Riley B. King also known as B.B. King was born on September 16, 1925. He was born in Berclair, Mississippi to sharecroppers Albert and Nora Ella King. He was born on the Berclair cotton plantation. When King was four, his mother left his father for another man. He was left to be raised by his grandmother in Mississippi. Whilst living with his grandmother, he joined the gospel choir in his town and he also learned to play guitar. In 1948, King performed for the first time on a radio station and he got more publicity through this. He then went on to work at WDIA as a disc player where he was named “Blues Boy.” King’s favorite singer was Frank Sinatra and he credits greatly for opening doors to Black entertainers. During this time and even before, Black entertainers weren’t given their chance to showcase their talents in spaces that weren’t necessarily made for them.