Bobby "Blue" Bland was known as the Frank Sinatra of the blues. He smoothed out Southern soul with the elegance of jazz and big-band music, sparked it with elements of country and pop, and influenced ...

Here it is now 41 years on — rescrubbed, remastered, reannotated, with two bonus tracks to boot — the greatest album ever recorded (partially) in Houston and released on a local label: Bobby Bland’s ...

On this day in 1963, Bobby “Blue” Bland ruled the R&B charts with a timeless love song.

GRENADA, Miss. (AP) - Bobby "Blue" Bland, a distinguished singer who blended Southern blues and soul in songs such as "Turn on Your Love Light" and "Further On Up the Road," died Sunday. He was 83.

The revered blues singer, one of the genre's true game-changers, died June 23 at age 83. Hear Bland perform a medley of his hits during an... Bobby 'Blue' Bland On Mountain Stage On May 18, 2003, ...

“Tribute to Bobby" isn't some clich blues or soul salute, but instead a modern pop album that draws effortlessly from all those sources." --NY Daily News One of the most distinctive vocalists in ...

Bland's music is the kind that can school anyone about the incomprehensible depths of love, the importance of dignity and the promise of the kind... Remembering The Multidimensional Music Of Bobby ...