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 ...

For over half a century Jackson, Mississippi-based label Malaco Records has been an undeniable force in Black music. With a roster of R&B kings (Little Milton, Bobby “Blue” Bland), soul-blues masters ...

There ain’t but a few left. The Post-War generation of great blues musicians, the men and women who brought a rural music into the American city and then to the world is slipping away, Now we’ve lost ...

(Reuters) - Bobby "Blue" Bland, a pioneer of the modern soul-blues sound, died on Sunday, according to Memphis media reports. He was 83. June 24, 2013, 4:53 AM UTC / Source: Reuters (Reuters) - Bobby ...

If a man’s appeal can be measured by the degree to which his bodily functions blur the line between sensual and disgusting, then Bobby “Blue” Bland is the sexiest man on earth. This 75-year-old can ...