Robert Calvin Bland(bornRobert Calvin Brooks;January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), known professionally asBobby "Blue" Bland,was an Americanbluessinger. Bland developed a sound that mixedgospelwith thebluesandR&B.[2]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."[3]The inspiration behind his unique style was a Detroit Preacher, CL Franklin, because Bland studied his sermons.[4]He was sometimes referred to as the "Lion of the Blues" and as the "Sinatra of the Blues".[1]His music was influenced byNat King Cole.[5]
Bobby Bland | |
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| Birth name | Robert Calvin Brooks |
| Also known as | Bobby "Blue" Bland Lion of the Blues[1] Sinatra of the Blues[1] |
| Born | January 27, 1930 Barretville, Tennessee,U.S. |
| Died | June 23, 2013(aged 83) Germantown, Tennessee,U.S. |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
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Bland was inducted into theBlues Hall of Famein 1981, theRock and Roll Hall of Famein 1992, and theMemphis Music Hall of Famein 2012.[6]He received theGrammy Lifetime Achievement Awardin 1997.[7]The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame described him as "second in stature only toB.B. Kingas a product ofMemphis'sBeale Streetblues scene ".[1]In 2023,Rolling Stoneranked Bland at number 163 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.[8]
Life and career
editEarly life
editBland was born Robert Calvin Brooks in the small town ofBarretville, Tennessee.[2][9][10]His father, I. J. Brooks, abandoned the family not long after Robert's birth. Robert later acquired the name "Bland" from his stepfather, Leroy Bridgeforth, who was also called Leroy Bland.[10]Robert dropped out of school in third grade to work in the cotton fields and never graduated from school.[11]
With his mother, Bland moved toMemphisin 1947, where he started singing with localgospelgroups, including the Miniatures. Eager to expand his interests, he began frequenting the city's famousBeale Street,where he became associated with a circle of aspiring musicians, includingB.B. King,Rosco Gordon,Junior ParkerandJohnny Ace,who collectively were known asthe Beale Streeters.[2][3][12]
Early career
editIn 1951, talent scoutIke Turnerrecorded Bland forModern RecordsatTuff Green's house in Memphis.[13][14]Because Bland wasilliterate,they first recorded the one song he knew, "They Call It Stormy Monday."[15][13]While the recording was never released, Bland later recorded the song in 1961, which became one of his hit singles.[16]Turner backed Bland on piano for his first two records which were released under the name Robert Bland.[16][17]Between 1951 and 1952, Bland recorded commercially unsuccessful singles for Modern andSun Records(which licensed its recordings toChess Records).[6]However, these records caught the attention ofDuke Records.[14][18]Bland's recordings from the early 1950s show him striving for individuality, but his progress was halted for two years while he served in theU.S. Army,during which time he performed in a band with the singerEddie Fisher.[19]
When Bland returned to Memphis in 1954, several of his former associates, including Johnny Ace, were enjoying considerable success. He joined Ace's revue and returned to Duke Records, which was then being run by theHoustonentrepreneurDon Robey.According to his biographer Charles Farley, "Robey handed Bobby a new contract, which Bobby could not read, and helped Bobby sign his name on it". The contract gave Bland just half a cent per record sold, instead of the industry standard of 2 cents.[18]
Bland released his first single for Duke in 1955.[12]In 1956 he began touring on theChitlin' Circuitwith Junior Parker in a revue called Blues Consolidated, initially doubling as Parker's valet and driver.[20]He began recording for Duke with the bandleader Bill Harvey and the arranger Joe Scott, asserting his characteristic vocal style and, with Harvey and Scott, beginning to craft the melodic big-band blues singles for which he became famous, often accompanied by the guitaristWayne Bennett.[18]Unlike many blues musicians, Bland played no instrument.[1]
Commercial success
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Bland's first chart success came in 1957 with "Farther Up the Road",which reached number 1 on theR&B chartand number 43 on theBillboardHot 100.It was followed by a series of hits on the R&B chart, including "Little Boy Blue" (1958).[21]He also recorded an album with Parker,Blues Consolidated,in 1958.[3]Bland's craft was most clearly heard on a series of early-1960s releases, including "Cry Cry Cry", "I Pity the Fool"(number 1 on the R&B chart in 1961) and"Turn On Your Love Light",which became a much-covered standard by many bands. Despite credits to the contrary—often claimed by Robey—many of these classic works were written by Joe Scott.[2]Bland also recorded a hit version ofT-Bone Walker's "Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)",which was erroneously given the title of a different song,"Stormy Monday Blues".[3]
His last record to reach number 1 on the R&B chart was "That's the Way Love Is",in 1963,[21]but he continued to produce a consistent run of R&B chart entries through the mid-1960s. He barely broke into the mainstream market; his highest-charting song on the pop chart, "Ain't Nothing You Can Do", peaked at number 20 in 1964, in the same week in which theBeatlesheld down the top five spots. Bland's records mostly sold on the R&B market rather than achievingcrossoversuccess. He had 23 top ten hits on theBillboardR&B chart. In the bookTop R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–1995,byJoel Whitburn,Bland was ranked number 13 of the all-time top-charting artists.[21]
Later career
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Financial pressures forced the singer to cut his touring band and in 1968 the group broke up.[22]He suffered fromdepressionand became increasingly dependent on alcohol,[2]but he stopped drinking in 1971.[22]His record company, Duke Records, was sold to the largerABC Recordsgroup.[22]This resulted in several successful and critically acclaimed contemporary blues and soul albums includingHis California AlbumandDreamer,[22]arranged byMichael Omartianand produced by ABC stafferSteve Barri.The albums, including the later "follow-up" in 1977,Reflections in Blue,were recorded in Los Angeles and featured many of the city's top session musicians at the time.[23]
The first single released fromHis California Album,"This Time I'm Gone for Good" took Bland back into the pop Top 50 for the first time since 1964 and made the R&B top 10 in late 1973. The opening track fromDreamer,"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City",was a strong R&B hit. A version of it was released in 1978 by the hard-rock bandWhitesnake,featuring the singerDavid Coverdale.Much later it was sampled byKanye WestonJay-Z's hip-hop albumThe Blueprint(2001). The song is also featured on the soundtrack of the crime dramaThe Lincoln Lawyer(2011), starringMatthew McConaughey.[24]The follow-up, "I Wouldn't Treat a Dog" was his biggest R&B hit for some years, climbing to number 3 in late 1974, but as usual his strength was never the pop chart (on which it reached number 88). Subsequent attempts at adding adiscoflavor were mostly unsuccessful.[22]A return to his roots in 1980 for atribute albumto his mentor Joe Scott, produced by music veterans Monk Higgins andAl Bell,resulted in the albumSweet Vibrations,but it failed to sell well outside of his traditional "chitlin circuit"base.[25]
In 1985, Bland signed a contract withMalaco Records,[22]specialists in traditional Southern black music, for which he made a series of albums while continuing to tour and appear at concerts withB. B. King.In the late 70s and throughout the 80s most blues artists were performing for white audiences; however, Bobby wanted to continue performing for African American audiences and felt that signing with Malaco Records would help him to do that.[4]The two had collaborated on two albums in the 1970s. Despite occasional age-related ill health, Bland continued to record new albums for Malaco and perform occasional tours alone, with the guitarist and producerAngelo Earland also with B. B. King, and performed at blues and soul festivals worldwide. In 1985, the albumMembers Onlyon Malaco reached number 45 on Billboard's R&B albums chart, and the title song reached number 54 for R&B singles. It was his last chart single, and became Bland's signature song for the rest of his career. Bland was inducted into theRock and Roll Hall of Famein 1992. 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".[1]
Collaborations and tributes
editThe Irish singer-songwriterVan Morrisonwas an early adherent of Bland, covering "Turn On Your Love Light" while with the bandThem(he later covered "Ain't Nothing You Can't Do" on his 1974 live albumIt's Too Late to Stop Now), and Bland was an occasional guest singer at Morrison's concerts.[26]He also included a previously unreleased version of a March 2000 duet of Morrison and Bland singing "Tupelo Honey"on his 2007 compilation album,The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3.[27]
In 1987 the first solo album by American singerPatty Smythafter departing the bandScandal,featured a song co-written by Smyth andRick Chertoff,Eric BazillianandRob Hymanentitled "Heartbreak Heard Around the World", which featured the lyrics:I'm not crazy, well maybe I am/'Cause I just wanna sing like Bobby Blue Bland.[28]The album reached #66 on theBillboardUS Albums chart and the song was released internationally as the B-side of the first single released from the album.
In 2008 the British singer and lead vocalist ofSimply Red,Mick Hucknall,released the albumTribute to Bobby,containing songs associated with Bland. The album reached 18 in theUK Albums Chart.[29][30]
Death
editBland continued performing until shortly before his death. He died on June 23, 2013, at his home inGermantown, Tennessee,a suburb ofMemphis,after what family members described as "an ongoing illness." He was 83.[10][31][32][33]He is interred atMemorial Park Cemeteryin Memphis.[34]He is survived by his wife, Willie Martin Bland, and his son Rodd, who is also a musician.[3]After his death, his son Rodd told news media that Bland had recently told him that the blues musicianJames Cottonwas Bland's half-brother.[10]
Accolades
editBland was nominated for seven Grammy Awards in the course of his career.[35]
He received the following honors:
- Blues Hall of Fame– inducted 1981
- Rhythm and Blues Pioneer Award – 1992
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame– inducted 1992[36]
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award– 1997[35]
- Rhythm & Blues Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award – 1998[37]
- Grammy Hall of Fame– "Turn On Your Love Light"(1999)[38]
- Memphis Music Hall of Fame– inducted 2012[6]
- National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame– inducted 2021
Discography
editStudio albums
edit| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [39] |
US R&B [39] |
US Blues [39] | |||
| May 1961[40] | Two Steps from the Blues | – | – | – | Duke |
| June 1962[41] | Here's the Man! | 53 | – | – | |
| June 1963[42] | Call on Me/That's the Way Love Is | 11 | – | – | |
| 1964 | Ain't Nothing You Can Do | 119 | – | – | |
| 1966 | The Soul of the Man | – | 17 | – | |
| 1967 | Touch of the Blues | – | 38 | – | |
| 1969 | Spotlighting the Man | – | 24 | – | |
| 1973 | His California Album | 136 | 3 | – | Dunhill |
| 1974 | Dreamer | 172 | 5 | – | |
| 1975 | Get On Down | 154 | 14 | – | ABC |
| 1977 | Reflections in Blue | 185 | 47 | – | |
| 1978 | Come Fly with Me | 185 | 31 | – | |
| 1979 | I Feel Good, I Feel Fine | 187 | 34 | – | MCA |
| 1980 | Sweet Vibrations | – | 29 | – | |
| 1981 | Try Me, I'm Real | – | 52 | – | |
| 1982 | Here We Go Again | – | 22 | – | |
| 1983 | Tell Mr Bland | – | 50 | – | |
| 1984 | You've Got Me Loving You | – | 35 | – | |
| 1985 | Members Only | – | 45 | – | Malaco |
| 1986 | After All | – | 65 | – | |
| 1987 | Blues You Can Use | – | 71 | – | |
| 1989 | Midnight Run | – | 26 | – | |
| 1991 | Portrait of the Blues | – | 50 | – | |
| 1993 | Years of Tears | – | 80 | – | |
| 1995 | Sad Street | – | – | 11 | |
| 1998 | Memphis Monday Morning | – | – | 12 | |
| 2003 | Blues at Midnight | – | – | 4 | |
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
Live albums
edit| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [39] |
US R&B [39] |
US Blues [39] | |||
| 1974 | Together for the First Time(with B. B. King) | 43 | 2 | – | ABC |
| 1976 | Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live | 73 | 9 | – | |
| 1998 | Live on Beale Street | – | – | 8 | Malaco |
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
Collaborative album
edit- Blues Consolidated,1958 (Duke Records) (withJunior Parker)
Compilations
edit- The Best of Bobby Bland,1967 (Duke Records)
- The Best of Bobby Bland,vol. 2, 1968 (Duke Records)
- First Class Blues,1987 (Malaco Records)
- The "3B" Blues Boy: The Blues Years 1952–1959,1991 (Ace Records)
- I Pity the Fool: The Duke Recordings,vol. 1, 1992 (MCA)
- Turn on Your Love Light: The Duke Recordings,vol. 2, 1994 (MCA)
- That Did It!: The Duke Recordings,vol. 3, 1996 (MCA)
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: The Duke Recordings,1998 (MCA, Duke/Peacock)
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The ABC–Dunhill/MCA Recordings,1998 (MCA)
- The Anthology,2001 (MCA)
- Unmatched: The Very Best of Bobby Bland,2011 (Malaco)
- Angel in Anguish: The Deep, Deep Soul of Bobby Blue Bland,2013 (Fingertips)
Singles
edit| Year | A-side | B-side | Label | Chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [43] |
US R&B [21] | |||||||
| 1951 | "Crying All Night Long" | "Dry Up Baby" | Modern | – | – | |||
| 1952 | "Good Lovin'" | "Drifting from Town to Town" | – | – | ||||
| "Crying" | "A Letter from a Trench In Korea" | Chess | – | – | ||||
| "Lovin' Blues" | "I.O.U. Blues" | Duke | – | – | ||||
| 1953 | "Army Blues" | "No Blow, No Show" | – | – | ||||
| 1955 | "Time Out" | "It's My Life Baby" | – | – | ||||
| "You or None" | "Woke Up Screaming" | – | – | |||||
| 1956 | "I Can't Put You Down" | "You've Got Bad Intentions" | – | – | ||||
| "I Learned My Lesson" | "I Don't Believe" | – | – | |||||
| 1957 | "Don't Want No Woman" | "I Smell Trouble" | – | – | ||||
| "Farther Up the Road" | "Sometime Tomorrow" | 43 | 1 | |||||
| "Teach Me (How to Love You)" | "Bobby's Blues" | – | – | |||||
| 1958 | "You Got Me Where You Want Me" | "Loan a Helping Hand" | – | – | ||||
| "Little Boy Blue" | "Last Night" | – | 10 | |||||
| 1959 | "You Did Me Wrong" | "I Lost Sight of the World" | – | – | ||||
| "I'm Not Ashamed" | "Wishing Well" | – | 13 | |||||
| "Is It Real" | "Someday" | – | 28 | |||||
| "I'll Take Care of You" | "That's Why" | 89 | 2 | |||||
| 1960 | "Lead Me On" | "Hold Me Tenderly" | – | 9 | ||||
| "Cry Cry Cry" | "I've Been Wrong So Long" | 71 | 9 | |||||
| 1961 | "I Pity the Fool" | "Close to You" | 46 | 1 | ||||
| "Don't Cry No More" | "Saint James Infirmary" | 71 | 2 | |||||
| "Turn On Your Love Light" | "You're the One (That I Need)" | 28 | 2 | |||||
| 1962 | "Ain't That Loving You" | "Jelly, Jelly, Jelly" | 86 | 9 | ||||
| "Who Will the Next Fool Be" | "Blue Moon" | 76 | 12 | |||||
| "Yield Not to Temptation" | "How Does a Cheating Woman Feel" | 56 | 10 | |||||
| "Stormy Monday Blues" | "Your Friends" | 43 | 5 | |||||
| 1963 | "That's the Way Love Is" | "Call on Me" | 33 / 22 | 1 / 6 | ||||
| "Sometimes You Gotta Cry a Little" | "You're Worth It All" | 56 | 28 | |||||
| "The Feeling Is Gone" | "I Can't Stop Singing" | 91 / 106 | N/A[44] | |||||
| 1964 | "Ain't Nothing You Can Do" | "Honey Child" | 20 | |||||
| "Share Your Love with Me" | "After It's Too Late" | 42 / 111 | ||||||
| "Ain't Doing Too Bad (Part 1)" | "Ain't Doing Too Bad (Part 2)" | 49 | ||||||
| 1965 | "Blind Man" | "Black Night" | 78 / 99 | |||||
| "Ain't No Telling" | "Dust Got in Daddy's Eyes" | 93 / 125 | 25 / 23 | |||||
| "These Hands (Small but Mighty)" | "Today" | 63 | 4 | |||||
| 1966 | "I'm Too Far Gone (To Turn Around)" | "If You Could Read My Mind" | 62 | 8 | ||||
| "Good Time Charlie" | "Good Time Charlie (Working His Groove Bag)" | 75 | 6 | |||||
| "Poverty" | "Building a Fire with Rain" | 65 | 9 | |||||
| "Back in the Same Old Bag Again" | "I Ain't Myself Anymore" | 102 | 13 | |||||
| 1967 | "You're All I Need" | "Deep in My Soul" | 88 | 16 | ||||
| "That Did It" | "Getting Used to the Blues" | – | 6 | |||||
| "A Touch of the Blues" | "Shoes" | – | 30 | |||||
| 1968 | "Driftin' Blues" | "You Could Read My Mind" | 96 | 23 | ||||
| "Honey Child" | "A Piece of Gold" | – | – | |||||
| "Save Your Love for Me" | "Share Your Love With Me" | – | 16 | |||||
| "Rockin' in the Same Old Boat" | "Wouldn't You Rather Have Me" | 58 | 12 | |||||
| 1969 | "Gotta Get to Know You" | "Baby, I'm on My Way" | 91 | 14 | ||||
| "Chains of Love" | "Ask Me 'Bout Nothing (But the Blues)" | 60 | 9 | |||||
| 1970 | "If You've Got a Heart" | "Sad Feeling" | 96 | 10 | ||||
| "If Love Ruled the World" | "Lover with a Reputation" | – | 16 / 28 | |||||
| "Keep On Loving Me (You'll See the Change)" | "I've Just Got to Forget About You" | 89 | 20 | |||||
| 1971 | "I'm Sorry" | "Yum Yum Tree" | 97 | 18 | ||||
| "Shape Up or Ship Out" | "The Love That We Share (Is True)" | – | – | |||||
| 1972 | "Do What You Set Out to Do" | "Ain't Nothing You Can Do" | 64 | 6 | ||||
| "I'm So Tired" | "If You Could Read My Mind" | – | 36 | |||||
| 1973 | "This Time I'm Gone for Good" | "Where Baby Went" | Dunhill | 42 | 5 | |||
| 1974 | "Goin' Down Slow" | "Up and Down World" | 69 | 17 | ||||
| "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" | "Twenty-Four Hour Blues" | 91 | 9 | |||||
| "I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)" | "I Ain't Gonna Be (The First to Cry)" | 88 | 3 | |||||
| 1975 | "Yolanda" | "When You Come to the End of Your Road" | ABC | 104 | 21 | |||
| "I Take It On Home" | "You've Never Been This Far Before" | – | 41 | |||||
| 1976 | "Today I Started Loving You Again" | "Too Far Gone" | 103 | 34 | ||||
| "It Ain't the Real Thing" | "Who's Foolin' Who" | – | 12 | |||||
| "Let The Good Times Roll" Bobby Bland &B. B. King |
"Strange Things Happening" | ABC Impulse | 101 | 20 | ||||
| 1977 | "The Soul of a Man" | "If I Weren't a Gambler" | ABC | – | 18 | |||
| 1978 | "Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne" | "I Intend to Take Your Place" | – | 82 | ||||
| "Love to See You Smile" | "I'm Just Your Man" | – | 14 | |||||
| "Come Fly with Me" | "Ain't God Something" | – | 55 | |||||
| 1979 | "Tit For Tat" | "Come Fly with Me" | MCA | – | 71 | |||
| 1980 | "Soon As the Weather Breaks" | "To Be Friends" | – | 76 | ||||
| 1981 | "You'd Be a Millionaire" | "Swat Vibrator" | – | 92 | ||||
| 1982 | "What a Difference a Day Makes" | "Givin' Up the Streets for Love" | – | – | ||||
| "Recess In Heaven" | "Exactly, Where It's At" | – | 40 | |||||
| "Here We Go Again" | "You're About to Win" | – | – | |||||
| 1983 | "Is This the Blues" | "You're About to Win" | – | – | ||||
| "If It Ain't One Thing" | "Tell Mr. Bland" | – | – | |||||
| 1984 | "Looking Back" | "You Got Me Loving You" | – | – | ||||
| "Get Real Clean" | "It's Too Bad" | – | – | |||||
| "You Are My Christmas" | "New Merry Christmas Baby" | – | – | |||||
| 1985 | "Members Only" | "I Just Got to Know" | Malaco | – | 54 | |||
| 1986 | "Can We Make Love Tonight" | "In the Ghetto" | – | – | ||||
| 1988 | "Get Your Money Where You Spend Your Time" | "For the Last Time" | – | – | ||||
| "24 Hours a Day" | "I've Got a Problem" | – | – | |||||
| 1989 | "You've Got to Hurt Before You Heal" | "I'm Not Ashamed to Sing the Blues" | – | – | ||||
| "Ain't No Sunshine" | "If I Don't Get Involved" | – | – | |||||
| 1990 | "Starting All Over Again" | "Midnight Run" | – | – | ||||
| "Take Off Your Shoes" | "If I Don't Get Involved" | – | – | |||||
| 1992 | "She's Putting Something in My Food" | "Let Love Have Its Way" | – | – | ||||
| 1993 | "There's a Stranger in My House" | "Hurtin' Time Again" | – | – | ||||
| 1994 | "I Just Tripped on a Piece of Your Broken Heart" | "Hole in the Wall" | – | – | ||||
| 1995 | "Double Trouble" | "Double Trouble (long version)" | – | – | ||||
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||
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- ^Whitburn, Joel (2003).Top Pop Singles 1955–2002(1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. pp.62–63.ISBN0-89820-155-1.
- ^Billboarddid not publish an R&B chart during this period.
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