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King Size
Studio album by
Released1977
Genre Blues
Label ABC
Producer Esmond Edwards
B. B. King chronology
Bobby Bland and B.B. King Together Again...Live
(1976)
King Size
(1977)
Midnight Believer
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideB− [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide [3]

King Size is a studio album by the American musician B. B. King, released in 1977. [4]

Track listing

  1. "Don't You Lie to Me"
  2. "I Wonder Why"
  3. "I Just Want to Make Love to You / Your Lovin' Turns Me On"
  4. "Slow and Easy"
  5. "Got My Mojo Working"
  6. "Walkin' in the Sun"
  7. "Mother Fuyer"
  8. "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh"
  9. "It's Just a Matter of Time"

Personnel

  • B.B. King – guitar, vocals
  • Lee Ritenour, Milton Hopkins, Charles Julian Fearing – 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 – violin
  • 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

  1. ^ Ginell, Richard S.. King Size at AllMusic
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 118. ISBN  0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ The B.B. King Reader: 6 Decades of Commentary. Hal Leonard. 2005. p. 200.