Profile
Famous as :
Blues singerBirth Name :
Riley B. KingBirth Date :
September 16, 1925Birth Place :
Itta Bena, Mississippi, USASpouse :
Martha Lee Denton (Nov 11, 1944 - 1952), Sue Carol Hall (June 04, 1958 - 1966)Claim to fame :
Single "Three O'Clock Blues" (1951)
Grammy Awards
2006
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Traditional Blues Album for "80"
2005
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for "Sinner's Prayer"
shared with Ray Charles
2003
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Pop Instrumental Performance for "Auld Lang Syne"
2003
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Traditional Blues Album for "A Christmas Celebration of Hope"
2001
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Traditional Blues Album for "Riding with the King"
shared with Eric Clapton
2001
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for "Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)"
shared with Dr. John
2001
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Traditional Blues Album for "Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan"
2000
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Traditional Blues Album for "Blues on the Bayou"
1999
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Contemporary Blues Album for "Deuces Wild"
1997
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Rock Instrumental Performance for "SRV Shuffle"
shared with Eric Clapton; Buddy Guy; Bonnie Raitt
1994
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Traditional Blues Album for "Blues Summit"
1992
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Traditional Blues Album for "Live at the Apollo"
1991
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Traditional Blues Recording for "Live at San Quentin"
1991
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Contemporary Blues Recording for "Red Hot + Blue"
shared with Lee Atwater
1991
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Country Vocal Collaboration for "Waiting on the Light to Change"
shared with Randy Travis
1990
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Contemporary Blues Recording for "King of the Blues: 1989"
1990
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "When Love Comes to Town"
shared with U2
1988
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Contemporary Blues Recording (from "The Color of Money" soundtrack) for "Standing on the Edge of Love"
1986
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Traditional Blues Recording for "My Guitar Sings the Blues"
1984
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Traditional Blues Recording for "Blues 'n' Jazz"
1982
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording for "There Must Be a Better World Somewhere"
1971
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male for "The Thrill Is Gone"
Mobo Awards
1998
Won Mobo Lifetime Achievement AwardMTV Video Music Awards
1989
Won MTV Video Music Awardcategory Best Video from a Film (from film "Rattle & Hum" (1988)) for "When Love Comes to Town"
shared with U2
NAACP Image Awards
2002
Got nomination for NAACP Image Awardcategory Outstanding Performance in a Youth or Children's Series/Special for Sesame Street (1969)
Polar Music Prize
2004
Won Polar Music PrizeRock and Roll Hall of Fame
1987
Won Rock and Roll Hall of Famecategory Performer
W.C. Handy Awards
2001
Won W.C. Handy Awardcategory Entertainer of the Year
2001
Won W.C. Handy Awardcategory Contemporary Blues Album of the Year for "Riding with the King"
shared with Eric Clapton
1999
Won W.C. Handy Awardcategory Entertainer of the Year
1999
Won W.C. Handy Awardcategory Contemporary Blues Album of the Year for "Blues on the Bayou"
W.C. Handy Blues Awards
2005
Won W.C. Handy Blues Awardcategory Blues Entertainer of the Year
2003
Won W.C. Handy Blues Awardcategory Blues Entertainer of the Year
2002
Won W.C. Handy Blues Awardcategory Blues Entertainer of the Year
