ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY: October 14th 1998, BB King picks up a lifetime achievement award at the Music Of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards held at Royal Albert Hall in London. With his title of King Of The Blues, BB is no stranger to awards for his music. In 2011 Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No6 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time (he ranked No3 in there 2003 edition). He ranked No17 in Gibsons top 50 guitarists of all time. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at their second induction ceremony in 1987. In 2014 he was inducted in the R&B Music Hall of Fame. Heres a list of some of the awards and honors hes received. In 1977, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music by Yale University In 1980, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. In 1990, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. In 1991, he was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship from the NEA In 1995 King was awarded the Kennedy Center Honors. This is given to recognize the lifelong accomplishments and extraordinary talents of our nations most prestigious artists. In 2004, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music awarded him the Polar Music Prize for his significant contributions to the blues. On December 15th 2006, President George W. Bush awarded King the Presidential Medal of Freedom. On May 27th 2007, King was awarded an honorary doctorate in music by Brown University. On May 14th 2008, King was presented with the keys to the city of Utica, New York. On May 18th 2008, the mayor of Portland, Maine, Edward Suslovic, declared the day B.B. King Day in the city. Prior to Kings performance at the Merrill Auditorium, Suslovic presented King with the keys to the city. In 2009, TIME named B.B. King No.3 on its list of the 10 best electric guitarists of all time. Each year during the first week in June, a B.B. King Homecoming Festival is held in Indianola, Mississippi. A Mississippi Blues Trail marker was added for B.B. King, commemorating his birthplace. On May 29th 2010, Sabrosa Park (a small town in the north of Portugal) was renamed B.B. King Park in honor of King and the free concert he played before 20,000 people. Grammy Awards: 1971: Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for The Thrill Is Gone. 1982: Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording for There Must Be a Better World Somewhere. 1984: Best Traditional Blues Recording for Blues n Jazz. 1986: Best Traditional Blues Recording for My Guitar Sings the Blues. 1991: Best Traditional Blues Recording for Live at San Quentin. 1992: Best Traditional Blues Album for Live at the Apollo. 1994: Best Traditional Blues Album for Blues Summit. 1997: Best Rock Instrumental Performance for SRV Shuffle. 2000: Best Traditional Blues Album for Blues on the Bayou. 2001: Best Traditional Blues Album for Riding with the King. 2001: Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for Is You or Is You Aint (Baby). 2003: Best Traditional Blues Album for A Christmas Celebration of Hope. 2003: Best Pop Instrumental Performance for Auld Lang Syne. 2006: Best Traditional Blues Album for 80. 2009: Best Traditional Blues Album for One Kind Favor. King was given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987. A Grammy Hall of Fame Award was given to The Thrill is Gone in 1998, an award given to recordings that are at least 25 years old and that have qualitative or historical significance. hear from their 2000 Grammy winning, number 1 billboard blues album and first time recording together for best traditional blues album is the video for the title track riding with the king by Eric Clapton and BB King.....Enjoy!
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