BB King wodziwika bwino, yemwe mosakayikira amamutcha mfumu ya blues, anali woyimba gitala wamagetsi wofunikira kwambiri mzaka za m'ma XNUMX. Masewero ake osazolowereka a staccato akhudza mazana a osewera amakono a blues.
Panthawi imodzimodziyo, mawu ake olimba komanso odalirika, okhoza kufotokoza malingaliro onse a nyimbo iliyonse, adapereka mafananidwe oyenera a kusewera kwake mwachidwi.
Pakati pa 1951 ndi 1985 King adajambula pa chartboard ya R&B Billboard nthawi 74. Analinso wojambula woyamba kujambula nyimbo yotchuka padziko lonse ya The Thrill Is Gone (1970).
Woimbayo adagwirizana ndi Eric Clapton ndi gulu la U2, ndipo adalimbikitsanso ntchito yake. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, adatha kusunga mawonekedwe ake odziwika pa ntchito yake yonse.
Ubwana ndi unyamata wa wojambula BB King
Riley B. King anabadwa pa September 16, 1925 ku Mississippi Delta, pafupi ndi tauni ya Itta Bena. Ali mwana, ankathamanga pakati pa nyumba ya amayi ake ndi nyumba ya agogo ake. Bambo ake a mnyamatayo anachoka pabanjapo Mfumu idakali wamng’ono.
Woimba wamng'ono anakhala nthawi yaitali mu tchalitchi ndipo moona mtima anaimba matamando a Yehova, ndiyeno mu 1943 Mfumu anasamukira ku Indianola, mzinda wina ili pakatikati pa Mississippi Delta.
Nyimbo za dziko ndi nyimbo za uthenga wabwino zidasiya chidwi chosaiwalika pamalingaliro a nyimbo a King. Anakulira kumvetsera nyimbo za ojambula a blues (T-Bone Walker ndi Lonnie Johnson) ndi akatswiri a jazz (Charlie Christian ndi Django Reinhardt).
Mu 1946, adapita ku Memphis kutsata msuweni wake (woyimba gitala) Bukka White. Kwa miyezi khumi yamtengo wapatali, White adaphunzitsa wachibale wake wamng'ono yemwe anali wosaleza mtima mfundo zabwino kwambiri za kusewera gitala.
Atabwerera ku Indianola, Mfumu inapitanso ku Memphis kumapeto kwa 1948. Pa nthawiyi anakhalabe kwa kanthawi.
Chiyambi cha ntchito ya woimba Riley B. King
Posakhalitsa King anali kuulutsa nyimbo zake kudzera pa wayilesi ya Memphis WDIA. Inali siteshoni yomwe idasinthira posachedwa kukhala "yakuda".
Eni makalabu akumaloko adakonda kuti ojambulawo asasewerenso mawailesi kuti aziwulutsa zisudzo zawo zausiku.
Pamene DJ Maurice Hot Rod Hulbert adasiya kukhala mtsogoleri wozungulira, King adatenga udindo wokhala ndi mbiri.
Poyamba, woimbayo amatchedwa Peptikon Boy (kampani ya mowa yomwe inapikisana ndi Hadacol). Wailesi ya WDIA itaulutsa, dzina la King linakhala The Beale Street Blues Boy, kenako adafupikitsidwa kukhala Blues Boy. Ndipo zitatha izi dzina la BB King linawonekera.
King anali ndi "kupambana" kwakukulu kokha mu 1949. Adalemba nyimbo zake zinayi zoyambirira za Jim Bullitt's Bullet Records (kuphatikiza nyimbo ya Miss Martha King polemekeza mkazi wake) kenako adasaina ndi abale a Bihari's Los Angeles-based RPM Records.
"Kupambana" kwa B.B. King mu dziko la nyimbo
Abale a Bihari nawonso anathandizira kujambula zina mwa ntchito zoyambirira za Mfumu mwa kukhazikitsa zida zojambulira zonyamula m’manja paliponse pamene anali.
Nyimbo yoyamba yomwe idagunda pamndandanda wapadziko lonse wa R&B inali Three O'Clock Blues (yomwe idalembedwa kale ndi Lowell Fulson) (1951).
Nyimboyi idajambulidwa ku Memphis ku YMCA Studios. Anthu odziwika bwino adagwira ntchito ndi King panthawiyo - woimba Bobby Bland, woyimba ng'oma Earl Forest ndi woyimba piyano Johnny Ace. Pamene Mfumu idapita kukalimbikitsa atatu O'Clock Blues, adapereka udindo wa Beale Streeters ku Ace.
mbiri gitala
Apa m'pamene Mfumu poyamba anatcha gitala ankakonda "Lucille". Nkhaniyi inayamba ndi mfundo yakuti King ankaimba konsati yake m’tauni yaing’ono ya Twist (Arkansas).
Pamasewerawa, mkangano unayambika pakati pa anthu awiri ansanje. Mkati mwa mkanganowo, amunawo anagubuduza chinyalala chomwe chinali ndi mafuta a palafini, chomwe chinatayika, ndipo moto unayambika.
Pochita mantha ndi moto, woimbayo anatuluka mofulumira m’chipindacho, akusiya gitala lake mkati. Posakhalitsa anazindikira kuti anali wopusa kwambiri ndipo anathamanga kubwerera. King anathamangira m'chipindamo, akuzemba lawi lamoto, kuyika moyo wake pachiswe.
Onse atadekha ndipo motowo unazimitsidwa, Mfumu inadziwa dzina la mtsikana amene anayambitsa vutoli. Dzina lake anali Lucille.
Kuyambira pamenepo, King wakhala ndi Lucilles osiyanasiyana. Gibson adapanganso gitala yomwe idavomerezedwa ndikuvomerezedwa ndi King.
Nyimbo zapamwamba kwambiri
M’zaka za m’ma 1950, Mfumu inadzipanga kukhala woimba wotchuka wa R&B. Adajambula nyimbo ku Los Angeles ku RPM Studios. King adapanga ma chart 20 apamwamba kwambiri pazaka khumi zoyimba komanso zovuta.
Makamaka nyimbo zodziwika bwino za nthawiyo zinali izi: You Know I Love You (1952); Ndinadzuka M'mawa Uno Ndi Chonde Ndikondeni (1953); Pamene Mtima Wanga Ugunda Ngati Nyundo, Chikondi cha Lotta Chonse, Ndipo Mukundikwiyitsa Mwana (1954); Tsiku lililonse Ndimakhala ndi Blues.
Kuyimba gitala kwa King kunachulukirachulukira, ndikusiya onse opikisana nawo kumbuyo.
1960s - nthawi yathu
Mu 1960, LP Sweet Sixteen ya King yochita bwino mbali ziwiri idakhala wogulitsa kwambiri, ndipo zolemba zake zina, Got Ufulu Wokonda Mwana Wanga ndi Partin 'Time nawonso sanachedwe.
Wojambulayo adasamukira ku ABC-Paramount Records mu 1962, akutsatira Lloyd Price ndi Ray Charles.
Mu Novembala 1964, woyimba gitala adatulutsa chimbale chake choyambirira, chomwe chimaphatikizapo konsati ku malo odziwika bwino a Chicago.
M'chaka chomwecho, adakondwera ndi ulemerero wa kugunda How Blue Can You Get. Inali imodzi mwa nyimbo zake zambiri zosayina.
Nyimbo za Don't Answer the Door (1966) ndi Paying the Cost to be the Bwana zinali zolemba XNUMX zapamwamba za R&B patatha zaka ziwiri.
King anali m'modzi mwa akatswiri ochepa omwe amalemba ntchito zopambana nthawi zonse, ndipo pazifukwa zomveka. Sanachite mantha kuyesa nyimbo.
Mu 1973, woyimbayo adapita ku Philadelphia kukajambula nyimbo zingapo zomwe zidagulitsidwa kwambiri: Kudziwa Inu Ndi Kukukondani ndi I Like to Live the Love.
Ndipo mu 1978, adalumikizana ndi oimba a jazi kuti apange nyimbo yosangalatsa ya Never Make Your Move Too Soon.
Komabe, nthawi zina kuyesa molimba mtima kunkasokoneza ntchitoyo. Love Me Tender, chimbale chomveka bwino cha dziko, chinali tsoka laukadaulo komanso malonda.
Komabe, chimbale chake cha MCA Blues Summit (1993) chinali kubwerera ku mawonekedwe. Zina zodziwika bwino za nthawiyi zikuphatikiza Letthe Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan (1999) ndi Riding with the King (2000) mogwirizana ndi Eric Clapton.
Mu 2005, King adakondwerera kubadwa kwake kwa 80 ndi chimbale chodziwika bwino cha 80, chokhala ndi ojambula osiyanasiyana monga Gloria Estefan, John Mayer ndi Van Morrison.
Nyimbo ina yamoyo idatulutsidwa mu 2008; Chaka chomwecho, Mfumu inabwerera ku blues koyera ndi One Kind Favor.
Chakumapeto kwa chaka cha 2014, King adakakamizika kusiya ma concert angapo chifukwa cha kudwala, ndipo pambuyo pake adagonekedwa m'chipatala kawiri ndikulowa m'chipatala mchaka chachaka. Anamwalira pa May 14, 2015 ku Las Vegas, Nevada.
