Bobby "Blue" Bland

Born
January 27, 1930
in Rosemark, TN 
Active Decades
19001020304050607080902000 
 
by Bill Dahl
Bobby Bland earned his enduring blues superstar status the hard way: without a guitar, harmonica, or any other instrument to fall back upon. All Bland had to offer was his magnificent voice, a tremendously powerful instrument in his early heyday, injected with charisma and melisma to spare. Just ask his legion of female fans, who deemed him a sex symbol late into his career.



For all his promise, Bland's musical career ignited slowly. He was a founding member of The Beale Streeters, the fabled Memphis aggregation that also included B.b. King and Johnny Ace. Singles for Chess in 1951 (produced by Sam Phillips) and Modern the next year bombed, but that didn't stop local DJ David Mattis from cutting Bland on a couple of 1952 singles for his fledgling Duke logo.



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