When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Daniel de Visé began contemplating a biography of B.B. King — one of the most iconic figures in American music — he was shocked at what he discovered.

B.B. King lived large and long, tallying 89 years before his death in 2015. Nearly 70 of those years were spent performing: from a spirited young voice on Memphis radio to barnstorming the chitlin’ ...

Riley B. King, known as B.B. King, was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter acclaimed for his expressive singing and fluid, complex guitar playing. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at #3 ...