Bobby Blue Bland, (ur. 27.01.1930 w Rosemont, Tennessee, USA), wokalista o charyzmatycznym, głębokim głosie, gwiazda murzyńskiej muzyki popularnej.W 1950 utworzył w Memphis grupę Beale Streeters, w której grali także B.B. King, Johnny Ace i Roscoe Gordon. Zespół nagrywał - z producentem Samem Phillipsem - single dla wytwórni Chess i Modern, zaś Bland solowe nagrania zrealizował dla wydawnictwa Duke. Powołanie do wojska przerwało karierę wokalisty do 1955r. W pełni dojrzały wokalnie zadebiutował z zespołem saksofonisty Billa Harveya nagraniem It's My Life Baby.
W następnych sesjach ekspresyjne frazowanie uzupełniały partie gitary elektrycznej takich muzyków, jak: Clarence Hollimon, Pat Hare i Wayne Bennett. W ciągu 18 miesięcy aż 40 jego piosenek trafiło na listy przebojów.
W 1957 jedno z nagrań Farther Cip on the Road stało się ogólnokrajowym przebojem. W następnych latach popularność zyskały: Little Boy Blue, I'll Take Care of You, Turn on Your Love Light, Call on Me i kilkanaście innych.
Na początku lat 70-tych artysta był jedną z największych gwiazd "czarnej muzyki". Kiedy wytwórnię Duke zakupiła większa ABC, wokalista zrealizował kilka płyt wspólnie z B.B. Kingiem. Repertuar Blanda ewoluował od rhythm and bluesa i bluesa w stronę soulu i muzyki pop. Od połowy lat 80. związał się z niezależną wytwórnią Malaco. Nowy wydawca zapewnił wokaliście swobodę artystyczną, a Bland powrócił do tradycyjnego brzmienia muzyki soul lat 60-tych.
W wielu nagraniach jego śpiew stał się jednak manieryczny (często używał charakterystycznego gardłowego kląskania jako ozdobnika), głównie pod wpływem intensywnych i zawsze entuzjastycznie odbieranych, zwłaszcza przez kobiety, koncertów.
Album Midnight Run z 1989 przez rok przebywał na liście bestsellerowych albumów muzyki rhythm and bluesowej tygodnika "Billboard". Pod koniec lat 90-tych przeszedł operację serca, wrócił jednak do czynnego życia artystycznego. Był wielokrotnie nominowany do Grammy. Mimo że nie jest kompozytorem i nie gra na żadnym instrumencie, uczynił ze swojego głosu instrument zapewniający sukcesy przez blisko 50 lat.
Single
| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] | Komentarz |
| Farther Up the Road / Sometime Tomorrow | Bobby "Blue" Bland | 08.1957 | - | 43[21] | Duke 170 | [written by Don Robey/Joe Veasey ][produced by Don Robey][1[2][14].R&B; Chart] |
| Little Boy Blue/Last Night | Bobby "Blue" Bland | 10.1958 | - | - | Duke 196 | [written by Harper, Scott ][10[9].R&B; Chart] |
| I'm Not Ashamed/Wishing Well | Bobby "Blue" Bland | 05.1959 | - | - | Duke 303 | [written by D. Malone][13[11].R&B; Chart] |
| Is It Real/Someday | Bobby "Blue" Bland | 11.1959 | - | - | Duke 310 | [written by D. Malone][28[2].R&B; Chart] |
| I'll Take Care of You / That's Why | Bobby Bland | 01.1960 | - | 89[3] | Duke 314 | [written by Brook Benton ][2[18].R&B; Chart] |
| Lead Me On/Hold Me Tenderly | Bobby Bland | 04.1960 | - | - | Duke 318 | [written by D. Malone][9[5].R&B; Chart] |
| Cry Cry Cry / I've Been Wrong So Long | Bobby Bland | 11.1960 | - | 71[5] | Duke 327 | [written by Deadric Malone ][9[18].R&B; Chart] |
| I Pity the Fool / Close to You | Bobby Bland | 02.1961 | - | 46[7] | Duke 332 | [written by Deadric Malone ][produced by Don Robey][1[1][16].R&B; Chart] |
| Don't Cry No More / How Does a Cheating Woman Feel | Bobby Bland | 08.1961 | - | 71[7] | Duke 340 | [written by Deadric Malone,][2[20].R&B; Chart] |
| Turn On Your Love Light / You're the One (That I Need) | Bobby Bland | 12.1961 | - | 28[10] | Duke 344 | [written by Deadric Malone/Joseph Wade Scott][2[15].R&B; Chart] |
| Ain't That Loving You/Jelly, Jelly, Jelly | Bobby Bland | 03.1962 | - | 86[1] | Duke 338 | [written by Deadric Malone][9[13].R&B; Chart] |
| Who Will the Next Fool Be / Blue Moon | Bobby Bland | 03.1962 | - | 76[4] | Duke 347 | [written by Rodgers, Hart][12[8].R&B; Chart] |
| Ain't It a Good Thing / Jelly,Jelly,Jelly | Bobby Bland | 03.1962 | - | 86[1] | Duke 338 | [written by Deadric Malone ][12[8].R&B; Chart] |
| Yield Not to Temptation / How Does a Cheating Woman Feel | Bobby Bland | 08.1962 | - | 56[8] | Duke 352 | [written by Deadric Malone][10[11].R&B; Chart] |
| Stormy Monday Blues / Your Friends | Bobby Bland | 09.1962 | - | 43[13] | Duke 355 | [written by Hines, Eckstine][5[13].R&B; Chart] |
| Call On Me / That's the Way Love Is | Bobby Bland | 01.1963 | - | 22[12];B:33[10] | Duke 360 | [written by Deadric Malone][A:6[12].R&B; Chart][B:1[2][12].R&B; Chart] |
| Sometimes You Gotta Cry a Little / You're Worth It All | Bobby Bland | 07.1963 | - | 56[6] | Duke 366 | [written by Deadric Malone ][28[2].R&B; Chart] |
| The Feeling Is Gone / I Can't Stop Singing | Bobby Bland | 12.1963 | - | 91[3];B:106[4] | Duke 370 | [written by Deadric Malone ][A:36[4].R&B; Chart][B:19[9].R&B; Chart] |
| Ain't Doing Too Bad (Part 1) / Ain't Doing Too Bad (Part 2) | Bobby Bland | 03.1964 | - | 49[6] | Duke 383 | [written by Malone, Scott ][4[14].R&B; Chart] |
| Share Your Love With Me / After It's Too Late | Bobby Bland | 06.1964 | - | 42[9];B:111[1] | Duke 377 | [written by Al Braggs/Deadric Malone ][5[14].R&B; Chart] |
| Blind Man / Black Night | Bobby Bland | 01.1965 | - | 78[3];B:99[1] | Duke 386 | [written by Deadric Malone/Joe Scott ][B:written by Jessie Robinson ][A:18[5].R&B; Chart][B:36[2].R&B; Chart] |
| Ain't No Telling/Dust Got in Daddy's Eyes | Bobby Bland | 04.1965 | - | 93[1];B:125[1] | Duke 390 | [A:written by Deadric Malone ][B:written by Malone, Scott ][A:25[3].R&B; Chart][B:23[4].R&B; Chart] |
| These Hands (Small But Mighty) / Today | Bobby Bland | 08.1965 | - | 63[8] | Duke 385 | [written by Deadric Malone ][4[10].R&B; Chart] |
| I'm Too Far Gone (To Turn Around) / If You Could Read My Mind | Bobby Bland | 01.1966 | - | 62[6] | Duke 393 | [written by Belford Hendricks/Clyde Otis ][produced by Clyde Otis][8[15].R&B; Chart] |
| Good Time Charlie / Good Time Charlie (Part 2) | Bobby Bland | 05.1966 | - | 75[6] | Duke 402 | [written by Gilbert Caple/Deadric Malone/Joe Scott ][6[11].R&B; Chart] |
| Poverty / Building a Fire with Hair | Bobby Bland | 09.1966 | - | 65[5] | Duke 407 | [written by David Clark/Pearl Woods ][9[10].R&B; Chart] |
| Back in the Same Old Bag Again / I Ain't Myself Anymore | Bobby Bland | 12.1966 | - | 102[5] | Duke 412 | [written by Malone, Morrison, Scott][13[9].R&B; Chart] |
| You're All I Need / Deep in My Soul | Bobby Bland | 04.1967 | - | 88[2] | Duke 416 | [written by Pearl Woods ][16[11].R&B; Chart] |
| That Did It/Getting Used To The Blues | Bobby Bland | 07.1967 | - | - | Duke 421 | [written by P. Woods][produced by Pearl Woods][6[11].R&B; Chart] |
| A Touch Of The Blues/Shoes | Bobby Bland | 12.1967 | - | - | Duke 426 | [written by D. Malone][30[7].R&B; Chart] |
| Driftin' Blues / You Could Read My Mind | Bobby Bland | 03.1968 | - | 96[3] | Duke 432 | [written by Charles Brown/Johnny Moore/Edward Williams ][#2 r&b; hit for Johnny Moore Three Blazers in 1946][23[11].R&B; Chart] |
| Save Your Love For Me/Share Your Love With Me | Bobby Bland | 06.1968 | - | - | Duke 435 | [written by B. Johnson][16[9].R&B; Chart] |
| Rockin' in the Same Old Boat / Wouldn't You Rather Have Me | Bobby Bland | 11.1968 | - | 58[10] | Duke 440 | [written by Deadric Malone/Vernon Morrison ][12[11].R&B; Chart] |
| Gotta Get to Know You / Baby I'm on My Way | Bobby Bland | 06.1969 | - | 91[3] | Duke 447 | [written by Deadric Malone/Andre Williams ][14[10].R&B; Chart] |
| Chains of Love / Ask Me 'Bout Nothing (But the Blues) | Bobby Bland | 09.1969 | - | 60[7] | Duke 449 | [written by Ahmet Ertegun/Van Walls ][#2 r&b; hit for Joe Turner in 1951][9[10].R&B; Chart] |
| If You've Got a Heart / Sad Feeling | Bobby Bland | 02.1970 | - | 96[2] | Duke 458 | [written by Deadric Malone ][10[10].R&B; Chart] |
| If Love Ruled The World/Lover With A Reputation | Bobby Bland | 05.1970 | - | - | Duke 460 | [A:written by D. Malone, J. M. Veasey][B:written by D. Malone][A:16[7].R&B; Chart][B:28[7].R&B; Chart] |
| Keep on Loving Me (You'll See the Change) / I've Just Got to Forget About You | Bobby Bland | 12.1970 | - | 89[3] | Duke 464 | [written by Clyde Wilson ][produced by Don Davis][20[10].R&B; Chart] |
| I'm Sorry / Yum Yum Tree | Bobby Bland | 06.1971 | - | 97[1] | Duke 466 | [written by Sonny Thompson ][produced by Don Davis][#19 r&b; hit for Kenny Martin in 1958][18[8].R&B; Chart] |
| Do What You Set Out to Do / Ain't Nothing You Can Do | Bobby Bland | 02.1972 | - | 64[5] | Duke 472 | [written by Deadric Malone ][produced by Jay Wellington][6[12].R&B; Chart] |
| I'm So Tired/If You Could Read My Mind | Bobby Bland | 08.1972 | - | - | Duke 477 | [written by Deadric Malone ][produced by Ugene Dozier, Robert Evans][36[7].R&B; Chart] |
| This Time I'm Gone for Good / Where Baby Went | Bobby "Blue" Bland | 11.1973 | - | 42[13] | Dunhill/ABC 4369 | [written by Deadric Malone/Oscar Perry ][produced by Steve Barri][5[16].R&B; Chart] |
| Goin' down slow/Up and down world | Bobby "Blue" Bland | 03.1974 | - | 69[6] | Dunhill/ABC 4379 | [written by J.D. Odom ][produced by Steve Barri][17[16].R&B; Chart] |
| Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City / Twenty-Four Hour Blues | Bobby Bland | 08.1974 | - | 91[7] | Dunhill/ABC 15 003 | [written by Harvey Price/Dan Walsh][produced by Steve Barri][9[15].R&B; Chart] |
| I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me) / I Ain't Gonna Be the First to Cry | Bobby Bland | 11.1974 | - | 88[7] | Dunhill/ABC 15 015 | [written by Steve Barri/Michael Omartian/Harvey Price/Dan Walsh][produced by Steve Barri][3[15].R&B; Chart] |
| Yolanda/When you come to the end of your road | Bobby Bland | 06.1975 | - | 104[2] | ABC 12 105 | [written by Daniel Moore][produced by Steve Barri][21[13].R&B; Chart] |
| I Take It On Home/You've Never Been This Far Before | Bobby Bland | 10.1975 | - | - | ABC 12 133 | [written by K. O'Dell][produced by Don Gant, Ron Chancey][41[10].R&B; Chart] |
| Today I started loving you again/Too far gone | Bobby Bland | 04.1976 | - | 103[1] | ABC 12 156 | [written by M. Haggard, B. Owens][produced by Don Gant, Ron Chancey][34[12].R&B; Chart] |
| It Ain't The Real Thing/Who's Foolin' Who | Bobby Bland | 05.1976 | - | - | ABC 12 189 | [written by M. Price, D. Walsh][produced by Steve Barri][12[15].R&B; Chart] |
| Let the good times roll/Strange things | Bobby Bland & B.B.King | 07.1976 | - | 101[2] | ABC Impulse 31 006 | [#2 r&b; hit for Louis Jordan in 1947][written by S. Theard, F. Moore][produced by Esmond Edwards][20[11].R&B; Chart] |
| The Soul Of A Man/If I Weren't A Gambler | Bobby Bland | 06.1977 | - | - | ABC 12 280 | [written by Bobby Bland, Al Braggs][produced by Steve Barri][18[14].R&B; Chart] |
| Sittin' On A Poor Man's Throne/I Intend To Take Your Place | Bobby Bland | 03.1978 | - | - | ABC 12 330 | [written by Ron Hiller, Rich Wamil, Bill Mononen][produced by Steve Barri][82[6].R&B; Chart] |
| Love To See You Smile/I'm Just Your Man | Bobby Bland | 05.1978 | - | - | ABC 12 360 | [written by David Ervin, Kenny Pierce][produced by Al Bell, Monk Higgins][14[17].R&B; Chart] |
| Come Fly With Me/Ain't God Something? | Bobby Bland | 10.1978 | - | - | ABC 12 405 | [written by Lydia M. Purifoy, Pearl Smith, Allean Varnado][produced by Al Bell, Monk Higgins][55[7].R&B; Chart] |
| Tit For Tat/Come Fly With Me | Bobby Bland | 11.1979 | - | - | MCA 41140 | [written by Vee Pea, Monica Higgins][produced by Al Bell, Monk Higgins][71[10].R&B; Chart] |
| Soon As The Weather Breaks/To Be Friends | Bobby Bland | 03.1980 | - | - | MCA 41197 | [written by Vee Pea, Bobby Bland, Margie Evans][produced by Monk Higgins, Al Bell][76[4].R&B; Chart] |
| You'd Be A Millionaire/Sweet Vibrator | Bobby Bland | 03.1981 | - | - | MCA 51068 | [written by Bobby Bland, Vee Pea, Margie Evans][produced by Monk Higgins, Al Bell][92[4].R&B; Chart] |
| Recess In Heaven/Exactly, Where It's At | Bobby Bland | 08.1982 | - | - | MCA 52085 | [written by Vee Pea, Joyce Stiger][produced by Monk Higgins, Al Bell][40[11].R&B; Chart] |
| Members Only/I Just Got To Know | Bobby Bland | 11.1985 | - | - | Malaco 2122 | [written by Larry Addison][produced by Tommy Couch, Wolf Stephenson][54[16].R&B; Chart] |
Albumy
| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] | Komentarz |
| Here's the Man!!! | Bobby Bland | 09.1962 | - | 53[7] | Duke 75 | - |
| Call on Me / That's the Way Love Is | Bobby Bland | 07.1963 | - | 11[26] | Duke 77 | - |
| Ain't Nothing You Can Do | Bobby Bland | 08.1964 | - | 119[8] | Duke 78 | - |
| His California Album | Bobby "Blue" Bland | 11.1973 | - | 136[19] | Dunhill/ABC 50 163 | - |
| Dreamer | Bobby Bland | 08.1974 | - | 172[7] | Dunhill/ABC 50 169 | - |
| Together for the First Time | Bobby Bland with B.B.King | 10.1974 | - | 43[20] | Dunhill/ABC 50 190 | [gold][produced by Steve Barri] |
| Get on Down With Bobby Bland | Bobby Bland | 09.1975 | - | 154[5] | ABC 895 | - |
| Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live | Bobby Bland & B.B.King | 07.1976 | - | 73[14] | ABC/Impulse 9317 | - |
| Reflections In Blue | Bobby Bland | 05.1977 | - | 185[4] | ABC 1018 | - |
| Come Fly With Me | Bobby Bland | 07.1978 | - | 185[3] | ABC 1075 | - |
| I Feel Good | Bobby Bland | 10.1979 | - | 187[2] | MCA 3157 | - |
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