The Thrill Is Gone
| "The Thrill Is Gone" | ||||
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B.B. King | ||||
| from the album Completely Well | ||||
| B-side | "You're Mean" | |||
| Released | December 1969 | |||
| Recorded | June 1969 | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul blues | |||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "The Thrill Is Gone" (album version) on YouTube | ||||
"The Thrill Is Gone" is a slow minor-key
blues standard.[3]
B.B. King rendition
B.B. King recorded his version of "The Thrill Is Gone" in June 1969 for his album marked a departure from both the original song and King's previous material.
When
signature songs. It reached number three in the Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles chart and number 15 in the broader Billboard Hot 100 chart.[5]
B.B. King's recording earned him a
Live at San Quentin (1991).[8]
Aretha Franklin version
Aretha Franklin covered the song on her 1970 album, Spirit in the Dark.[9]
References
- ^ a b "The Thrill Is Gone — B.B. King (ABC Bluesway, 1969)". The Blues Foundation. November 10, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
Writers' credits on the first B.B. releases went to Arthur H. Benson and Dale Pettite, but are now filed under Hawkins and Rick Darnell.
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ISBN 0-89820-068-7.
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Herzhaft, Gerard (1992). "Thrill Is Gone (The)". Encyclopedia of the Blues. Fayetteville, Arkansas: ISBN 1-55728-252-8.
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Hal Leonard (1995). "The Thrill Is Gone". The Blues. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: ISBN 0-79355-259-1.
- ^ Whitburn 1988, p. 236.
- ^ "Grammy Award Results for B.B. King: 13th Annual Grammy Awards (1970) – Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male "The Thrill Is Gone"". The Recording Academy. 1970. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ "Grammy Hall of Fame – B.B. King: "The Thrill Is Gone" BluesWay (1969) (Single)". The Recording Academy. 1998. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ Greenwald, Matthew. "B.B. King: The Thrill Is Gone – Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
- ^ Silver, Mark (July 1, 2011). "Aretha Franklin: Sweet, Bitter Blues". NPR. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
