R&B Soul Music Jukebox Discography and Biography of Bobby Bland
Bobby Bland Songs

(with biography below if available)

Robert Calvin "Bobby" Bland (January 27, 1930 - June 23, 2013), 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, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2012, 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".

Below is a list of Bobby Bland songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Duke 340
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #71
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: Two Steps from the Blues
 		Bobby Bland Don't Cry No More
1961 Duke
2 record label: Duke 344
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #28
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) & Joe Scott (as Joseph Scott)
album: Here's The Man
 		Bobby Bland Turn On Your Love Light
1961 Duke
3 record label: Duke 327
chart position: RandB #9, US #71
weeksinr&bchart: 18
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: Two Steps from the Blues
comments: [blues]
 		Bobby Bland Cry, Cry, Cry
1960 Duke
4 record label: Duke 360
chart position: RandB #6, US #22
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Deadric Malone
album: Call On Me/That's The Way Love Is
 		Bobby Bland Call On Me
1963 Duke
5 record label: Duke 375
chart position: RandB #3, US #20
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) & Joe Scott (as Joseph W. Scott)
album: Ain't Nothing You Can Do
 		Bobby Bland Ain't Nothing You Can Do
1964 Duke
6 record label: Duke 318
chart position: RandB #9
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: Two Steps from the Blues
 		Bobby Bland Lead Me On
1960 Duke
7 record label: Duke 170
chart position: RandB #1, US #43
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Don Robey and Joe Medwick (as Joe Veasey)
comments: [blues]
 		Bobby Bland Farther Up the Road
1957 Duke
8 record label: Duke 385
chart position: RandB #4, US #63
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
 		Bobby Bland These Hands (Small But Mighty)
1965 Duke
9 record label: Duke 377
chart position: RandB #5, US #42
written by: Al Braggs (as Alfred Braggs) & Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: Call On Me
comments: [ballad]
 		Bobby Bland Share Your Love With Me
1964 Duke
10 record label: Duke 314
chart position: RandB #2, US #89
weeksinr&bchart: 18
written by: Brook Benton
album: Two Steps from the Blues
comments: [ballad]
 		Bobby Bland I'll Take Care of You
1959 Duke
11 record label: Dunhill 4369
chart position: RandB #5, US #42
written by: Deadric Malone and Oscar Perry
album: His California Album
 		Bobby Bland This Time I'm Gone for Good
1973 Dunhill
12 record label: Dunhill/ABC 15015
chart position: RandB #3, US #88
written by: Don Walsh, Michael Omartian, Michael Price and Steve Barri
album: Dreamer
 		Bobby Bland I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)
1974 Dunhill/ABC
13 record label: Duke 402
chart position: RandB #6, US #75
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone), Joe Scott and Gil Caple
 		Bobby Bland Good Time Charlie
1966 Duke
14 record label: Duke 421
chart position: RandB #6
written by: Pearl Woods
 		Bobby Bland That Did It
1967 Duke
15 record label: Duke 355
chart position: RandB #5, US #22
written by: Aaron Walker
album: Here's the Man
comments: [blues]
 		Bobby Bland Stormy Monday Blues
1962 Duke
16 record label: Duke 383
chart position: RandB #5, US #42
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
 		Bobby Bland Ain't Doing Too Bad (Part 1)
1964 Duke
17 record label: Duke 393
chart position: RandB #8, US #62
written by: Clyde Otis and Belford Hendricks
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
 		Bobby Bland I'm Too Far Gone (To Turn Around)
1966 Duke
18 record label: Duke 407
chart position: RandB #9, US #65
written by: Dave Clark & Pearl Woods
 		Bobby Bland Poverty
1966 Duke
19 record label: Duke 338
chart position: RandB #9, US #86
written by: Don Robey
album: Here's the Man
 		Bobby Bland Ain't That Loving You
1962 Duke
20 record label: Duke 449
chart position: RandB #9, US #60
written by: V. Walls, A. Nugeire
 		Bobby Bland Chains of Love
1969 Duke
21 record label: Duke 458
chart position: RandB #10, US #96
written by: D. Malone
album: That Did It! The Duke Recordings Volume 3
comments: [soul blues]
 		Bobby Bland If You've Got a Heart
1970 Duke
22 record label: Dunhill/ABC 15003
chart position: RandB #9, US #91
written by: Michael Price and Dan Walsh
album: Dreamer
 		Bobby Bland Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City
1974 Dunhill/ABC
23 record label: Duke 352
chart position: RandB #10, US #56
written by: D. Malone
 		Bobby Bland Yield Not To Temptation
1962 Duke
24 record label: Duke 440
chart position: RandB #12, US #58
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) and Vernon Morrison
 		Bobby Bland Rockin' in the Same Old Boat
1968 Duke
25 record label: ABC 12189
chart position: RandB #12
written by: Michael Price and Dan Walsh
album: Reflections in Blue
 		Bobby Bland It Ain't the Real Thing
1976 ABC
26 record label: Duke 347
chart position: RandB #12, US #76
written by: Charlie Rich
album: Here's the Man
 		Bobby Bland Who Will The Next Fool Be
1962 Duke
27 record label: Duke 412
chart position: RandB #13, US #102
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone), Vernon Morrison and Joe Scott
 		Bobby Bland Back in the Same Old Bag Again
1966 Duke
28 record label: Duke 447
chart position: RandB #14, US #91
written by: Andre Williams and Don Robey (as Don Malone)
 		Bobby Bland Gotta Get to Know You
1969 Duke
29 record label: Duke 416
chart position: RandB #16, US #88
written by: Pearl Woods
 		Bobby Bland You're All I Need
1967 Duke
30 record label: Duke 435
chart position: RandB #16
written by: Buddy Johnson
 		Bobby Bland Save Your Love for Me
1968 Duke
31 record label: Duke 460
chart position: RandB #16
written by: D. Malone, J.M. Veasey
album: That Did It! The Duke Recordings Volume 3
comments: [ballad]
 		Bobby Bland If Love Ruled the World
1970 Duke
32 record label: Duke 386
chart position: RandB #18, US #78
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) and Joe Scott
album: Ain't Nothing You Can Do
 		Bobby Bland Blind Man
1964 Duke
33 record label: Duke 466
chart position: RandB #18, US #97
written by: Sonny Thompson
 		Bobby Bland I'm Sorry
1971 Duke
34 record label: Dunhill/ABC 4379
chart position: RandB #17, US #69
written by: James D. Odom
album: His California Album
 		Bobby Bland Goin' Down Slow
1974 Dunhill/ABC
35 record label: ABC 12280
chart position: RandB #18
written by: Bobby Bland and Al Braggs
album: Reflections in Blue
 		Bobby Bland The Soul of a Man
1977 ABC
36 record label: Duke 196
chart position: RandB #10
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Scott Harper
album: Two Steps from the Blues
comments: [blues soul]
 		Bobby Bland Little Boy Blue
1958 Duke
37 record label: Duke 464
chart position: RandB #20, US #89
written by: Clyde Wilson
 		Bobby Bland Keep On Loving Me (You'll See the Change)
1970 Duke
38 record label: ABC 12105
chart position: RandB #21, US #104
written by: Daniel Moore
album: Dreamer
 		Bobby Bland Yolanda
1975 ABC
39 record label: Duke 432
chart position: RandB #23, US #96
written by: Charles Brown, Johnny Moore and Eddie Williams
 		Bobby Bland Driftin' Blues
1968 Duke
40 record label: Duke 390
chart position: RandB #25, US #93
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
 		Bobby Bland Ain't No Telling
1965 Duke
41 record label: Duke 390
chart position: RandB #23, US #125
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) and Joe Scott
 		Bobby Bland Dust Got in Daddy's Eyes
1965 Duke
42 record label: Duke 303
chart position: RandB #13
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: Two Steps from the Blues
 		Bobby Bland I'm Not Ashamed
1959 Duke
43 record label: Duke 460
chart position: RandB #28
written by: D. Malone
album: That Did It! The Duke Recordings Volume 3
 		Bobby Bland Lover with a Reputation
1970 Duke
44 record label: ABC 12360
chart position: RandB #14
written by: David Ervin and Kenny Pierce
album: Come Fly with Me
 		Bobby Bland Love to See You Smile
1978 ABC
45 record label: Duke 366
chart position: RandB #28, US #56
written by: Deadric Malone
 		Bobby Bland Sometimes You Gotta Cry A Little
1963 Duke
46 record label: Duke 426
chart position: RandB #30
written by: D. Malone
album: Touch Of The Blues
 		Bobby Bland A Touch of the Blues
1967 Duke
47 record label: ABC Impulse 31006
chart position: RandB #20, US #101
written by: Sam Theard and Fleecie Moore
album: Together Again…Live
 		Bobby Bland & B.B. King Let the Good Times Roll
1976 ABC Impulse
48 record label: ABC 12156
chart position: RandB #34, US #103
written by: Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens
album: Get On Down with Bobby Bland
 		Bobby Bland Today I Started Loving You Again
1976 ABC
49 record label: Duke 360
chart position: RandB #1, US #33
written by: Deadric Malone
album: Call on Me/That's the Way Love Is
 		Bobby Bland That's The Way Love Is
1963 Duke
50 record label: Duke 386
chart position: RandB #36, US #99
written by: Jessie Robinson
album: Ain't Nothing You Can Do
 		Bobby Bland Black Night
1965 Duke
51 record label: Duke 370
chart position: RandB #36, US #91
written by: Deadric Malone
album: Call on Me/That's The Way Love Is
 		Bobby Bland The Feeling Is Gone
1963 Duke
52 record label: Duke 370
chart position: RandB #19, US #106
written by: Deadric Malone
 		Bobby Bland I Can't Stop Singing
1963 Duke
53 record label: ABC 12133
chart position: RandB #41
written by: Kenny O'Dell
 		Bobby Bland Take It On Home
1975 ABC
54 record label: Duke 338
chart position: Cashbox RandB #23
written by: E. Hines, B. Eckstine
album: Here's The Man!!!
comments: [blues]
 		Bobby Bland Jelly, Jelly, Jelly
1962 Duke
55 record label: ABC 12405
chart position: RandB #55
written by: Lydia M. Purifoy and Pearl Smith
album: Come Fly with Me
 		Bobby Bland Come Fly with Me
1978 ABC
56 record label: Malaco 2122
chart position: RandB #54
written by: Larry Addison
album: Members Only
comments: [southern soul ballad]
 		Bobby Bland Members Only
1985 Malaco
57 record label: Duke 310
chart position: RandB #28
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
 		Bobby Bland Is It Real
1959 Duke
58 record label: Duke 300
chart position: Cashbox RandB #34
written by: D. Robey
 		Bobby Bland I Lost Sight On The World
1959 Duke
59 record label: Duke 477
chart position: RandB #36
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
 		Bobby Bland Do What You Set Out to Do
1972 Duke
60 record label: MCA 52085
chart position: RandB #40
written by: Joyce Stiger and Vee Pea
album: Here We Go Again
 		Bobby Bland Recess in Heaven
1982 MCA
61 record label: ABC 12330
chart position: RandB #82
written by: Bill Mononen, Rich Wamil and Ron Hiller
album: Reflections in Blue
 		Bobby Bland Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
1978 ABC
62 record label: Duke 477
chart position: Cashbox RandB #45
written by: D. Malone
comments: [soul blues]
 		Bobby Bland I'm So Tired
1972 Duke
63 record label: Duke 377
chart position: US #111
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) and Vernon Morrison
album: Ain't Nothing You Can Do
 		Bobby Bland After It's Too Late
1964 Duke
64 record label: MCA 41140
chart position: RandB #71
written by: Monica Higgins and Vee Pea
album: I Feel Good, I Feel Fine
 		Bobby Bland Tit for Tat
1979 MCA
65 record label: MCA 41197
chart position: RandB #76
written by: Bobby Bland
album: I Feel Good, I Feel Fine
 		Bobby Bland Soon as the Weather Breaks
1980 MCA
66 record label: MCA 51068
chart position: RandB #92
written by: Bobby Bland, Vee Pea and Margie Evans
album: Sweet Vibrations
comments: [soul blues]
 		Bobby Bland You'd Be a Millionaire
1981 MCA
-- record label: Dunhill 50163
written by: B. Goldberg, G. Goffin
album: His California Album
comments: [album cut]
 		Bobby Bland It's Not The Spotlight
1973 Dunhill
-- record label: Duke 74
written by: Malone, Brown
album: Two Steps From The Blues
comments: [blues soul album cut]
 		Bobby Bland Two Steps From The Blues
1961 Duke
-- record label: Duke 74
written by: Malone
album: Two Steps From The Blues
comments: [soul blues]
 		Bobby Bland I've Just Got to Forget You
1961 Duke
-- record label: Duke 74
written by: Robey
album: Two Steps From The Blues
comments: [blues soul album cut]
 		Bobby Bland I Don't Want No Woman
1961 Duke
-- record label: Duke 74
written by: Malone, Agee
album: Two Steps From The Blues
comments: [blues soul album cut]
 		Bobby Bland I've Been Wrong So Long
1961 Duke
-- record label: Duke 74
written by: Primrose
album: Two Steps From The Blues
comments: [soul blues]
 		Bobby Bland St. James Infirmary
1961 Duke
-- record label: Malaco 2166
written by: Frederick Knight, Bettye Crutcher
album: Midnight Run
comments: [blues soul]
 		Bobby Bland Take Off Your Shoes
1990 Malaco
-- record label: Malaco 2154
written by: Larry Addison
album: Midnight Run
comments: [ballad]
 		Bobby Bland You've Got To Hurt Before You Heal
1989 Malaco
-- record label: Malaco 2146
written by: Ted Jarrett
album: Blues You Can Use
comments: [southern soul blues]
 		Bobby Bland 24 Hours A Day
1988 Malaco
-- record label: Malaco 2126
written by: Frank Johnson
album: Members Only
comments: [ballad]
 		Bobby Bland Can We Make Love Tonight
1985 Malaco
-- record label: Dunhill 4379
written by: V. Morrison, D. Malone
album: His California Album
 		Bobby Bland Up And Down World
1974 Dunhill
-- record label: ABC/Dunhill 50163
written by: L. Ingram, M. Rice
album: His California Album
comments: [album cut]
 		Bobby Bland (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right
1973 ABC/Dunhill
-- record label: ABC/Dunhill 50163
written by: D. Malone
album: His California Album
comments: [album cut]
 		Bobby Bland The Right Place At The Right Time
1973 ABC/Dunhill
-- record label: ABC/Dunhill 50163
written by: L. Russell
album: His California Album
comments: [blues soul album cut]
 		Bobby Bland Help Me Through The Day
1973 ABC/Dunhill
-- record label: Dunhill 4389
written by: D. Malone
album: His California Album
 		Bobby Bland Where Baby Went
1973 Dunhill
-- record label: ABC/Dunhill 50163
written by: D.C. Thomas
album: His California Album
comments: [ballad album cut]
 		Bobby Bland Friday The 13th Child
1973 ABC/Dunhill
-- record label: ABC/Dunhill 50163
written by: B. Goldberg, G. Goffin
album: His California Album
comments: [album cut]
 		Bobby Bland I've Got To Use My Imagination
1973 ABC/Dunhill
-- record label: Malaco 7450
written by: John Ward
album: Midnight Run
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
 		Bobby Bland Keep It A Secret
1989 Malaco
-- record label: Duke 426
written by: D. Malone
comments: [northern soul]
 		Bobby Bland Shoes
1967 Duke




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