MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Tuesday would have been B.B Kings' 100th birthday. It also wraps up the 100 Days of Blues in Memphis, which started June 8 and honors the international blues legend. On Tuesday night, ...

Sept. 16, 2025, will be a milestone in the history of Memphis and American music, as it marks what would have been B.B. King’s 100th birthday. To all who ever heard him play, King was the one true ...

Memphis, Tennessee is pulling out all the stops for what would have been the 100th birthday of Riley B. King—better known as B.B. King—the King of the Blues. The two-day celebration that blends live ...

B.B. King, a 15-time Grammy Award winner, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has inspired countless musicians. Jackson, a Grammy-nominated artist and Mississippi Cultural Ambassador, ...

B.B King performed at the Peabody Opera House on April 4, 2014. Julia Douglas and Dave Dodge, of Creve Coeur, before the B.B King concert at the Peabody Opera House on April 4, 2014. Photo by Sarah ...

Today, as the world marks what would’ve been King’s 100th birthday on Sept. 16, it seems ludicrous that anyone would call his powerful vocals “modest” or his wailing guitar twangy. But while he’d ...

When B.B. King passed away in 2015 at the age of 89, he left behind a challenge. “Do what you can to keep the blues alive,” he often told those who crossed his path. Today, on what would have been ...