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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Über Hysterie
- In memoriam
- Very Best of Albert King
- Very Best of Albert King (Songbook)
- Albert King
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 604,892
- Total plays
- 6,273,362
Tags
bluesrhythm and blueselectric bluesguitarClassic Blues
Albert King (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992) was an American blues guitarist and singer. One of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with B.B. King and Freddie King), Albert King stood 6' 4", weighed 250 lbs and was known as "The Velvet Bulldozer". He was born Albert Nelson on a cotton plantation in Indianola, Mississippi. During his childhood he would sing at a family gospel group at a church. One of 13 children, King grew up picking cotton on plantations near Forrest City <a href=
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Albert
- Family name
- King
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Sibling
- Bernard King
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- shooting guard
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 190
- Image
- Albert King - Philips Milano.jpg
- Height
- 198
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- date of birth
- 1959-12-17
- Commons category
- Albert King (basketball)
- drafted by
- Brooklyn Nets
- nickname
- Prince Albert
- end of work period
- 1991-00-00
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
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