Step 1 : Introduction to the question "1. One of the best blues guitarists to ever pick up an instrument, this gentleman's career began in 1949. Who plucked the strings and made it into Billboard's Top 20 in 1970 with "The Thrill is Gone"?"
...1. BB King 2. JB Thomas 3. BK Smith 4. ML King B.B. King, born in 1925 as Riley B. King, has been making music since a very young age. "Rolling Stone" magazine has ranked him at number six on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. His musical style and technique has been a model for thousands of players, from Eric Clapton and George Harrison to Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. His best showing on Billboard's Top 100 was a number 15 placing with "The Thrill is Gone" in 1970. He has had many R & B hits over the course of his 60 year career, and even into his 80s was still performing over 100 shows per year.
