(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 ...

Bobby had prevailed and his dream had finally come true. He was at last a star. On the strength of the number one hit "Farther Up the Road" in 1957, "Little Boy Blue" in 1958, and three big hits in ...

Bobby "Blue" Bland, a colossal figure in R&B and the blues, died Sunday in Memphis, Tenn., at age 83. His son told the Associated Press that Bland died of complications from an "ongoing illness." In a ...

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 ...

The “Turn on Your Love Light” and “Further On Up the Road” crooner suffered from an ongoing illness. By Sophie Schillaci Bobby Blue Bland - P 2013 Bobby “Blue” Bland, known as the “Sinatra of the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BARRETVILLE, Tenn. — A blues legend and ...

Jimi Hendrix once described the blues as "easy to play, but hard to feel;" Bobby "Blue" Bland made the blues as complex as a modernist novel, and effortlessly easy to feel. Bland may not have been the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (Memphis) He had an unforgettable voice.

His son said he died of complications from an ongoing illness He died at his Memphis home%2C surrounded by relatives Bland was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 JACKSON, Miss. -- ...

On May 18, 2003, Bobby "Blue" Bland appeared on Mountain Stage in Huntington, W.Va. Daniel Lanois, Tracy Nelson and singer-songwriter Will Hoge were on the bill that night, as well. When news of Bland ...

Ladies and gentlemen, here’s the man! I mean, the man! The sensational…the incomparable…the dynamic Bobby…Bobby Bland! Though it was over thirty years ago, I can still recall it as if it were ...

Junior Parker, according to Bland’s biography on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website. “His hallmark was his supple, confidential soul-blues delivery,” the website said. Bland received a Grammy ...