Portrays America's foremost blues singer, from his Mississippi sharecropper boyhood to the sixties' worldwide recognition of "Blues Boy" King, with many illustrations documenting the history of the blues

The Arrival Of B.b. King

Sawyer, Charles

Humor & Entertainment

Da Capo Press

The Arrival of B.B. King: The Authorized Biography

Arts & Photography

Music

DOUBLEDAY

B. B. King: The Authorized Biography

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This book documents a great American story, that of B.B.&nbsp;King, the "King of the Blues," and one of America's most important popular musicians. With fascinating images and history--most published for the first time--it traces his migration from the Chitlin' Circuit (the national network of Black theaters and roadhouses), to Club Ebony in his hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, and eventually to Carnegie Hall. What was it about Riley B. King that enabled him to become the worldwide "King of the Blues"? The author's quest to answer that question is chronicled here and tells the story of the once-impossible friendship between someone who grew up poor and Black in Mississippi and the white middle-class New Englander who fell in love with the blues and was determined to tell the story of his musical hero. King thrilled his audiences not only with his musical prowess, but with his capacity to establish intimacy, regardless of crowd size; he gave an estimated 18,000 concerts in 90 countries. B.B. King: From Indianola to Icon&nbsp;tells the story of King's journey from sharecropper to musical icon, one who brought the music of America--the blues--to the world. It is a book for blues fans and others who want to know how and why this transformation occurred.

B.B. King: From Indianola to Icon: A Personal Odyssey with the “King of the Blues”

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Written in the classic tradition of the self-made American that early found expression in Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography, Mr. Sawyer’s book discusses his childhood and formative years and beginnings of his political career but revolves around two major government appointmentsAmbassador to Belgium and Minister to Luxembourg during the close of World War II and Secretary of Commerce in the Truman administration, 1948-53. Among the important events in Mr. Sawyer’s cabinet years were the government seizure of the steel mills, the Dollar Line controversy, and the 1952 Democratic Party Nominating Convention. On these and other controversial events Mr. Sawyer’s book sheds new light and provides valuable firsthand accounts.
Representing the conservative faction in President Truman’s cabinet, Mr. Sawyer’s convictions were strong and his expression of them clear and unmistakable. His conclusionshis concerns”from his years of involvement in national and international affairs will be of special interest to readers who seek answers to such questions as the dollar drain, the imbalance of international payments, inflation, and, especially, over-population and communism, against which Mr. Sawyer urges drastic action.
Mr. Sawyer’s memoirs span most of the present century, and are particularly valuable for the thirties, forties, and fifties. Thanks to Mr. Sawyer’s vivid recollection and careful personal records, names that figured prominently in world events in our timeRoosevelt, Truman, Churchill, Attlee, Eisenhower, Spaakcome to life in these pages.

Concerns of a Conservative Democrat

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Southern Illinois University Press

How Blue Can You Get? A Teleplay: Docudrama Based On Elements from the Life of B.B. King

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Lankova, Bistra

Dramas & Plays

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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