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Sudden Stardom Of B B King Highlighted In Q&A
The column recalls B B King, The Blues Boy From Beale Street, gaining fame after years of poverty and honky tonks, noting his guitar Lucille and charity work. Readers’ letters touch on writers, actors, authors, and Harlem Globetrotters, with jokes about Marilyn Monroe’s punctuality and Billy Wilder’s critique.
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B. B
Riley King
Heale Street
Memphis
Gil
Lucille
B. B’s
Worthy
Veterans Hospitale
Billy Wilder
Billy Wild
Marilyn