Bobby Bland Musical artist

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 King Cole'>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 Memphis's Beale Street blues scene".

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Blue or The Lion of the Blues
Birth date	January 27, 1930
Birth place	United States , Rosemark Tennessee
Date of death	June 23, 2013
Place of death	Germantown Tennessee , United States

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Musical artist

associated musical artist	Lonnie Mack B.B. King
Background	Solo singer
genre	Blues Rhythm and blues Soul music Soul blues
instrument	Harmonica Singing
record label	ABC Records Duke Records Malaco Records Chess Records Modern Records