MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Dixieland jazz band walked ahead of a slow black hearse and a crowd of thousands followed as the city of Memphis said farewell Wednesday to blues legend B.B. King with a ...

B.B. King's Blues Club on Beale Street will mark its 30th anniversary — and the first time King played its stage in 1991 — with a concert on Sept. 16. The concert will feature performances by ...

B.B. King's Blues Club in The Mirage on March 13, 2010. Photo by: Tom Donoghue/www.donoghuephotography.com 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Add B.B. King's Blues Club to the list of bankrupt ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The city of Memphis is honoring blues musician B.B. King by declaring Tuesday “B.B. King Day.” Mayor A C Wharton Jr. says Memphis residents will be sending get-well cards ...

Early in his career, King was nicknamed “Beale Street Blues Boy,” and the name was soon shortened to “B.B.” King died May 14 in hospice care at home in Las Vegas at age 89.

A reader went far afield, to Memphis, where she ate the mac 'n' cheese served as a side dish at B.B. King's Blues Club and Restaurant, 143 Beale St. The executive chef at the restaurant sent his ...

B.B. King's standing as "King of the Blues" was, despite its regal pomp, an understatement. Riley B. King was bigger than the blues. A blues performer, certainly, King influenced more than a half ...

Memphis - The city where BB King got his musical start paid final tribute to the blues guitar master on Wednesday, as thousands walking in the rain with his hearse shouted, "long live the king!" The ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In advance of the 100th Birthday of B.B. King on September 16th, 2025, Memphis Tourism in partnership with B.B. King’s Blues Club on world famous ...

In addition, each of the vessels will host a "Live from B.B. King's" stage show once a week in their main show lounges. B.B. King's Blues Club band members will return to Eurodam for an open-ended ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A Dixieland jazz band walked ahead of a slow black hearse and a crowd of thousands followed as the city of Memphis said farewell Wednesday to blues legend B.B. King with a ...

Blues legend B.B. King honored with Memphis processional. May 28, 2015 / 5:02 PM EDT / AP MEMPHIS, Tennessee-- A Dixieland jazz band walked ahead of a slow black hearse and a crowd of thousands ...