Halloween Friday and Soulful Sunday 10/31/2014 HALLOWEEN AND FRIDAY so for blues Friday Bobby Blue Bland Friday the 13th Child Blues Friday coming on FRIDAY the 13th Bobby Blue Bland with Friday the 13th Child.. Voice of Memphis Music , Cotton Row Music & Records , Tall Cotton Productions Robert Calvin Bland aka Bobby Blue Bland (vocals; born January 27, 1930; died June 23, 2013) Bobby “Blue” Bland was born Robert Calvin Bland on January 27, 1930, in Rosemark, Tennessee, a small town near Memphis. When he was 17, he and his mother moved to Memphis. He worked at a garage during the week and sang spirituals on weekends. At various times, he served as a chauffeur for B.B. King and Roscoe Gordon and a valet for Junior Parker. He soon began hanging out on Beale Street, and he eventually became part of a loose-knit group called the Beale Streeters, which included Billy Duncan, Johnny Ace, B.B. King, Roscoe Gordon, Earl Forrest and Junior Parker. Bland’s painstakingly crafted records featured his deliberate, resolute vocals set over a backdrop of dazzling horn fanfares, supple rhythm parts and Wayne Bennett’s T-Bone Walker–style guitar. The quality of the records was stunning, and Bland’s vocals were the centerpiece. He projected warmth and intimacy, but he could also growl and howl. As a measure of his considerable appeal to black audiences, Bland placed an amazing 51 singles on the R&B Top 40. However, he crossed over into the pop-oriented Top 40 singles chart only four times and never got higher than Number 20 (with “Ain’t Nothing You Can Do,” in 1964).Bland passed away on June 23, 2013 at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 83 Friday The 13th Child Friday the 13th child Mother nearly died in pain And you never look over your shoulder Friends and family youll never see again Friends and family youll never see again Friday the 13th child Must be somewhere rows dont run But another day over your shoulder Make it shine like silver warm like the morning sun Shine like silver warm like the morning sun Having the time of my life and yours My life and yours Living the life (oh) God intended you for Oh, Lord knows you cant do no more Friday the 13th child Theres a rabbit dying by the road But another day over your shoulder Make it shine like silver Lord but it weighs like gold Oh, yeah, shine like silver Lord but it weighs just like gold Shine like silver Lord but it weighs like gold Rock & Roll hall of Fame, Voice of Memphis Music, Cotton Row Music & Records,Tall Cotton Productions , Blsfilm LLC, br toad & Barry Shankman youtu.be/4cPt7sCRPSo
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