On January 21st 1982, American blues guitarist B.B. King made a generous contribution. He donated his entire record collection of over 20,000 records to Mississippi University’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture. King was born Riley B King in 1925 and died aged 89 in 2015. The B.B. in B.B. King’s name stands for “Blues Boy.” He acquired the name while working as a DJ in Memphis, Tennessee. In his youth, he sang gospel in church choirs. His first charting single, “3 O’clock Blues,” reached Number 1 on the Billboard R&B charts in 1951. He recorded with Tony Bennett, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton and U2 to mention just a few!
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