When it comes to a musical obsession with B.B. King, the thrill is hardly gone.

The blues legend -- known for hits like “Three O’Clock Blues,” “Please Love Me” and “The Thrill Is Gone” -- performs Sunday at the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts.

Need a refresher on the longtime recording artist? Here are five quick facts.

1. B.B. King -- or, um, Riley B. King -- was born Sept. 16, 1925, on a cotton plantation in Mississippi. His middle initial isn’t an abbreviation.

2. The entertainer has no shortage of awards. Among the most noteworthy honors? He was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

3. A mid-1950s performance at a dance in Twist, Ark., sticks out on King’s biography. Why? Two men got into a fight, knocked over a kerosene stove and started a fire. B.B. King rushed outside -- but realized he left his guitar inside and went back into the building.

He later learned that the fight had been over a woman named Lucille -- starting his tradition of naming guitars Lucille.

4. Among the artist’s potential radio names that didn’t last: Beale Street Blues Boy and Blues Boy King.

5. King appeared on the album “The Simpsons Sing the Blues.”