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Community-ranked versions of I'm A King Bee. Filter by any year or era below, sort by Best / Year / Length, or follow the outbound Archive.org ↗ link to listen.

Times Played38

First Played1/8/66

Last Played3/31/94

Typical Length8:12

Longest9:18 (2/24/71)

#1 Consensus PickApr. 28, 1971

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#1 Apr. 28, 1971 · Fillmore East - New York, NY SBD

Length: 8:42 · #1 of 1971 · Archive: 4.86/5 (53 reviews, 181,031 dl)

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#2 Feb. 21, 1971 · Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY SBD

Length: 9:12 · #2 of 1971 · Archive: 4.31/5 (36 reviews, 145,103 dl)

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#3 Feb. 25, 1966 · Ivar Theater - Los Angeles, CA SBD

#1 of 1966 · Archive: 4.85/5 (69 reviews, 143,888 dl)

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#4 Jan. 8, 1966 · Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA SBD

#2 of 1966 · Archive: 4.60/5 (57 reviews, 181,878 dl)

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#5 Feb. 28, 1969 · Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA SBD

#1 of 1969 · Archive: 4.72/5 (60 reviews, 127,563 dl)

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#6 Apr. 5, 1971 · Manhattan Center - New York, NY SBD

Length: 8:29 · #3 of 1971 · Archive: 4.77/5 (38 reviews, 117,569 dl)

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#7 Dec. 15, 1971 · Hill Auditorium - Ann Arbor, MI SBD

Archive: 4.68/5 (56 reviews, 126,332 dl)

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#8 Apr. 17, 1971 · Dillon Gym, Princeton U. - Princeton, NJ SBD

Archive: 4.71/5 (58 reviews, 126,579 dl)

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#9 Nov. 6, 1970 · Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY

#1 of 1970 · Archive: 4.32/5 (45 reviews, 138,068 dl)

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#10 Feb. 24, 1971 · Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY SBD

Length: 9:18 · Archive: 4.10/5 (20 reviews, 120,619 dl)

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#11 July 29, 1966 · P.N.E. Garden Auditorium - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada SBD

#3 of 1966 · Archive: 4.74/5 (32 reviews, 85,568 dl)

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#12 Mar. 12, 1966 · Danish Center - Los Angeles, CA SBD

Archive: 4.27/5 (44 reviews, 132,077 dl)

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#13 Mar. 24, 1971 · Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA SBD

Archive: 4.51/5 (39 reviews, 67,656 dl)

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#14 Dec. 23, 1970 · Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA SBD

#2 of 1970 · Archive: 4.55/5 (36 reviews, 85,816 dl)

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#15 Dec. 12, 1969 · Thelma - Los Angeles, CA SBD

#2 of 1969 · Archive: 4.42/5 (42 reviews, 80,047 dl)

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#16 May 30, 1969 · Springer's Inn - Portland, OR SBD

Length: 9:02 · #3 of 1969 · Archive: 4.61/5 (20 reviews, 48,194 dl)

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#17 Nov. 19, 1966 · Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 5:28 · Archive: 4.70/5 (62 reviews, 131,043 dl)

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#18 Apr. 18, 1969 · Memorial Union Ballroom, Purdue U. - Lafayette, IN SBD

Length: 9:13 · Archive: 4.13/5 (21 reviews, 36,083 dl)

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#19 June 28, 1969 · Veterans Auditorium - Santa Rosa, CA SBD

Archive: 4.63/5 (21 reviews, 50,816 dl)

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#20 Aug. 29, 1969 · Family Dog at The Great Highway - San Francisco, CA SBD

Archive: 4.50/5 (19 reviews, 60,887 dl)

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#21 Mar. 1, 1970 · Family Dog at The Great Highway - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 8:12 · #3 of 1970 · Archive: 4.45/5 (16 reviews, 65,488 dl)

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#22 Apr. 6, 1969 · Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA SBD

Archive: 4.37/5 (24 reviews, 56,948 dl)

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#23 May 7, 1970 · Dupont Gymnasium M.I.T. - Cambridge, MA

Length: 8:07 · Archive: 3.83/5 (30 reviews, 221,345 dl)

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#24 June 21, 1969 · Fillmore East - Late Show New York, NY SBD

Archive: 4.23/5 (21 reviews, 57,481 dl)

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#25 Nov. 7, 1970 · Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY

Archive: 3.88/5 (8 reviews, 77,090 dl)

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#26 Apr. 11, 1970 · Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA SBD

Archive: 4.61/5 (11 reviews, 22,017 dl)

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#27 Dec. 12, 1970 · Santa Rosa Fairgrounds - Santa Rosa, CA SBD

Archive: 4.25/5 (9 reviews, 44,088 dl)

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#28 Jan. 24, 1970 · Honolulu Civic Auditorium - Honolulu, HI SBD

Length: 7:04 · Archive: 4.85/5 (14 reviews, 47,122 dl)

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#29 June 20, 1969 · Fillmore East - Late Show New York, NY

Archive: 4.30/5 (14 reviews, 11,161 dl)

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#30 July 30, 1966 · P.N.E. Garden Auditorium - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada SBD

Archive: 4.08/5 (16 reviews, 56,209 dl)

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#31 Mar. 31, 1994 · The Omni - Atlanta, GA SBD

Length: 9:05 · Archive: 3.20/5 (20 reviews, 29,954 dl)

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#32 Nov. 16, 1970 · Fillmore East - New York, NY SBD

Length: 7:17 · Archive: 3.96/5 (32 reviews, 106,701 dl)

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#33 Mar. 3, 1971 · Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 7:29 · Archive: 4.07/5 (17 reviews, 46,640 dl)

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#34 Oct. 26, 1969 · Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA SBD

Archive: 3.14/5 (10 reviews, 18,847 dl)

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#35 July 4, 1969 · Electric Theater - Chicago, IL SBD

Archive: 3.24/5 (14 reviews, 37,621 dl)

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#36 Dec. 8, 1993 · Sports Arena - Los Angeles, CA SBD

Length: 7:58 · Archive: 3.39/5 (23 reviews, 31,835 dl)

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#37 Sept. 26, 1969 · Fillmore East - Late Show New York, NY

Archive: 2.60/5 (13 reviews, 36,349 dl)

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#38 Nov. 20, 1970 · The Palestra, U. of Rochester - Rochester, NY

Length: 7:04 · Archive: 3.83/5 (18 reviews, 64,409 dl)

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Best Version of I'm A King Bee for Every Year (1966–1994)

Year	Played	#1 Version of Year	Venue	Length	Score	Tape
1966	6×	Feb. 25, 1966 SBD	Ivar Theater - Los Angeles, CA	-	74	Archive.org ↗
1969	12×	Feb. 28, 1969 SBD	Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA	-	73	Archive.org ↗
1970	10×	Nov. 6, 1970	Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY	-	64	Archive.org ↗
1971	8×	Apr. 28, 1971 SBD	Fillmore East - New York, NY	8:42	81	Archive.org ↗
1993	1×	Dec. 8, 1993 SBD	Sports Arena - Los Angeles, CA	7:58	24	Archive.org ↗
1994	1×	Mar. 31, 1994 SBD	The Omni - Atlanta, GA	9:05	34	Archive.org ↗