--- description: The song is a tribute to the letter "B" title: Watch B.B. King Jam With the Cast of 'Sesame Street' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [remembrance](/tag/remembrance/) ## remembrance Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch B.B. King Jam With the Cast of _Sesame Street_ by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 15, 2015 4:13 PM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 15, 2015 4:13 PM CUT _Sesame Street_ paid tribute to blues legend B.B. King on Friday by [tweeting](https://twitter.com/sesamestreet/status/599171976503005184 "undefined") 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 images  B.B. King poses for a portrait in 1950. Gilles Petard/Redferns  From Left: Musicians B.B. King, Eric Clapton and Elvin Bishop perform together in 1967 in New York City. Don Paulsen—Michael Ochs Archives  B.B. King performs on a TV show in Los Angeles in the early 1970's . Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty images  B.B. King performs at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Ill. on Sept. 22, 1985. Bettmann/Corbis  From Left: U2 and B.B. King perform onstage during The Lovetown tour on Sept. 1, 1989 in Australia. Bob King—Redferns  From Left: B.B. King and John Lee Hooker pose for a portrait on Jan. 1, 1997. Bill Reitzel—Corbis  From 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 Images  B.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/Corbis  B.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 Images  From 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 Images  B.B. King performs at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on Aug. 13, 2013 in Atlanta. John Davidson—Corbis ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3860339/bb-king-sesame-street/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3860339/bb-king-sesame-street/"},"headline":"Watch B.B. 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