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'''Riley B. King''', better known as '''FireballB. B. King''' or "The King of Blues" (born [[September 16]] [[1925]] in [[Itta Bena]], [[Mississippi]]), is an [[United States|American]] [[blues]] [[guitarist]] and [[singer-songwriter]], widely considered one of the best and most respected blues [[musician]]s of all time. One of his trademarks is "[[Lucille (guitar)|Lucille]]", the name he has given to his guitars since the [[1950s]] after he escaped a fire at a juke joint he was playing in. The fire was started by two men who were fighting over a woman named "Lucille". During their fight, they knocked over the bucket of burning kerosene used for heat. When King escaped the building, he realized that he had left his guitar in the burning building. He ran back inside to get it and after learning of what happened, he named his guitar "Lucille" to remind himself not to do it again.
