B. B. King's discography lists the recordings of B. B. King.
Contents |
Albums
Singles
| Year | Name | Chart | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R&B | Pop | Rock | UK[1] | ||
| 1949 | "Miss Martha King" (Bullet) | ||||
| 1949 | "Got the Blues" | ||||
| 1950 | "Mistreated Woman" (RPM) | ||||
| "The Other Night Blues" | |||||
| "I Am" | |||||
| "My Baby's Gone" | |||||
| 1951 | "B. B. Blues" | ||||
| "She's a Mean Woman" | |||||
| "Three O'Clock Blues" | #1 | ||||
| 1952 | "Fine-Looking Woman" | ||||
| "Shake It Up and Go" | |||||
| "Someday, Somewhere" | |||||
| "You Didn't Want Me" | |||||
| "Story from My Heart and Soul" | #9 | ||||
| 1953 | "Woke Up this Morning with a Bellyache" | ||||
| "Please Love Me" | #1 | ||||
| "Neighborhood Affair" | |||||
| "Why Did You Leave Me" | |||||
| "Praying to the Lord" | |||||
| 1954 | "Love Me Baby" | ||||
| "Everything I Do Is Wrong" | |||||
| "When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer" | #8 | ||||
| "You Upset Me Baby" | #1 | ||||
| 1955 | "Sneaking Around" | #14 | |||
| "Every Day I Have the Blues"[2] | #8 | ||||
| "Lonely and Blue" | |||||
| "Shut Your Mouth" | |||||
| "Talkin' the Blues" | |||||
| "What Can I Do (Just Sing the Blues)" | |||||
| "Ten Long Years"[3] | #9 | ||||
| 1956 | "I'm Cracking Up Over You" | ||||
| "Crying Won't Help You" | #15 | ||||
| "Did You Ever Love a Woman?" | |||||
| "Dark Is the Night, Pts. I & II" | |||||
| "Sweet Little Angel" | #6 | ||||
| "Bad Luck"[4] | #3 | ||||
| "On My Word of Honor" | #3 | ||||
| 1957 | "Early in the Morning" | ||||
| "How Do I Love You" | |||||
| "I Want to Get Married" | #14 | ||||
| "Troubles, Troubles, Troubles"[5] | #13 | ||||
| "(I'm Gonna) Quit My Baby" | |||||
| "Be Careful with a Fool"[6] | #95 | ||||
| "The Keyblade to My Kingdom" | |||||
| 1958 | "Why Do Everything Happen to Me" (Kent) | ||||
| "Don't Look Now, But You Got the Blues" | |||||
| "Please Accept My Love" | #9 | ||||
| "You've Been an Angel"[7] | #16 | ||||
| "The Fool" | |||||
| 1959 | "A Lonely Lover's Plea" | ||||
| "Time to Say Goodbye" | |||||
| "Sugar Mama" | |||||
| 1960 | "Sweet Sixteen, Pt. I" | #2 | |||
| "You Done Lost Your Good Thing" | |||||
| "Things Are Not the Same" | |||||
| "Bad Luck Soul" | |||||
| "Hold That Train" | |||||
| 1961 | "Someday Baby" | ||||
| "Peace of Mind"[8] | #7 | ||||
| "Bad Case of Love" | |||||
| 1962 | "Lonely" | ||||
| "I'm Gonna Sit Till You Give In" (ABC) | |||||
| "Down Now" (Kent) | |||||
| 1963 | "The Road I Travel" | ||||
| "The Letter" | |||||
| "Precious Lord" | |||||
| 1964 | "How Blue Can You Get" (ABC) | #97[9] | |||
| "You're Gonna Miss Me" (Kent) | |||||
| "Beautician Blues" | |||||
| "Help the Poor" (ABC) | #98[9] | ||||
| "The Worst Thing in My Life" (Kent) | |||||
| "Rock Me Baby" | #34[9] | ||||
| "The Hurt" (ABC) | |||||
| "Never Trust a Woman" | #90[9] | ||||
| "Please Send Me Someone to Love" | |||||
| "Night Owl" | |||||
| 1965 | "I Need You" | ||||
| "All Over Again" | |||||
| "I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water" | |||||
| "Blue Shadows" (Kent) | |||||
| "Just a Dream" | |||||
| "You're Still a Parallelogram" (ABC) | |||||
| "Broken Promise" (Kent) | |||||
| 1966 | "Eyesight to the Blind" | ||||
| "Five Long Years" | |||||
| "Ain't Nobody's Business" | |||||
| "Don't Answer the Door, Pt. I" (ABC) | #2 | #72 | |||
| "I Say in the Mood" (Kent) | #45 | ||||
| "Waitin' for You" (ABC) | |||||
| 1967 | "Blues Stay Away" (Kent) | ||||
| "The Jungle" | |||||
| "Growing Old" | |||||
| 1968 | "Blues for Me" | ||||
| "I Don't Want You Cuttin' Off Your Hair" (Bluesway) | |||||
| "Shoutin' the Blues" (Kent) | |||||
| "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss" (Bluesway) | #10 | #39 | |||
| "I'm Gonna Do What They Do to Me" | #26 | #74 | |||
| "The B. B. Jones" | #98 | ||||
| "You Put It on Me"[10] | #25 | #82 | |||
| "The Woman I Love" | #31 | #94 | |||
| 1969 | "Get Myself Somebody" | ||||
| "I Want You So Bad" | |||||
| "Get Off My Back Woman"[11] | #32 | #74 | |||
| "Why I Sing the Blues" | #13 | #61 | |||
| "Just a Little Love" | #15 | #76 | |||
| "I Want You So Bad" | #34 | ||||
| 1970 | "The Thrill Is Gone" | #3 | #15 | ||
| "So Excited" | #14 | #54 | |||
| "Hummingbird" | #25 | #48 | |||
| "Worried Life" | #48 | ||||
| "Ask Me No Questions" (ABC) | #18 | #40 | |||
| "Chains and Things" | #6 | #45 | |||
| 1971 | "Nobody Loves Me But My Mother" | ||||
| "Help the Poor" (re-recording) | #36 | #90 | |||
| "Ghetto Woman" | #18 | #40 | |||
| "The Evil Child" | #34 | #97 | |||
| 1972 | "Sweet Sixteen" (re-recording) | #37 | #93 | ||
| "I Got Some Help I Don't Need" | #28 | #92 | |||
| "Ain't Nobody Home" | #28 | #46 | |||
| "Guess Who" | #21 | #62 | |||
| 1973 | "To Know You Is to Love You" | #12 | #38 | ||
| 1974 | "I Like to Live the Love" | #6 | #28 | ||
| "Who Are You" | #27 | #78 | |||
| "Philadelphia" | #19 | #64 | |||
| 1975 | "My Song" | ||||
| "Friends"[12] | #34 | ||||
| 1976 | "Let the Good Times Roll" | #20 | |||
| 1977 | "Slow and Easy" | #88 | |||
| 1978 | "Never Make a Move Too Soon" | #19 | |||
| "I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone" | #90 | ||||
| 1979 | "Better Not Look Down" | #30 | |||
| 1981 | "There Must Be a Better World Somewhere" | #91 | |||
| 1985 | "Into the Night" | #15 | |||
| "Big Boss Man" | #62 | ||||
| 1988 | "When Love Comes to Town" (with U2) | #68 | #2[13] | #6 | |
| 1992 | "The Blues Come Over Me" | #63 | |||
| "Since I Met You Baby" | #59 | ||||
| 2000 | "Riding with the King" (with Eric Clapton) | #26 | |||
References
- ^ British Hit Singles & Albums 19th Edition. HIT Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 1904994105.
- ^ "Everyday I Have the Blues" was the b-side to "Sneaking Around."
- ^ "Ten Long Years" was the b-side to "What Can I Do (Just Sing the Blues)."
- ^ "Bad Luck" was the b-side to "Sweet Little Angel."
- ^ "Troubles, Troubles, Troubles" was the b-side to "I Want to Get Married."
- ^ "Be Careful with a Fool" was the b-side to "(I'm Gonna) Quit My Baby."
- ^ "You've Been an Angel" was the b-side to "Please Accept My Love."
- ^ "Peace of Mind" was the b-side of "Someday Baby."
- ^ a b c d Billboard Magazine did not publish an R&B Singles chart between November 1963 and January 1965.
- ^ "You Put It On Me" was the b-side of "The B.B. Jones."
- ^ "Get Off My Back Woman" was the b-side of "I Want You So Bad."
- ^ "Friends" was the b-side of "My Song."
- ^ "When Love Comes to Town" was the first B. B. King single to chart on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
As-yet uncategorized recordings
- Blues Summit; 1993
- How Blue Can You Get? Live Performances; 1996
- Take It Home; 1998
- His Best - The Electric B.B. King; 1998
- Greatest Hits; 1998
- Forever Gold; 1999
- Millennium Collection - 20th Century Masters; 1999
- His Definitive Greatest Hits; app. 1999
- Anthology; 2000
- Live at San Quentin (Remastered); 2001
- Here & There - The Uncollected B.B. King; 2001
- A Christmas Collection of Hope; 2001
- Blues is King; 2002
- Christmas Collection - 20th Century Masters; 2003
- Original Greatest Hits; 2005
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