King Size (B. B. King album)
Appearance
King Size | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1977 | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Label | ABC | |||
Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
B. B. King chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B–[2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
King Size is the twenty-fourth studio album by B. B. King, released in 1977.
Track listing
- "Don't You Lie to Me" (Hudson Whittaker)
- "I Wonder Why" (William Preston, George Johnson)
- "I Just Wanna Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon)
- "Your Lovin' Turned Me On" (Riley King, Esmond Edwards)
- "Slow and Easy" (Earl Randle)
- "Got My Mojo Working" (Preston Foster)
- "Walking in the Sun" (Jeff Barry)
- "Mother Fuyer" (Traditional; arranged and adapted by Riley King)
- "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" (Bill Withers)
- "It's Just a Matter of Time" (Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis)
Personnel
- B.B. King – guitar, vocals
- Lee Ritenour, Milton Hopkins – guitar
- Joe Turner, Scott Edwards Jr. – bass guitar
- Sonny Burke – piano, synthesizer
- James Toney, Ronnie Barron – Hammond organ
- Ed Greene, John "Jabo" Starks – drums
- Earl Nash, Eddie "Bongo" Brown – percussion, congas
- Jimmy Forrest – tenor saxophone
- Fred Jackson Jr. – tenor saxophone, flute
- Ernie Watts – alto saxophone
- Jerome Richardson – baritone saxophone
- Garnett Brown – trombone
- Al Aarons, Bobby Bryant, Roy Poper – trumpet
- Nils Oliver, Ron Cooper – cello
- Paul Polivnick, Rollice Dale – viola
- Charles Veal, Jr., Haim Shtrum, Harris Goldman, Janice Gower, Kathleen Lenski, Bill Henderson – vioin
- Charles Veal, Jr. – concertmaster
- Johnny Pate – horn and string conductor and arranger
- Garnett Brown – horn and string conductor and arranger on "Slow and Easy"
References
- ^ Ginell, Richard S.. King Size at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 28, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 118. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.