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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - B.B. King's Early Experiences in Memphis
In the fifth segment B.B. King discusses leaving Mississippi and starting his radio career in Memphis, Tennessee. |
Video Information | |
Year: | 2000 |
Genre: | Educational |
Keywords: | Highway 61; Memphis, Tennessee; Beale Street; WDIA;tractor driver; picking cotton; hitchhiked; produce truck; cousin; Booker White; music business; fuel tanks; job; Sonny Boy Williamson; broadcast; Helena, Arkansas; King Biscuit Time; lunch; dinner; West Memphis, Tennessee;"Blues at Midnight"; four walling; Miss Annie; 16th Street Grill; gambling; Las Vegas; jukebox; $12.50 a night; Mr. Pepper; Mr. Ferguson; country and western music; Professor Nat D. Williams; Pepticon; Hadacol; tonics; jingle; |
Duration: | 00:12:03 |
Color: | Yes |
Sound: | Yes |
Amount of Motion: | Low |
Language: | English |
Sponsor: | Ferris Collection |
Contributing Organization: | William R. Ferris Collection |
Transcript Available: | No |
Digitization Information | |
Digitization Date: | 2006 |
Digitizing Organization: | Open Video |