Μπόμπι Μπλου Μπλαντ

Ο Ρόμπερτ Μπλαντ (Robert Calvin "Bobby" Bland, 27 Ιανουαρίου 1930 – 23 Ιουνίου 2013), γνωστός και ως Μπόμπι Μπλου Μπλαντ (Bobby "Blue" Bland) ήταν Αμερικανός τραγουδιστής της μπλουζ και της σόουλ. Αρχικά ήταν μέλος των Beale Streeters και αναφερόταν μερικές φορές με το όνομα "Λιοντάρι της Μπλουζ". Μαζί με άλλους καλλιτέχνες όπως οι Σαμ Κουκ, Ρέι Τσαρλς και Τζούνιορ Πάρκερ, ο Μπλαντ ανέπτυξε έναν ήχο που συγκέρασε την γκόσπελ με την μπλουζ και την R&B. Μιμητής του Φρανκ Σινάτρα, ήταν επίσης γνωστός ως ο "Σινάτρα των μπλουζ". Η μουσική του έχει επίσης επιρροές από το Νατ Κινγκ Κόουλ.
Ο Μπλαντ έγινε μέλος του Blues Hall of Fame το 1981 και του Rock and Roll Hall of Fame το 1992, ενώ τιμήθηκε και με Βραβείο Γκράμι συνολικής προσφοράς το 1997.

Δισκογραφία
Studio albums
 Blues Consolidated - 1958 (Duke Records) (με τον Τζούνιορ Πάρκερ)
Two Steps from the Blues (Duke 1961/MCA 2002)
Here's the Man! - 1962 (Duke Records)
Call On Me/That's The Way Love Is - 1963 (Duke Records)
Ain't Nothing You Can Do - 1964 (Duke Records)
The Soul of The Man - 1966 (Duke Records)
Touch of The Blues - 1967 (Duke Records)
Spotlighting The Man - 1969 (Duke Records)
His California Album - 1973 (Dunhill Records)
Dreamer - 1974 (Dunhill Records)
Get On Down - 1975 (ABC Records)
Reflections In Blue - 1977 (ABC Records)
Come Fly With Me - 1978  (ABC Records)
I Feel Good, I Feel Fine - 1979  (MCA Records)
Sweet Vibrations - 1980 (MCA 27076) (φόρος τιμής στον Τζο Σκοτ)
Try Me, I'm Real - 1981 (MCA 5233)
Here We Go Again - 1982 (MCA 5297)
Tell Mr Bland - 1983 (MCA 5425)
You've Got Me Loving You - 1984 (MCA 52436)
Members Only - 1985  (Malaco Records)
After All - 1986  (Malaco Records)
Blues You Can Use - 1987 (Malaco Records)
Midnight Run - 1989 (Malaco Records)
Portrait of the Blues - 1991 (Malaco Records)
Years of Tears - 1993 (Malaco Records)
Sad Street - 1995 (Malaco Records)
Memphis Monday Morning - 1998 (Malaco Records)
Blues At Midnight - 2003 (Malaco Records)

Live albums
Together for the First Time (με τον B.B. King) - 1974 (ABC)
Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live - 1976 (ABC)
Live On Beale Street - 1998 (Malaco Records)

Συλλογές
The Best Of - 1967 (Duke Records)
The Best Of Volume 2 - 1968 (Duke Records)
First Class Blues - 1987 (Malaco Records)
I'll take care of you - Rafael Lechowski - 2010 (Free)
''The Anthology - 2001 (MCA Records)

Singles
 Έτος Πλευρά A Πλευρά B Εταιρεία Θέσεις στα τσαρτς ΗΠΑ Pop ΗΠΑR&B 1951 "Booted" "I Love You Til The Day I Die" Chess - - 1952 "Crying All Night Long" "Dry Up Baby" - - "Good Lovin'"  "Drifting From Town To Town" - - "Crying" "A Letter From A Trench In Korea" - - "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" "St. James Infirmary Blues|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 Μη διαθέσιμοΤο Billboard δε δημοσίευσε κατάλογο της R&B κατά την περίοδο αυτή. 1964 "Ain't Nothing You Can Do"  "Honey Child" 20 "Share Your Love With Me" "After It's Too Late" 42 "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 / - 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"  - 13 1967 "You're All I Need" "Deep In My Soul" 88 6 "That Did It"  - 6 "A Touch of the Blues" "Shoes" - 30 1968 "Driftin' Blues" "A Piece Of Gold" 96 23 "Save Your Love For 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 1972 "Do What You Set Out To Do" "Ain't Nothing You Can Do" 64 6 "I'm So Tired"  - 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"  ABC - 21 "I Take It On Home"  - 41 1976 "Today I Started Loving You Again"  - 34 "It Ain't The Real Thing"  - 12 "Let The Good Times Roll"Bobby Bland & B. B. King  ABC Impulse - 20 1977 "The Soul of a Man"  ABC - 18 1978 "Sittin' On A Poor Man's Throne"  - 82 "Love To See You Smile"  - 14 "Come Fly With Me"  - 55 1979 "Tit For Tat"  MCA - 71 1980 "Soon As The Weather Breaks"  - 76 1981 "You'd Be A Millionaire"  - 92 1982 "Recess In Heaven"  - 40 1985 "Members Only"  Malaco - 54

Παραπομπές

Εξωτερικοί σύνδεσμοι

Δισκογραφία
Bobby Bland at Wenig-Lamonica Associates
Ο Bobby Blue Bland  στο AuthenticBlues.com

Κατηγορία:Αμερικανοί τραγουδιστές
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