B.B. King: Why Google honors him today
Google honours musician with doodle on what would have been his 94th birthday.
Described as the "King of Blues", Riley B King - popular as BB King - would have been 94 on Monday.
In the honour of the iconic American musician, Google is changing its logo in more than 60 countries for an animation of him that includes his thrilling version of The Thrill is Gone.
Below, Al Jazeera takes a look at the story of the guitarist and singer, and his achievements:
Early life
King was born on September 16, 1925, on the Berclair cotton plantation near the town of Itta Bena, in Mississippi.
He was the son of sharecroppers, Albert and Nora Ella King.
At the age of four, his mother decided to leave his father for another man. King was sent to live with his maternal grand...