The birth of rock music created a number of black stars: little richard, fats domino, James Brown and Chuck Berry. On the other hand, Kim is unfortunate. His black music is still isolated in the mainstream white music circle. Although Kim moved his booking agent to ABC Records in the early 1960s, he still couldn't find the gap with mainstream music. Kim is depressed. Before 1968, he performed no more than two performances in front of a white audience, and they were all disastrous. Despite his bad luck, Jin's music was better than ever during this period, such as the classic Sweet Sixteen in the early 1960s. Around 1965, the situation changed, which started when white people first heard Sun House and john hurt, Mississippi, singing at the Newport Folk Song Art Festival. On that day, a new group named butterfield Blues performed on stage, which triggered a strong national trend. Happy Team released its first album, which won the favor of middle-class white Americans. The new excitement comes from the original and peculiar music sound effects produced by band guitarists Elvin Bishop and Mike Bloomfield. Everyone is asking them, "Where did you learn to play the piano like this?" The two guitarists answered honestly, "We copied B.B.King's colorful phrases." When people are dumbfounded and ask, "Who is he?" Bishop and bloomfield always said, "A real monster."

In fact, even then, Kim was not a master guitarist in the ordinary sense. He claims to know only a few chords, and he can only play solo, and he can't sing while playing. However, B.B.King influenced countless guitarists in later generations. The main reason is that he can put his feelings into the performance and let the guitar "sing". Even if there is only one note, King can make it emit a special timbre in various ways. For today's blues guitarists, it is almost impossible not to use the push string technique. It is said that King was the first guitarist to use the push string technique, and his position in the blues world is naturally indisputable.

After mainstream American music finally heard the name of B.B.King, the whole world seemed ready for his appearance. 1969, B.B.King made his debut on the TV network's "Tonight Show" program. At 197 1, Kim appeared in Ed Sullivan's program. Being able to perform on Sullivan program means that a real star was born. B.B.King thinks that the most important ability of a blues musician is his skill in front of a live audience. He used to imitate the great conductor, saxophonist and singer louis jourdan. You can hear B.B.king borrowing a famous rhythm line from Jordan in How Blue Can You Be. Another obvious example is B.B.King's Nobody loves me except my mother.

Kim is one of the few blues musicians who can continue to create popular works in the 1970s. The reason is that he is not afraid of experiments. From 65438 to 0973, he went to Philadelphia and recorded two popular songs: Knowing you means loving you and I like loving that love. In 1978, he recorded "Never act too early" and "When it's over" in jazz style. And try to integrate the expertise of Nashville Village Voice? Love Me Tender is an artistic failure. Although King's performances are always impeccable (he can maintain the level of 300 performances a year), he also attaches great importance to the work of the recording studio. 1993, Jin and john lee hooker, Etta James, koko taylor and other partners performed a duet in the Blues Summit recorded for MCA Records.

In 2000, Kim collaborated with another famous guitarist, eric clapton, on the album Walking with the King. In this album, the two masters let their musical inspiration and talents collide with each other: Jin's concise lyrics, dramatic vibrato and eric clapton's clear and powerful bottom sound, relaxed and fast rhythm are very harmonious, and the two sides cooperate seamlessly and complement each other. At the same time, this album also won the 43rd Grammy Award for Best Blues Album.

1968 Best Male Singer Jazz

1969 Best Blues Singer

1973 Best Blues Artist

1973 Best blues guitarist

1974 Best Blues Player

1974 Best Male Singer

1974 Best Blues Singer

1975 Best Blues Artist

198 1 Best Blues Artist

1987 Grammy Award Lifetime Achievement Award

Dear Orville Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award

1993 Best Blues Artist

1993 the most outstanding blues singer

1994 the most outstanding blues singer

1996 the most outstanding blues singer

1996 Best blues guitarist

1996 Best Rock Instrumental Performance

1997 Bruce foundation lifetime achievement award

1997 Best blues guitarist

1997 the most outstanding blues singer

1999 Best Traditional Blues Album