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B.B. King - Greatest Hits [1998]
Digitally remastered by Erick Labson (MCA Media Studios, North Hollywood, California).

Greatest Hits is met name een album voor diegenen voor wie de muziek van King nog niet (zo) bekend is.
De liefhebbers kennen de nummers van vele andere cd's. Maar het is een mooie compilatie.

CD bevat de volgende nummers:
 Every Day I Have the Blues    
 Sweet Little Angel  
 How Blue Can You Get? 
 Paying the Cost to Be the Boss 
 Don't Answer the Door  
 Why I Sing the Blues  
 The Thrill Is Gone     
 I Like to Live the Love      
 Hummingbird     
 To Know You Is to Love You     
 Chains and Things      
 Better Not Look Down      
 Never Make a Move Too Soon    
 There Must Be a Better World Somewhere      
 Playin' with My Friends     
 When Love Comes to Town      


Mississippi born Riley B. King began playing music on the streets of his native Indianola in the '40s, eventually moving to Memphis to pursue a career as a bluesman. He found a home as a DJ on legendary Memphis radio Station WDIA in the early '50s, a position he used to further his budding reputation as a guitarist/singer to be reckoned with. His on-air moniker, "the Beale Street Blues Boy" ultimately metamorphosed into his stage name. He spent the '50s cementing his legend as an energetic performer, playing with Johnny Ace and Bobby "Blue" Bland and on his own. His very modern, urban style was influenced not only by T-Bone Walker, but by jazz guitarist Charlie Christian. King's gestalt was miles away from the blues' rural beginnings, relying on witty, sophisticated lyrics and almost jazzy rhythms. His signature guitar style, as played on his trademark Gibson hollow-body "Lucille," combined quick vibrato with cutting, single-note lines and aggressively bent notes. His boisterous vocals, entertainment-value showmanship and gregarious personality made him beloved not just to blues aficionados, but to the larger pop audience.
Personnel: 
Robert Cray (vocals, guitar); Clydie King, Merry Clayton, Venetta Fields (vocals); Dean Parks, Hugh McCracken, Norman Harris, Roland Chambers (guitar); Quitman Dennis (saxophone); Lawrence Burdine (alto saxophone); Vernon Slater, David "Fathead" Newman , Johnny Board, Andrew Love, Bobby Forte (tenor saxophone); Barney Hubert, Jerome Richardson (baritone saxophone); Waymon Reed, Carl Adams, Gary Grant, Henry Boozier, Steve Madaio, Wayne Jackson, John Browning (trumpet); Charles Fendley, Pluma Davis (trombone); Duke Jethro (piano, organ); Leon Russell, Paul Harris (piano); Carole King (electric piano); Charles Mann (keyboards, background vocals); Jim Pugh, Joe Sample, Ron Kersey, Stevie Wonder (keyboards); James Gadson, Larry Mullen, Jr., Russ Kunkel, Stix Hooper, Sonny Freeman (drums); Larry Washington (congas); Luther Waters, Phyllis Duncan, Rebecca Evans Russell, Helen Duncan, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters, Julia Tillman (background vocals). [Bron: cduniverse]

Met dank aan Motormuijs!