Bobby Bland

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blues singer human rhythm and blues singer soul singer

Bobby Bland was an influential American blues and soul singer known for his smooth, expressive vocal style and a string of R&B hits from the 1950s through the 1970s.

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Bobby "Blue" Bland 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blues singer ⓘ
human ⓘ
rhythm and blues singer ⓘ
soul singer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2013 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bobby Bland ⓘ
surface form: Bobby "Blue" Bland

The Lion of the Blues ⓘ
associatedAct B. B. King ⓘ
surface form: B.B. King

Johnny Ace ⓘ
Junior Parker ⓘ
Rosco Gordon ⓘ
awardReceived Blues Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
birthName Robert Calvin Bland ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications from an ongoing illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-01-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2013-06-23 ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hallOfFame Blues Hall of Fame ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1981 ⓘ
1992 ⓘ
influencedGenre contemporary R&B ⓘ
modern soul ⓘ
memberOf Beale Street ⓘ
surface form: Beale Streeters
name Bobby Bland self-link ⓘ
notableAlbum Call On Me / That's the Way Love Is ⓘ
Dreamer ⓘ
Here's the Man!!! ⓘ
His California Album ⓘ
Two Steps from the Blues ⓘ
notablePeriod 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
notableWork Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City ⓘ
Call On Me ⓘ
Cry Cry Cry ⓘ
Farther Up the Road ⓘ
I Pity the Fool ⓘ
I'll Take Care of You ⓘ
Stormy Monday Blues ⓘ
That's the Way Love Is ⓘ
Turn On Your Love Light ⓘ
occupation singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Rosemark, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Germantown, Tennessee ⓘ
surface form: Germantown, Tennessee, United States
recordLabel Duke Records ⓘ
MCA Records ⓘ
Malaco Records ⓘ
vocalStyle smooth and expressive ⓘ

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Bobby Bland → alsoKnownAs → Bobby Bland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bobby "Blue" Bland
B. B. King → collaboratedWith → Bobby Bland ⓘ
Bobby Bland → name → Bobby Bland self-link ⓘ
Blues Hall of Fame → notableInductee → Bobby Bland ⓘ