Bobby Bland - Essential Classics, Vol. 927- Bobby -Blue- Bland (2025) [Official Digital Download]

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. 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." The inspiration behind his unique style was a Detroit Preacher, CL Franklin, because Bland studied his sermons. He was sometimes referred to as the "Lion of the Blues" and as the "Sinatra of the Blues". His music was 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 the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2012. He 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 Memphis's Beale Street blues scene". In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Bland at number 163 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.

TRACKLIST

1. Bobby Bland - Ain't No Sunshine when She's Gone
2. Bobby Bland - Members Only
3. Bobby Bland - Take off your Shoes
4. Bobby Bland - If I Don't Get Involved
5. Bobby Bland - Get your Money where You Spend your Time
6. Bobby Bland - Second Hand Heart
7. Bobby Bland - I Just Tripped On a Piece of your Broken Heart
8. Bobby Bland - I Need Your Love so Bad
9. Bobby Bland - Sad Street
10. Bobby Bland - I'm a Blues Man
11. Bobby Bland - I'm Not Ashamed to Sing the Blues
12. Bobby Bland - I Just Won't Be your Fool Anymore
13. Bobby Bland - Tonight's the Night (It's Gonna Be Alright)
14. Bobby Bland - Heart Open up Again
15. Bobby Bland - Double Trouble
16. Bobby Bland - The Truth will Set You Free
17. Bobby Bland - When Hearts Grow Cold
18. Bobby Bland - Walkin' & Talkin' & Singin' the Blues
19. Bobby Bland - After All
20. Bobby Bland - There's No Easy Way to Say Goodbye



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