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B.B. King

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The Resume

    (September 16, 1925-May 14, 2015)
    Birth name is Riley King
    B.B. stands for 'Blues Boy'
    Recorded 'Hummingbird,' 'Why I Sing the Blues,' 'The Thrill is Gone,' 'Why I Sing the Blues' and 'Every Day I Have the Blues'

Why he might be annoying:

    He named his guitar 'Lucille'
    He was famous for wearing outrageously colored suits during the 1950s.
    He applied to the draft board to defer him from military service on occupational reasons (skilled tractor driver).
    He got married to help get him his deferment from the military (1944).
    He was a vegetarian.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was 4 years old when his mother left his father for another man.
    She placed him in the care of her mother.
    His mother passed away when he was 9 and his grandmother died when he was 14.
    He lived by himself, raising cotton until he was 15.
    Little Richard's song 'Lucille' is dedicated to B. B. King's guitar.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 14 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 69 Votes: 50.72% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 88 Votes: 43.18% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 65 Votes: 49.23% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 13 Votes: 15.38% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 24 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 212 Votes: 54.25% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 52 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 47 Votes: 51.06% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 124 Votes: 49.19% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 109 Votes: 49.54% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 160 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 141 Votes: 36.88% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 166 Votes: 32.53% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 198 Votes: 44.95% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 348 Votes: 41.09% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 593 Votes: 42.50% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 576 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1564 Votes: 41.94% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 3852 Votes: 35.85% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 18623 Votes: 37.30% Annoying