- Oku kwabhalwa kwaye kwasekuqaleni kwabhalwa ngumculi we-blues uRoy Hawkins ngo-1951. Ngeminyaka yoo-1950, uKing wayengu-DJ wenomathotholo waseMemphis owayedlala iRoy Hawkins yasekuqaleni emoyeni. Ingoma imalunga nokuhamba usuka kubudlelwane obuhambe kakubi.
- UKumkani urekhode le ngoma amaxesha amaninzi kodwa akayithandi nayiphi na iziphumo. Umvelisi uBill Szymczyk (owaziwa kakhulu ngokuvelisa ii-Eagles) wabiza uKumkani ngo-4: 00 ekuseni kwaye wacebisa ukongezwa kwemitya (uKumkani kamva wathi uyavuma malunga nayo nayiphi na into ngelo xesha lobusuku). Ukongezwa kupolishe ukurekhodwa okunika uKumkani irekhodi lakhe lokuqala lokuthengisa.
- Le nto yayiyi-BB King enkulu. Akazange abe nempumelelo enkulu kwiitshathi, kodwa waba ngumdlalo weblues ophembelele isizukulwana seemvumi. UKumkani usweleke ngo-2015 eneminyaka engama-89.
- UKumkani urekhode oku kuphila kwiCoconut Grove ngo-1976 kunye nomlingani weblues uBobby 'Blue' Bland. I-BB kwafuneka icelwe nguBobby ukuba ayidlale ingoma, kwaye emva kokuchasa, wavuma. Ngexesha lokudlala uBobby Bland uqaphele umfazi ogama linguViola ecula kubaphulaphuli kwaye wamkhulisa eqongeni.
- UTracy Chapman urekhode oku njenge-duet kunye ne-BB King ye-1997 yakhe Uhambisa i-Wild icwecwe.
IBertrand - eParis, eFrance - Umlawuli wevidiyo yomculo uThom Oliphant wadubula iklip ye-King / Chapman duet ehotele e-Oakland, California. Into esiyenzele i-'Thrill is Gone 'yile ndoda ijonge ngasemva kubomi bayo kunye namaxesha amahle okwenzekile, utshilo kudliwanondlebe neengoma zakhe. Le ngoma yingqungquthela, ndiyathetha, uyenza njani ividiyo kuyo? '
Ibali lijikeleze abadlali ngelixa uKumkani kunye noChapman bedlala kwigumbi lokungenela, elifanele uKumkani kakuhle. Ngelo xesha, phantse yonke into awayeyenzile i-BB yayilezi zihlandlo zibalulekileyo zokubhalwa apho wayekuyo eqongeni nekatala yakhe. Wayengazange enze nantoni na eyayiyingcinga. Ke akakhange athathe inxaxheba kangako kuyo, kuba akathandi kuba yiyo nantoni na ngaphandle kwe-BB King. '
