axemen with distinctive guitars, so you have to identify the guitarist from their instrument …

Guardian music

28, Jul, 2015 @10:20 AM

Letter: BB King was moved by the warmth of the public embrace at the Albert Hall

Giles Oakley writes: The first album by BB King that I acquired, BB King – Live at the Regal (1964), still raises the hairs on the back of my neck

Giles Oakley

23, Jun, 2015 @4:50 PM

'Always a rotten apple': BB King, poison and the daughters of an infertile legend

As a blues man lays to rest in the Mississippi Delta, questions linger about how he died. Between the white horses and the family intrigue, the thrill is never gone

Thomas Lake in Indianola, Mississippi

31, May, 2015 @9:00 AM

The week in music: Mozart's £35,000 hair, Glasto death threats and more

Our weekly music news roundup, with Eurovision 2015, Mozart’s auctioned lock of hair and Daniel Barenboim’s new piano

Tshepo Mokoena

29, May, 2015 @2:32 PM

BB King's estate is 'dragging his daughters through the mud', says lawyer

Row about the blues legend’s death rumbles on, as lawyer for King’s daughters insists they are not motivated by money