Possibly the best known and most covered blues song in recent years. Originally written and recorded Roy Hawkins in 1951 The Thrill Is Gone became B.B. King's biggest hit. In 1997 King recorded this song as a duet with Tracy Chapman for his 1997 "Deuces Wild" album. Thom Oliphant shot the clip for the King/Chapman duet at a hotel in Oakland, California.
More backing tracks in style of B.B. King
B.B. King related videos
04:47
B.B. King & Luciano Pavarotti - The Thrill Is Gone HD
04:49
BB King & Stevie Wonder - The Thrill Is Gone
11:11
Crossroads 2010 - B.B.King - The Thrill is Gone
03:38
BB King & Tracy Chapman - The Thrill Is Gone
07:14
Quinn Sullivan - The Thrill is Gone
04:55
B.B. King in White House 2012
Artist info
Undisputed king of the blues influenced many later electric blues guitarists and is ranked No. 6 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. Probably the gratest blues song he performed ever was "The Thrill Is Gone", written by Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951. B.B. was best known for playing variants of the Gibson ES-355. In 1980, Gibson Guitar Corporation launched the B.B. King Lucille model.