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Also known as Prince Albert

American basketball player

Person · Open Library

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7

Top works

  • Über Hysterie
  • In memoriam
  • Very Best of Albert King
  • Very Best of Albert King (Songbook)
  • Albert King

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1947-09-21

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
604,892
Total plays
6,273,362

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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=

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Sports profile

Sport
Basketball
Team
_Retired Basketball
Nationality
United States

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Wikidata facts

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)
nickname
Prince Albert
end of work period
1991-00-00
start of work period
1981-00-00
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