Happy Birthday Bobby Bland, born this day in 1930. He is loved and truly missed by many ... Robert Calvin Bobby Bland (January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), né Brooks, also known professionally as Bobby Blue Bland, was an American blues singer. Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. He was described as among the great storytellers of blues and soul music... [who] created tempestuous arias of love, betrayal and resignation, set against roiling, dramatic orchestrations, and left the listener drained but awed. He was sometimes referred to as the Lion of the Blues and as the Sinatra of the Blues; his music was also influenced by Nat King Cole. Bland was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1981, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame described him as second in stature only to B.B. King as a product of Memphiss Beale Street blues scene.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:26:56 +0000
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