B. B. King Gladus Knigh The Thrill Is Gone ( The Midnight Special 1973)

B. B. King Gladus Knigh The Thrill Is Gone (The Midnight Special 1973) Artist : B. B. King Gladus Knigh Song : The Thrill Is Gone Album : Completely Well (1969) The Thrill Is Gone is a slow minorkey blues song written by West Coast blues musician Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in King recorded his version of The Thrill Is Gone in June 1969 for his album Completely Well, released the same year. King s version is a slow 12bar blues notated in the key of B minor in 4, 4 time. The Midnight Special was an American latenight musical variety series originally broadcast on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, 1972, then began its run as a regular series on February 2, 1973; its last episode was on May 1, 1981. The 90minute program followed the Friday night edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.