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Albert King

Blues

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Pride and Joy (Live)Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan
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I'll Play the Blues for YouAlbert King
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Texas Flood (Remastered 2024)Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Born Under A Bad SignAlbert King
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Born Under A Bad Sign (Mono Mix)Albert King
Listen to Blues At Sunrise (Live) by Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan, see lyrics, music video & more!
Blues At Sunrise (Live)Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Born Under A Bad Sign (Remastered 2024)Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Listen to In Session (Deluxe Edition / Remastered 2024) by Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan
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More albums from Albert King

Listen to I'll Play the Blues for You (Stax Remastered) by Albert King
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Listen to Blues for Elvis: King Does the King's Things (Remastered) by Albert King
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Listen to Jammed Together by Steve Cropper, Pop Staples & Albert King
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Listen to King Of The Blues Guitar (Reissue) by Albert King
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Listen to Born Under A Bad Sign (Mono) by Albert King
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Albert King's Popular Music Videos

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Born Under A Bad Sign
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Why Are You So Mean To Me?
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One of the greatest left-handed, upside-down axemen you'll ever hear.
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About Albert King

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Hometown
Indianola, MS, United States
Born
April 25, 1923
Genre
Blues
Blues singer and guitarist Albert King was born Albert Nelson on a cotton plantation in Indianola, Mississippi, in 1923, and moved with his family to Arkansas when he was eight. He fashioned his first guitar from a cigar box and sang in church, but it wasn’t until he moved to Indiana in the early 1950s that his musical career took off. He made his first recordings for the Parrot label in 1953, when he started using the last name King, claiming to be a half-brother of B.B. King. He toured the Midwest and the South for more than a decade, building a devoted following and releasing a few singles, but his indelible sound was cemented when he signed with the Memphis label Stax, which released his classic 1967 album Born Under a Bad Sign. King’s stinging, almost acidic guitar tone and the album’s soulful, horn-stoked arrangements from Booker T. & The MG’s introduced him to a bigger audience, inspiring blues-rock guitarists like Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan. His 1970s recordings played up the rock connection as he covered the Rolling Stones and added funk to his sound. He toured and recorded regularly until dying of a heart attack in 1992.
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