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B.B. King Set List (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Collection)

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B. B. King, born Riley B. King on September 16, 1925, is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter acclaimed for his complex guitar playing. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

The B.B. King Set List (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Collection) is a lengthy set list of instrumental songs, including the songs' authors, handwritten by B.B. King. Songs on the list are, in order: "West Coast Blues," "Ham's Blues," "Willow Weep for Me," "Cry Me a River," "Blue Sam Set," "IQ," "Port of Rico," "Lion Baby," "The Cool Rage," "Blue's in the Night," "Esquire Blues," "Trouble Number Two," "Cherry Rant," "One O 'Clock Jump," "Beasley's Blues," "Boogie Blues," "From Midnight to Dawn," "Stormy Monday," "Greyhound," "Smooth Sailing," "Willow Weep," "Jumping the Blues," "Blisters," "Bounce," and "Hot Biscuits."

: [Identification of item], B.B. King Set List (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Collection), Library and Archives, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

: Processed by Rachel Somerville, Project Archivist. Completed April 27, 2011. Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS and local processing manual.

: The B.B. King Set List (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Collection) was purchased by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. in 2010.

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