# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bobby-bland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:03:58.508Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bobby-bland"
name: "Bobby Bland"
slug: "bobby-bland"
description: "Robert Calvin Bland, 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.\" The inspiration behind his unique style was a Detroit Preacher, CL Franklin, because Bland studied his sermons. He was sometimes referred to as the \"Lion of the Blues\" and as the \"Sinatra of the Blues\". His music was influenced by Nat King Cole."
tagline: "American soul & blues musician (1930–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BobbyBland1996.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1930-01-27"
deathDate: "2013-06-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump