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The Best of Bobby Bland, 1967 (Duke Records) The Best of Bobby Bland, vol. 2, 1968 (Duke Records) First Class Blues, 1987 (Malaco Records) The "3B" Blues Boy: The Blues Years 1952–1959, 1991 (Ace Records) I Pity the Fool: The Duke Recordings, vol. 1, 1992 (MCA) Turn on Your Love Light: The Duke Recordings, vol. 2, 1994 (MCA) That Did It!:
Bobby Bland, B. B. King – vocals; B. B. King, Milton Hopkins, Johnny Jones, Ray Parker – guitar; Rudy Aikels, Louis Villery – bass guitar; John "Jabo" Starks ...
The album charted at number 172 on the Billboard 200 and at number 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. It spawned three hit singles : " Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City ", "I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)" and "Yolanda".
For his 2001 album The Blueprint, rapper Jay-Z recorded the song "Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)," a Kanye West-produced track built around a sample of Bobby Bland's chartmaking rendition. Other notable cover versions have been recorded by: Bobby Bazini - on his sophomore album, Where I Belong (folk/soul, 2014)
"I Pity the Fool" is a soul blues song originally recorded by Bobby Bland in 1961 for his first Duke Records album, Two Steps from the Blues. Many music writers believe that it was written by Joe Medwick, [2] although Duke owner Don Robey (using the pseudonym "Deadric Malone") appears on the songwriting credits.
"Farther Up the Road" or "Further on Up the Road" is a blues song first recorded in 1957 by Bobby "Blue" Bland. It is an early influential Texas shuffle and features guitar playing that represents the transition from the 1940s blues style to the 1960s blues-rock style.
Tribute to Bobby is a 2008 album by Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall under the mononym 'Hucknall' and was his first solo album. It was released in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2008 and is a collection of songs in tribute to the blues singer Bobby Bland .
"That's the Way Love Is" is a 1962 R&B single by blues singer Bobby Bland. [1] The single was the last of three entries to hit number one on the US Billboard R&B chart. "That's the Way Love Is" also made the Top 40. [2] The B-side of "That's the Way Love Is", entitled "Call On Me", [1] was also on the charts at the same time. The B-side was ...