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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I'd go back next Saturday.
B. B. King
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B. B. King
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: September 16
Died: 2015
Died: May 14
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I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.
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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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