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Albert King

04/25/1923-12/21/1992 in Indianola, MS

Genres

  • Blues
  • Modern Electric Blues
  • Electric Blues
  • R&B/Soul

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King Of The Blues Guitar album cover
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Born Under A Bad Sign album cover
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King Of The Blues Guitar album cover
Born Under A Bad Sign

Biography

Albert Nelson (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992), known professionally as Albert King, was an American blues guitarist and singer whose playing influenced many other blues guitarists. One of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with B.B. King and Freddie King), he is perhaps best known for the 1967 single "Born Under a Bad Sign". ... (see more)


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Albums by Release Date

In Session (Deluxe Edition) album cover
In Session (Deluxe Edition)
by Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan
Door To Door album cover
Door To Door
by Albert King, Otis Rush
I'll Play The Blues For You album cover
I'll Play The Blues For You
by Albert King
Guitar Man: An Essential Collection album cover
Guitar Man: An Essential Collection
by Albert King
Born Under A Bad Sign album cover
Born Under A Bad Sign
by Albert King
King Of The Blues Guitar album cover
King Of The Blues Guitar
by Albert King
In Session album cover
In Session
by Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan
Crosscut Saw: Albert King In San Francisco album cover
Crosscut Saw: Albert King In San Francisco
by Albert King
The Best Of Albert King album cover
The Best Of Albert King
by Albert King
I'm In A Phone Booth, Baby album cover
I'm In A Phone Booth, Baby
by Albert King
Live Wire-Blues Power album cover
Live Wire-Blues Power
by Albert King
Years Gone By album cover
Years Gone By
by Albert King
Lovejoy album cover
Lovejoy
by Albert King
I Wanna Get Funky album cover
I Wanna Get Funky
by Albert King

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Lost & Found: Real R'N'B & Soul album cover
Lost & Found: Real R'N'B & Soul
by Keb Darge, Paul Weller
Solos, Sessions & Encores album cover
Solos, Sessions & Encores
by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Blues At Sunrise album cover
Blues At Sunrise
by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

Compilations

Blues Masters, Vol.8: Mississippi Delta Blues album cover
Blues Masters, Vol.8: Mississippi Delta Blues
by Various Artists
Stax Breaks album cover
Stax Breaks
by Various Artists
King New Breed: Rhythm & Blues album cover
King New Breed: Rhythm & Blues
by Various Artists
Stax Of Funk Vol.2-More Funky Truth album cover
Stax Of Funk Vol.2-More Funky Truth
by Various Artists
Pure Blues (UTV) album cover
Pure Blues (UTV)
by Various Artists
Chess Blues Guitar: Two Decades Of Killer Fretwork, 1949-1969 album cover
Chess Blues Guitar: Two Decades Of Killer Fretwork, 1949-1969
by Various Artists
Blues Giants (K-Tel) album cover
Blues Giants (K-Tel)
by Various Artists
Living The Blues 1965-1969 Blues Classics album cover
Living The Blues 1965-1969 Blues Classics
by Various Artists
Living The Blues-Blues Legends album cover
Living The Blues-Blues Legends
by Various Artists
The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles Vol.3 album cover
The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles Vol.3
by Various Artists
The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles Vol.2 album cover
The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles Vol.2
by Various Artists
Blues Masters Vol.7 Blues Revival album cover
Blues Masters Vol.7 Blues Revival
by Various Artists
The Complete Stax-Volt Singles Vol.1 album cover
The Complete Stax-Volt Singles Vol.1
by Various Artists
Guitar Player Presents Legends Of Guitar: Electric Blues, Vol. 1 album cover
Guitar Player Presents Legends Of Guitar: Electric Blues, Vol. 1
by Various Artists
The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles Vol.2 album cover
The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles Vol.2
by Various Artists

Playlists

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Soul
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big 50s 60s oldies
big 50s 60s oldies
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MadBeets
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