Monday, June 24, 2013

Bobby (Blue) Bland, Soul and Blues Balladeer, Dies at 83

Bobby "Blue" Bland died Sunday at his Memphis home surrounded by family. Bland was one of the creators of what we know as Modern-Soul Blues. Robert Calvin "Bobby" Bland was born January 27, 1930. Bland was 

(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. Rodd Bland said his father died due to complications from an 

Bobby “Blue” Bland, one of the last great, iconic soul and blues singers of the 20th century, died Sunday at his Memphis home. He was 83. In the late 1940s, Bland was part of the group of young Memphis musicians who banded together to form the Beale 

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.

R&B singer Bobby "Blue" Bland, nicknamed the "Sinatra of the Blues," died Sunday, June 23, in Memphis, Tenn. He was 83. PHOTOS: Other stars we've lost in 2013. Rodd Bland, the musician's son, told the Associated Press that his father had passed away 

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