Bobby Bland Album Guide

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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.

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00:00Bobby Blue Bland was one of the preeminent soul-slash-R&B singers of the 1950s and 60s.

00:10Bland was born in Rosemark, Texas in 1930.

00:14He recorded his first single in 1951 with a very topical and relevant letter from a trench in Korea.

00:22Several legitimate R&B hits would follow in successive years, including some that would become standards.

00:30Such as, Farther Up the Road, Cry Cry Cry, and Turn On Your Love Light.

00:36Bland also recorded several classic albums during his career, the best of which are the following.

00:42Ain't Nothing You Can Do, from 1964.

00:45Touch of Blues, from 1967.

00:48Dreamer, from 1974.

00:51And Reflections in Blue, from 1977.

00:55Two Steps from the Blues, from 1991, is the finest compilation of Bland's early R&B hits.

01:04The Best of Bobby Bland, from 1967, and The Best of Bobby Bland, Vol. 2, from 1968, are also fine collections worth seeking out.

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01:18menor.

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01:19Dosれ.

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01:19defensa gros.

01:20Watch 2016.

01:20Wir Love.

01:21Work 2016.

01:21fight 2016.

01:22happen 2017.

01:22Future 2015.

01:23War 2014.

01:24mir-i.

01:24twousthine.

01:25Let's say 2020.

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