B.B.KING - ROCK ME BABY

ROCK ME BABY

B.B.KING

songwriters: RILEY B. KING & JOE JOSEA
COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: HIS DEFINITIVE GREATEST HITS

LABEL: UNIVERSAL

STAMP: MCA

GENRE: BLUES

YEAR: 1999

Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. King introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that influenced many later blues electric guitar players.

King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, and is one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname "The King of the Blues", and is considered one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with Albert King and Freddie King, none of whom are blood related). King performed tirelessly throughout his musical career, appearing on average at more than 200 concerts per year into his 70s. In 1956 alone, he appeared at 342 shows.

King was born on a cotton plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi, and later worked at a cotton gin in Indianola, Mississippi. He was attracted to music and the guitar in church, and began his career in juke joints and local radio. He later lived in Memphis, Tennessee, and Chicago, and as his fame grew, toured the world extensively. King died at the age of 89 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 14, 2015.

In 1991, Beale Street developer John Elkington recruited B.B. King to Memphis to open the original B.B. King's Blues Club, and in 1994, a second club was launched at Universal Citywalk in Los Angeles. A third club in New York City's Times Square opened in June 2000 but closed on April 29, 2018. Management is currently in the process of finding a new location in New York City. Two more clubs opened, at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut in January 2002, and in Nashville in 2003. Another club opened in Orlando in 2007. A club in West Palm Beach opened in the fall of 2009 and an additional one, based in the Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, opened in the winter of 2009. Another opened in the New Orleans French Quarter in 2016. 

Rock me baby, rock me all night long

Rock me baby, honey, rock me all night long

I want you to rock me baby,

like my back ain't got no bones

Roll me baby, like you roll a wagon wheel

I want you to roll me baby, like you roll a wagon wheel

Want you to roll me baby,

you don't know how it makes me feel

Rock me baby, honey, rock me slow

Yeah, rock me pretty baby, baby rock me slow

Want you to rock me baby,

till I want no more.