# Three O'Clock Blues guitar solo

> The guitar solo on Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King (1951) starts at about 0:05. From the album Singin' the Blues. A blues classic from the 1950s.

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B.B. King, 1951, from *Singin' the Blues*. Solo by *B.B. King*.

His first national R&B chart-topper already shows the clean, jump-blues-influenced single-note attack that would define him.

Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King is #6 in our ranking of the best B.B. King guitar solos. The solo is played by B.B. King and the song was released in 1951.

## In our lists

- [The Best B.B. King Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/b-b-king-guitar-solos/) — #6
- [The Best Guitar Solos of 1951](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1951/) — #8

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Three O'Clock Blues?

B.B. King played the solo on B.B. King's Three O'Clock Blues (1951).

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