Robert Calvin Brooks Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Robert Calvin "Bobby" Bland (January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), né Brooks, also known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer.Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. He was described as "among the great storytellers of blues and soul music... [who] created tempestuous arias of love, betrayal and resignation, set against roiling, dramatic orchestrations, and left the listener drained but awed." He was sometimes referred to as the "Lion of the Blues" and as the "Sinatra of the Blues"; his music was also influenced by Nat King Cole.Bland was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1981, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame described him as "second in stature only to B.B. King as a product of Memphis's Beale Street blues scene".
Patrice Moses, Rodd Bland, Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City, Turn on Your Lovelight, Stormy Monday
Parents
Mary Lee Brooks, I. J. Brooks, Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City, Turn on Your Lovelight, Stormy Monday
Siblings
James Cotton
Awards
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Grammy Hall of Fame, Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Award, Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City, Turn on Your Lovelight, Stormy Monday
Inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Took last name (Bland) of his stepfather.
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He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
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He had his first No. 1 hit on the R&B charts with "Further On Up the Road" in 1957. Many of his songs, especially "Further On Up the Road" and "I Pity the Fool", were recorded by rock artists, including David Bowie and Eric Clapton.
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He was a founding member of the Beale Streeters, a Memphis group that included B.B. King and Johnny Ace.
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His singing blended Southern blues and soul. He was influenced by Nat 'King' Cole, often recording with lavish arrangements to accompany his smooth vocals.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Girls
2016
TV Series performer - 1 episode
11.22.63
2016
TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode
Vinyl
2016
TV Series performer - 1 episode
True Detective
2015
TV Series performer - 1 episode
DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: The Story of the National Lampoon
2015
Documentary performer: "Turn On Your Love Light" - as Bobby "Blue" Bland
The Butcher
2013/II
Short performer: "St. James Infirmary"
Fresh Meat
2011
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011
performer: "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" - as Bobby 'Blue' Bland
Fighting
2009
performer: "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" - as Bobby 'Blue' Bland
Skeppsholmen
2003
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Brown Sugar
2002
performer: "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" - as Bobby 'Blue' Bland
Remember the Titans
2000
performer: "Call On Me" - as Bobby "Blue" Bland
The Fugitive
1993
performer: "The Thrill Is Gone" 1951
To Sleep with Anger
1990
performer: "Walkin', Talkin' And Singin' The Blues", "I Hear You Thinking"
Mystery Train
1989
performer: "Get Your Money Where You Spend Your Time" - as Bobby Blue Band
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
1988
performer: "YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I ADORE"
Rolling Vengeance
1987
performer: "The Rhythm Of Love" - as Bobby Blue
Eyes of Laura Mars
1978
producer: "Boogie Nights" - as Bobby Blue
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Take Me to the River
2014
Documentary in memory of
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Take Me to the River
2014
Documentary
Himself
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
2012
Documentary
Himself
Austin City Limits
1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
Ebony/Jet Showcase
1988
TV Series
Himself
The Midnight Special
1974
TV Series
Himself
In Concert
1973
TV Series
Himself
Soul Train
1973
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Unsung
2016
TV Series documentary
Himself
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards
2014
TV Special
Himself - Blues Singer (In Memoriam) (as Bobby Blue Bland)
$2 Million
