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Robert Calvin Bland (born Robert Calvin Brooks; January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer. Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. [1] He was described as "among the great storytellers of blues and soul music... [who] created tempestuous arias of love ...
Jun 24, 2013 · Bland was admired by artists including Van Morrison, who featured him at some of his concerts, and Mick Hucknall, who made the album Tribute to Bobby in 2008. He was inducted into the Blues Hall ...
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- Tony Russell
Jun 24, 2013 · Bobby (Blue) Bland, the debonair balladeer whose sophisticated, emotionally fraught performances helped modernize the blues, died on Sunday at his home in Germantown, Tenn., a suburb of Memphis.
- Bill Friskics-Warren
Jun 25, 2013 · As admirers sing the praises of Bobby Bland, who died yesterday, we dig into the vaults to find a lovely snapshot from a 1982 NME profile with the great bluesman
Jun 24, 2013 · Singer Bobby “Blue” Bland has died at the age of 83, his son said Monday. Bland’s son Rodd told CNN that failing health had forced his dad off the stage earlier this year.
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Jun 24, 2013 · Bland first topped the R&B charts in 1957. Bobby "Blue" Bland, the blues and soul singer whose most memorable songs included Further On Up the Road and Turn On Your Love Light, has died. The 83 ...
Jun 24, 2013 · GRENADA, Miss. (AP) — Bobby "Blue" Bland, a distinguished singer who blended Southern blues and soul in songs such as "Turn on Your Love Light" and "Further On Up the Road," died Sunday. He was 83. Rodd Bland said his father died about 5:30 p.m. Sunday due to complications from an ongoing illness at his Memphis, Tenn., home surrounded by relatives. Bland was known as the "the Sinatra of the ...
