Sesame Street paid tribute to blues legend B.B. King on Friday by tweeting a video of his jam session with the show’s puppets, a song called “The Letter B.”
“Without the B, there’d be no Big Bird,” he sings. “There’d be no King B.B. But we do have the letter B.”
King died Thursday at the age of 89. “We mourn the loss of B.B. King,” Sesame Street wrote, “who taught us his favorite letter through his love of music.”
Look Back at B.B. King's Life and Career
B.B. King a local DJ at WDIA Radio poses for a portrait circa 1948 in Memphis, Tenn.Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty imagesB.B. King poses for a portrait in 1950.
Gilles Petard/RedfernsFrom Left: Musicians B.B. King, Eric Clapton and Elvin Bishop perform together in 1967 in New York City.Don Paulsen—Michael Ochs ArchivesB.B. King performs on a TV show in Los Angeles in the early 1970's . Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty imagesB.B. King performs at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Ill. on Sept. 22, 1985.Bettmann/CorbisFrom Left: U2 and B.B. King perform onstage during The Lovetown tour on Sept. 1, 1989 in Australia.Bob King—RedfernsFrom Left: B.B. King and John Lee Hooker pose for a portrait on Jan. 1, 1997.Bill Reitzel—CorbisFrom Left: President Bill Clinton plays the sax with B.B. King at 'A Family Celebration 2001' at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. on April 1, 2001 Kevin Winter—Getty ImagesB.B. King performs during the funeral for legendary singer and musician Ray Charles at the First AME Church in Los Angeles on June 18, 2004.Genaro Molina—Reuters/CorbisB.B. King smiles while President George W. Bush presents King with the Medal of Freedom on Dec. 15, 2006 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Tim Sloan—AFP/Getty ImagesFrom Left: B.B. King watches as President Barack Obama waves during the National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 9, 2010. Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty ImagesB.B. King performs at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on Aug. 13, 2013 in Atlanta.John Davidson—Corbis
