Caught up with the BB King TV documentary last night. Got me wondering , has  any BB King track been played over the years.

I know a few of his tunes, quite like what I've heard but I can only , off the top of my head, think of "The Hurt" and I'm not sure if that was spun...any more ?

Heartbreaker gets played occasionally when I get the chance

two from my collection: Paying the cost to be the boss, Heartbreaker. Both solid R&B worth a spin or two

Heard Big Boss Man played around the Sheffield area a few times about 10 years or so ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaXpuLeKbuk

thanks guys

 

i'll look into those

It was a good film.

My tip is the two sider 'help the poor' B/W 'I wouldn't have it any other way' on ABC Paramount. Not the re-recording of 'HTP' on ABC !!!

 

 

bb king i wouldn't have it any other way

My tip is the two sider 'help the poor' B/W 'I wouldn't have it any other way' on ABC Paramount. Not the re-recording of 'HTP' on ABC !!!

 

 

bb king i wouldn't have it any other way

excellent track

thanks

He did a cover of 'I cant please you'  its on the mfp lp, not exactly northern but worthy of a listen. Excellent doc too, BB seems to be one of the few musicians that seem able to transend non secular and spiritiual music. 

excellent track

thanks

I have copy and paste the wrong thing. Here's the flip sound clip; 

I play Bad Luck Soul an I Quit My Baby but as R and B dancers, I don't think he ever recorded a record that was more soul than blues did he? I ain't tried the ones above yet.

I play Bad Luck Soul an I Quit My Baby but as R and B dancers, I don't think he ever recorded a record that was more soul than blues did he? I ain't tried the ones above yet.

 

Give "Help the door" a try. A great record. And definitely soul. Straight on my wants list.

Caught up with the BB King TV documentary last night. Got me wondering , has any BB King track been played over the years.

I know a few of his tunes, quite like what I've heard but I can only , off the top of my head, think of "The Hurt" and I'm not sure if that was spun...any more ?

What channel mate, so I can watch on "catch up"

Thanks ... Phil

This has had spins - only available as a 7 inch on UK Probe.

Edited February 25, 201411 yr by epic

Help the Poor is indeed a lovely record

 

Right up my street

 

Quality !!!!

What channel mate, so I can watch on "catch up"

Thanks ... Phil

Phil

 

it was a Blues night on BBC (Probably 4). 2 part Blues in USA.....Blues at BBC........and BB King Documentary.

Will probably be repeated....keep an eye out.

My tip is the two sider 'help the poor' B/W 'I wouldn't have it any other way' on ABC Paramount. Not the re-recording of 'HTP' on ABC !!!

bb king i wouldn't have it any other way

Help the poor - what a great track. There is an ABC issue that is an instrumental of htp too, or is that what you mean?

Edited February 25, 201411 yr by penny

watched it too,great film......this rnb cheapie has had a couple of spins at ours

 

https://youtu.be/5R6iWMl629I

Help the poor - what a great track. There is an ABC issue that is an instrumental of htp too, or is that what you mean?

Yeah, maybe. heard it once and was put off by listening to it. It's a later cut (1971), maybe a live/gig recording of some sort with those endless twirling guitar solos. Nothing like this nitty gritty1964 studio recording.

Another one that should be played in R&B rooms/clubs - and only £10 too.

 

Also this great instrumental must surely have seen some R&B action?

 

I suppose it was inevitable with his vast output and that Help The Poor 45 is spot on early soul I slightly prefer the I Wouldn't Have It side. The Probe 45 is very good too and I didn't know Poontwangie though that's more R&B of course. No Motown influenced sides though the Probe one is in that area. Better Not Look Down is a great 70s soul style number with a killer line in the middle which I'll let you spot yourselves if you don't know it.

Is it the line about a porcupine...

 

I've been trying to think of the title of that track..use to make me smile

Nope it's the Queen

something about the queen of England...

sounds familiar.. not heard it since about 1978...need to check you tube!

I'm assuming it's the same song....cupid's arrows making BB look like a porcupine

partial to this one too on HMV...

 

Glad I started this thread...hearing some fine tunes.

Rather like this

 

something about the queen of England...

sounds familiar.. not heard it since about 1978..

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" You better not look down "

 

ref 'Poontwangie'.  I have it, surprisingly, its from 1971, sounds much earlier

 

Edited February 25, 201411 yr by IanP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=541fFwp-xX0

 

this one must get played somewhere too, should be anyway

B B KING Heartbreaker BLUESWAY (1967)

 

Edited February 26, 201411 yr by sunnysoul

B.B King - I like to Live the Love (1973)

 

In 1973  BB went down to the Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia and recorded this great Philly dancer. Turned out to be one of the bigest hits of his later career.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAE9Le_Hiy8

Good version of Freddy North's "The Hurt"

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwudux5aVAs

Sugar Mama & Walkin' Dr's Bill both good Wheel type sounds imho

Thought I'd bump this thread in tribute to the late B.B. King ,RIP

Picked one up before he passed away and i definitely remember hearing it played out a good few years ago "long gone baby "on Kent ...if someone is technically minded perhaps they could put it on here ??? Thanks if you do !