Artist
B.B. King
B.B. King appears once in our Blues list, placing as high as No. 8. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Blues
- Year
- 1951
- Highest placing
- No. 8 in Blues
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
3 O'Clock Blues
1951 · RPM
Ranked No. 8 in Blues
King's first hit, and the arrival of the single-note, vibrato-heavy style that became the default setting for lead guitar everywhere for fifty years.