50+ Music<p>"The Thrill Is Gone" is a slow minor-key blues song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WestCoastBlues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestCoastBlues</span></a> musician <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RoyHawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoyHawkins</span></a> and Rick Darnell in 1951. Hawkins's recording of the song reached number six in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillboardRAndBChart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillboardRAndBChart</span></a> in 1951. In 1970, "The Thrill Is Gone" became a major hit for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BBKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBKing</span></a>. His rendition helped make the song a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bluesStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bluesStandard</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpC69qIe02E" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=kpC69qIe02E</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>