'King of Blues' Dies at 89: Top 20 BB King Classics We Fell in Love with Growing up

Here's to the king of Blues.

"The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn't know how other people would take it." – BB King

BB King is dead. And with him, an entire generation of free-flowing Blues that made every other budding guitarist dream of owning a special Gibson ES-355 "Lucile". King, known for his hits like "My Lucille", "Sweet Little Angel" and "Rock Me Baby", died in his sleep in Las Vegas, aged 89.

According to Edward M Komara, author of 'Encyclopedia Of The Blues,' King "introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that would influence virtually every electric blues guitarist that followed." King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, followed by being inducted into 2014 class of the R&B Music Hall of Fame.

The King may be dead, but the Blues genre will always form an important factor as long as music is around in the world. Indeed, whichever genre you may play – metal, rock and roll or anything else – Blues will always form the core of it (just ask the Slipknot guys).

Here are 20 of the top BB classics that have occupied our playlists for so many years.

Don't Answer the Door (1966)