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1974 studio album by B. B. King

Friends

Studio album by B. B. King

Released

1974

Studio

Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Genre

Blues

Length

29:06

B. B. King chronology

To Know You Is to Love You
(1973)

Friends
(1974)

Together for the First Time... Live
(1974)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	C

Friends is a studio album by B. B. King, released by ABC Records in 1974. It was available in stereo under the reference ABCD-825 and in quadraphonic sound under the reference CQD-40022. This album maintains the sentimental mood initiated in the previous album To Know You Is to Love You recorded in the same studio by the same producer.

Track listing

Details are from the original 1974 vinyl LP.

Side A

"Friends" (Dave Crawford, Charles Mann, Will Boulware) – 4:44
"I Got Them Blues" (Dave Crawford, Deryll Inman) – 4:31
"Baby I'm Yours" (Van McCoy) – 3:28
"Up At 5 AM" (Dave Crawford) – 3:15

Side B

"Philadelphia" (Dave Crawford) – 6:03
"When Everything Else Is Gone" (Will Boulware) – 3:08
"My Song" (Dave Crawford, Charles Mann) – 3:57

Personnel

Musical

B. B. King – vocals, guitar
Dave Crawford & Charles Mann – backgrounds vocals
Deryll Inman – guitar
Norman Harris – guitar
Bobby Eli as Eli Tarkesty – guitar
Roland Chambers – guitar
Dave Crawford – keyboards
Will Boulware – keyboards
Ron Kersey – keyboards
Larry Washington – congas
Vincent Montana Jr. – vibraphone
Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
Wayne Jackson – trumpet
The Memphis Horns – horns
Roy Renaldo & Philadelphia Strings – strings
Wade Marcus – arrangement

Technical

Joe Tarsia – engineer (Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia)
Mike Lizzio – engineer (Las Vegas Recording Studio, Las Vegas)

References

^ "Friends – B.B. King | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
Danchin, Sebastian (1998). Blues Boy – The Life and Music of B. B. King. University Press of Mississippi. p. 85. ISBN 1-57806-017-6.

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Discography
Studio albums	1960: My Kind of Blues 1968: Blues on Top of Blues Lucille 1969: Completely Well 1970: Indianola Mississippi Seeds 1971: B.B. King in London 1972: L.A. Midnight Guess Who 1973: To Know You Is to Love You 1974: Friends 1975: Lucille Talks Back 1977: King Size 1978: Midnight Believer 1979: Take It Home 1981: There Must Be a Better World Somewhere 1982: Love Me Tender 1983: Blues 'N' Jazz 1985: Six Silver Strings 1988: King of the Blues: 1989 1991: There Is Always One More Time 1993: Blues Summit 1994: Heart to Heart 1997: Deuces Wild 1998: Blues on the Bayou 1999: Let the Good Times Roll 2000: Riding with the King Makin' Love Is Good for You 2003: Reflections 2005: B. B. King & Friends: 80 2008: One Kind Favor
Live albums	1965: Live at the Regal 1967: Blues Is King 1969: Live & Well 1971: Live in Cook County Jail 1974: Together for the First Time... Live 1976: Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live 1980: Now Appearing at Ole Miss 1990: Live at San Quentin 1991: Live at the Apollo 1999: Live in Japan
Notable compilations	1957: Singin' the Blues 1958: The Blues 1968: His Best – The Electric B. B. King 1983: Why I Sing the Blues 1992: King of the Blues 1995: Lucille & Friends 1999: His Definitive Greatest Hits 2005: The Ultimate Collection 2007: The Best of the Early Years 2012: Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. B.B. King
Singles	1951: "3 O'Clock Blues" 1952: "Shake It Up and Go" 1952: "You Know I Love You 1955: "Every Day I Have the Blues" 1956: "Sweet Little Angel" 1959: "Sugar Mama" 1961: "Someday Baby" 1962: "Goin' Down Slow" 1963: "Trouble in Mind" 1964: "How Blue Can You Get" "Rock Me Baby" "Please Send Me Someone to Love" 1965: "Blue Shadows" 1966: "Eyesight to the Blind" "Just Like a Woman" "Five Long Years" "Ain't Nobody's Business" 1970: "The Thrill Is Gone" "Worried Life" 1976: "Let the Good Times Roll" 1985: "Big Boss Man" 1988: "When Love Comes to Town" 1992: "Since I Met You Baby"
Other songs	1961: "Driving Wheel 1974: "Black Night" 1977: "Don't You Lie to Me" 1985: "In the Midnight Hour" 1995: "You Shook Me" 1998: "Mean Ole' World" 1999: "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" "Buzz Me" "Saturday Night Fish Fry" "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" "Early in the Mornin'" 2000: "Hold On, I'm Comin'" "Come Rain or Come Shine" "Since I Fell for You" 2005: "Need Your Love So Bad" "Early in the Morning" 2008: "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" "Sitting on Top of the World"
Related articles	Bukka White (cousin) B.B. King "Into the Night" Memphis blues The Beale Streeters Beale Street WDIA Chitlin' Circuit Bihari brothers Lucille (guitar) B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center The Road to Memphis

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