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And "let the good times roll." born riley b. king in mississippi, he worked as a tractor driver in the cotton fields before embarking on his musical career. he began recording in the 1940s and became known as blues boy king and then more simply b.b. king. in 1956 at the height of his popularity he played an astonishing 342 one-night shows. ♪ whole lot of loving waiting for you ♪ >> he continued a rigorous schedule into his 80s. his persistence and passion for the blues paid off winning 15 grammys. >> it always feels very very good to go on stage whether you win a grammy or not. >> reporter...

Him as an influence and does anyone exist like that today? >> you know, i think what's really sad, obviously aside from the life lost, he's a missing link to a time that's gone. he was born in 1925, on a cotton plantation, father left when he was a child, mother died when he was 9, grandmother died when he was 14, he picked cotton. so he not only played the blues, he really lived the blues, and he said some of the earlier sounds he ever heard that he remembers were people working the cotton fields and whenever he sang or played he heard those same sounds. that's gone and something you can't re...

Roll." he worked as a tractor trail driver in the cotton fields before embarking on his musical career. he began recording in the 1940s and became known as the blues boy king and more simply b.b. king. in 1956 at the height of his popularity he played an astonishing 342 one-night stands. he continued a rigorous touring schedule into his 80s. king's persistence and passion for the blues paid off. winning 15 grammies. >> it always feels very, very good to go on stage. whether you win a grammy or not. >> throughout the years, king worked with various artist like rockers u2 on the song "when love ...

Hands, rubbed raw from washin and cleaning and holding the household together. his cousin, a ava remembered swt ers days on her hands and knees in the cotton fields with lyndon beside her, boy, there's got to be a better way to make a living than this, there's got to be a better way. it wasn't until years later, when he was teaching at a so-called mexican school, in a tiny town in texas, that he came to understand how much worse the p persistent pain of poverty could be for other races in the jim cr crowe south. oftentimes his students would show up to class hungry. when he'd visit their homes...

The feel of a mother's calloused hands rubbed raw from washing and cleaning and holding the household together. his cousin a va remembered sweltering days spent on the hands and knees in the cotton fields and lyndon whispering boy, there has got to be a better way to make a living than this. there's got to be a better way. it was not until years later when he was teaching in a so- called mexican school in a tiny town in texas, that he came to understand how much worse the persistence of pain and poverty could be for other races in the jim crowe south. oftentimes, his students would show up to ...