Vinyl records

Bobby Bland vinyl records

18 albums with 278 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Robert Calvin Brooks. American blues and R&B singer. Born January 27, 1930, Rosemark, Tennessee, USA. Died June 23, 2013, Germantown, Tennessee, USA. He was sometimes referred to as the "Lion of the Blues" and as the "Sinatra of the Blues". In 1947, he moved to Memphis with his mother and started singing with local gospel groups there, including amongst others The Miniatures. Eager to expand his interests, he began frequenting the city's famous Beale Street where he became associated with an ad hoc circle of aspiring musicians including , , and , who collectively took the name of the Beale Streeters.