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Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993)
Music Department, Actor, Composer
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| 289 titles |
| Films in Production (1 title) | Budget | Status |
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£50K
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Post-Prod
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| Past Film & Video (76 titles) | Budget | Opening Weekend | Gross (US & Canada) | Gross (Worldwide) |
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$30MM
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$560K
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$20MM
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$40MM
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$201K
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$3.7MM
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$7MM
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Till (2022)
Performer: "He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped", Writer: "He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped" |
$33MM
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$242K
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$9MM
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$3K
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$41K
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American Epic (2017)
Performer: "Salt Peanuts", "Oop Bop Shebam", "A Date With Dizzy", Writer: "Oop Bop Shebam", Writer: "Salt Peanuts", "A Date With Dizzy" |
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€11MM
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$11K
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$82K
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$1.3MM
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I Called Him Morgan (2016)
Performer: "A Night In Tunisia" Written By Nm0318926 (as John Gillespie) & Nm1455471 |
$13K
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$129K
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$129K
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$28MM
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$3.2MM
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$7MM
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$9MM
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NGN 1.27B
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$5K
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$55K
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$306K
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$25MM
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$40K
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$744K
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$9.6MM
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$116K
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$47K
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$583K
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$51K
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$617K
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$1.6MM
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€9.2MM
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$21K
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$351K
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$2.3MM
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More Than a Game (2008)
Performer: "Manteca [The Funky Lowlives Remix]", Writer: "Manteca [The Funky Lowlives Remix]" |
$183K
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$951K
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$960K
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$9.8MM
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$95K
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$183K
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$40MM
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$13MM
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$81MM
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$138MM
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$1.2MM
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$2MM
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$3.3MM
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$30K
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$19K
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$44K
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$44K
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$1MM
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$32K
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$544K
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$544K
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The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997)
Performer: "Shaw 'Nuff'", "Groovin' High", Writer: "Shaw 'Nuff'", "Groovin' High" |
$4MM
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$13K
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$46K
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$46K
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$47MM
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$20MM
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$60MM
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$103MM
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$28K
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$39K
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$39K
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Dizzy Gillespie and the United Nations Orchestra: Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1989)
(Video) - Performer: "Tin Tin Deo", "A Night In Tunisia", "And Then She Stopped", Writer: "Tin Tin Deo", "A Night In Tunisia", "Kush", "Tanga", "And Then She Stopped" |
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$5K
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$37K
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$576K
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$9MM
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$27K
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$2.2MM
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$2.2MM
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Dick Reed and Gary Keys Present Jazz in America Starring Dizzy Gillespie (1984)
(Video) - Performer: "Be-Bop", "Birk's Works" |
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Dick Reed and Gary Keys Present Jazz in America Starring Dizzy Gillespie's Dreamband (1984)
(Video) - Performer: "Groovin' High", "Hot House" |
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Dizzy Gillespie: Live at Concerts by the Sea (1983)
(Video) - Performer: "Be-Bop", "Kush", "Birk's Works", "Hard Of Hearing Mama", "Jazz America" |
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Gillespie Dizzy Dream Band Jazz America (1982)
(Video) - Performer: "Manteca", "A Night In Tunisia", "Groovin' High", "Poppa Joe", "Hot House", "Lover Man", "Tin Tin Deo", "Salt Peanuts (Vote Dizzy)" |
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SEK 1.3MM
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Jivin' in Be-Bop (1946)
Performer: "Salt Peanuts", "Oop-Bop Sh-Bam", "Dizzy's Untitled Original", "Shaw 'nuff", "I Waited For You", "A Night In Tunisia", "Crazy About A Man", "One Bass Hit", "Boogie In C", "Dynamo A", "Ornithology", "He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped", "Droppin' A Square", "Things To Come", "Ray's Idea", "Bag's Boogie" (uncredited), Writer: "Salt Peanuts", "Oop-Bop Sh-Bam", "Dizzy's Untitled Original", "Shaw 'nuff", "I Waited For You", "A Night In Tunisia", "One Bass Hit", "Dynamo A", "He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped", "Droppin' A Square", "Things To Come" (uncredited) |
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Murder with Music (1941)
Composer: Songs "Geeshee", "Too Late Baby", "Hello Happiness" And "Running Around" |
| Past Television (36 titles) | Episodes |
|---|---|
1
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1
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The Simpsons (2022)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Salt Peanuts" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2022), Writer: "Salt Peanuts" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2022)
The Sound of Bleeding Gums (Apr
10,
2022)
Season 33,
Episode 17
-
Performer: "Salt Peanuts" (uncredited),
Writer: "Salt Peanuts" (uncredited)
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1
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Fargo (2020)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Dizzy Atmosphere" (1 episode, 2020), Writer: "Dizzy Atmosphere" (1 episode, 2020)
Raddoppiarlo (Oct
4,
2020)
Season 4,
Episode 3
-
Performer: "Dizzy Atmosphere",
Writer: "Dizzy Atmosphere"
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1
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1
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1
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Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017)
(TV Mini-series) - Performer: "Salt Peanuts" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2017), Writer: "Salt Peanuts" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2017)
Showstoppers (Nov
17,
2017)
Season 1,
Episode 1
-
Performer: "Salt Peanuts" (uncredited),
Writer: "Salt Peanuts" (uncredited)
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1
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American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017)
(TV Mini-series) - Writer: "Bloomdido" (uncredited) (1 episode, 2017)
Before the Bunny: Marilyn Monroe (Apr
7,
2017)
Season 1,
Episode 1
-
Writer: "Bloomdido" (uncredited)
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1
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So You Think You Can Dance (2010)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Manteca" (1 episode, 2010), Writer: "Manteca" (1 episode, 2010) |
1
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries (2008)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Umbrella Man" (1 episode, 2008) |
1
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1
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The War (2007)
(TV Mini-series) - Performer: "Groovin' High" (1 episode, 2007), Writer: "Groovin' High" (1 episode, 2007)
A World Without War (Oct
2,
2007)
Season 1,
Episode 7
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Performer: "Groovin' High",
Writer: "Groovin' High"
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1
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1
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Independent Lens (2005)
(TV Series) - Performer: "This Time It's Us", "Ceciliana" (1 episode, 2005), Writer: "This Time It's Us", "Ceciliana" (1 episode, 2005)
Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photographs of Milt Hinton (Apr
12,
2005)
Season 6,
Episode 19
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Performer: "This Time It's Us", "Ceciliana",
Writer: "This Time It's Us", "Ceciliana"
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1
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Boycott (2001)
(TV Movie) - Performer: "Swing Low Sweet Cadillac", Writer: "Swing Low Sweet Cadillac" |
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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A Family Circus Easter (1982)
(TV Movie) - Easter Bunny (voice), Performer: "Now You See It... Now You Don't" |
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The Muppet Show (1980)
(TV Series) - Performer: "St. Louis Blues", "Little Bit Of Dis", "Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac" (uncredited) (1 episode, 1980)
Dizzy Gillespie (Mar
1,
1980)
Season 4,
Episode 13
-
Performer: "St. Louis Blues", "Little Bit Of Dis", "Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac" (uncredited)
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1
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6
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The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1976)
(TV Series) - Performer: "Bebop" (1 episode, 1976), Writer: "Bebop" (1 episode, 1976)
The Original Rompin' Stompin' Hot and Heavy, Cool and Groovy All Star Jazz Show (Apr
13,
1976)
Season 3,
Episode 3
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Performer: "Bebop",
Writer: "Bebop"
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1
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966)
(TV Series) - Background Music (1 episode, 1966), Composer (1 episode, 1966) |
2
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1
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NDR Jazz Workshops (1959–1962)
(TV Series) - Writer: "BeBop" (1 episode, 1962), Writer: "Woody 'n' You" (1 episode, 1961), Writer: "Dizzy Atmosphere" (1 episode, 1960), Writer: "Blue 'n Boogie" (1 episode, 1959) |
4
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1
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Timex All-Star Jazz Show (1959)
(TV Series) - Performer: "St. Louis Blues" (uncredited) (1 episode, 1959) |
1
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The Subject Is Jazz (1958)
(TV Series) - Writer: "Wouldn't You?" (1 episode, 1958), Writer: "Groovin' High" (1 episode, 1958), Performer: "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" (uncredited) (1 episode, 1958)
Performance (Apr
2,
1958)
Season 1,
Episode 2
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Writer: "Groovin' High",
Performer: "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" (uncredited)
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2
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1
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| Archive Footage (63 titles) |
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Howard Goodall's Story of Music (2013)
(TV Mini-series) - Self (archive footage) (uncredited) (1 episode, 2013) |
Io sono Tony Scott, ovvero come l'Italia fece fuori il più grande clarinettista del jazz (2010)
Self (archive footage) |
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries (2008)
(TV Series) - Self (archive footage) (1 episode, 2008) |
Jazz (2001)
(TV Mini-series) - Self (archive footage) (2 episodes, 2001)
A Masterpiece by Midnight: 1960 to the Present (Jan
31,
2001)
Season 1,
Episode 10
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Self (archive footage)
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American Masters (1993–1999)
(TV Series) - Self (archive footage) (2 episodes, 1993)
Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing (Dec
8,
1993)
Season 8,
Episode 1
-
Self (archive footage)
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Great Performances (1994)
(TV Series) - Self (archive footage) (1 episode, 1994)
Carnegie Hall Salutes the Jazz Masters: Verve Records at 50 (May
18,
1994)
Season 22,
Episode 14
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Self (archive footage)
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60 Minutes (1993)
(TV Series) - Self - Musician (archive footage) (segment "Nureyev & Diz") (1 episode, 1993)
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Harassment/Nureyev & Diz/A Tale of Two Cities (Jan
10,
1993)
Season 25,
Episode 17
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Self - Musician (archive footage) (segment "Nureyev & Diz")
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1992)
(TV Series) - Self (archive footage) (1 episode, 1992) |
The Bird: Charlie 'Bird' Parker, 1920-1955 (1989)
(TV Mini-series) - Self (archive footage) (1 episode, 1989) |
Arena (1985)
(TV Series) - Self - Performer (archive footage) (1 episode, 1985)
Blues Night: 2. B.B. King Speaks (Jul
27,
1985)
Season 10,
Episode 23
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Self - Performer (archive footage)
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| Other (2 titles) |
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