Bland (born Robert Calvin Brooks; January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer. Bland developed...
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Dreamer is the ninth solo studio album by American blues singer Bobby Bland. It was released in 1974 through ABC/Dunhill Records. Recording sessions took...
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Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad) (category Bobby Bland songs)
most-recorded song. In 1961, Bobby "Blue" Bland further popularized the song with an appearance in the pop record charts. Bland introduced a new arrangement...
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Today I Started Loving You Again (category Bobby Bland songs)
Swann 1969, Connie Smith 1969, Barbara Mandrell 1974, Sammi Smith 1975, Bobby Bland 1975, Emmylou Harris 1986, Skeeter Davis 1970 and Dolly Parton 1996....
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song written by Michael Price and Dan Walsh, and first recorded by Bobby "Blue" Bland for his Dreamer album on the ABC Dunhill label. While it is ostensibly...
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Farther Up the Road (category Bobby Bland songs)
"Further on Up the Road" is a blues song first recorded in 1957 by Bobby "Blue" Bland. It is an early influential Texas shuffle and features guitar playing...
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Turn On Your Love Light (category Bobby Bland songs)
is a rhythm and blues song recorded by Bobby Bland in 1961. It was an important R&B and pop chart hit for Bland and has become one of his most identifiable...
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guitarist, best remembered for his performances and recordings with Bobby Bland between the 1950s and 1980s. Bennett was born in Sulphur, Oklahoma, later...
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ISBN 978-1-4027-6623-7. Farley, Charles (2011). Soul of the Man: Bobby "Blue" Bland. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-60473-920-6. Field, Kim...
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Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live is a live album recorded in 1976 at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles by Bobby Bland and B. B. King. A-side...
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R&B coalition called the Beale Streeters, which included Johnny Ace, Bobby Bland, Junior Parker, B.B. King, and Roscoe Gordon. Forest had a hit record...
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Holly, Booker T & the MG's, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Muddy Waters and Bobby Bland. In his later life, Marriott distanced himself from the mainstream music...
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featuring blues legends Muddy Waters, Albert King, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Bobby Bland, Otis Rush, and Blind John Davis. Hannan has taught, lectured, and led...
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I'll Take Care of You (song) (category Bobby Bland songs)
originally recorded by Bobby Bland in 1959. It reached number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1960. Elements of the original Bland recording were used...
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Two Steps from the Blues (category Bobby Bland albums)
Two Steps from the Blues is the debut album by American blues singer Bobby Bland, in 1961. It compiles five songs recorded between 1956 and 1960 and seven...
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Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Bobby Bland, Sammy Davis Jr., Paulinho Da Costa, Charly García, the Fifth Dimension...
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Memphis Monday Morning (category Bobby Bland albums)
Monday Morning is an album by the American musician Bobby "Blue" Bland, released in 1998. Bland supported the album with North American club dates. It...
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Street was where it all started for me," King said. He performed with Bobby Bland, Johnny Ace, and Earl Forest in a group known as the Beale Streeters...
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May 2008 and is a collection of songs in tribute to the blues singer Bobby Bland. The album charted at number 18 in the UK Official Albums Chart and spent...
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singer and songwriter. King worked with Hank Ballard and The Midnighters, Bobby Bland, Lee "Shot" Williams, Eddy Clearwater, Freddie King, Lonnie Johnson,...
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guitarist and singer. He is best remembered for his decade-long backing of Bobby Bland, although in his own right Brown recorded over a dozen albums between...
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song were included on King's albums Live in Cook County Jail (1971), Bobby Bland and B.B. King Together Again...Live (1976), and Live at San Quentin (1991)...
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Goin' Down Slow (category Bobby Bland songs)
version by Howlin' Wolf with narration by Willie Dixon. A rendition by Bobby Bland was a hit in both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts. "Goin' Down Slow"...
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playing with James Brown as well as other notable musicians including Bobby Bland and B.B. King. A self-taught musician, he was known for his effective...
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I Pity the Fool (category Bobby Bland songs)
"I Pity the Fool" is a soul blues song originally recorded by Bobby Bland in 1961 for his first Duke Records album, Two Steps from the Blues. Many music...
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album includes two original songs as well as eight cover versions of Bobby Bland, Fleetwood Mac and Albert King. Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 received a score...
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a Beefheart album. The song would also be recorded by Eric Clapton, Bobby Bland, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Bryan Ferry. "Cajun Moon" was recorded by Herbie...
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Here's the Man! (category Bobby Bland albums)
Here's the Man!!! is the second studio album by Bobby Bland, released in 1962. It was issued in standard mono, as well true stereo and was the first Duke...
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on June 23, 1948. As a vocalist, he was influenced by artists such as Bobby Bland, Etta James, and Ray Charles. Kent began to sing professionally when...
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reported missing on January 1, 1994. According to District Attorney Bobby Bland, she had been strangled. Little pleaded guilty to killing her, receiving...
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