Author: The Associated Press
A son of legendary Mississippi blues artist Robert Johnson won a landmark case for his father’s estate, guide the legend’s legacy, and never stopped working hard.
(Memphis, TN) 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, messages and videos to the 89-year-old King, who suffers from diabetes and is in hospice care in Las Vegas. Born Riley B. King near Itta Bena, Mississippi, King traveled to Memphis in the 1940s and began playing clubs on Beale Street. There, he earned the nickname “Beale Street Blues Boy,” which eventually became “B.B.” A giant card has been mounted on the wall of B.B. King’s Blues Club on…
Robinson announced the decision Friday at Morgan Freeman’s Ground Zero Blues Club, The Clarksdale Press-Register reports.
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