Bobby “Blue” Bland, ... which yielded a string of hits including 1960’s “I’ll Take Care of You” and 1961’s “Turn Your Love Light On” that became hits in the early 1960s. ...

Bobby “Blue” Bland, known as the “Sinatra of the blues,” died Sunday in his Memphis, ... Beginning in 1960, with “I’ll Take Care of You,” Bland recorded and released a dozen R&B hits ...

GRENADA, Miss. (AP) -- Bobby "Blue" Bland, a distinguished singer who blended Southern blues and soul in songs such as "Turn on Your Love Light" and "Further On Up the Road," died Sunday. He was ...

Bobby "Blue" Bland, ... Beginning with "I'll Take Care of You" in early 1960, Bland released a dozen R&B hits in a row. That string included "Turn On Your Love Light" in 1961.

In their sixties Houston-based prime, the music of Bobby “Blue” Bland and his musical director Joe Scott was every bit as good as that of Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle.

Bobby Blue Bland Headlines 20th Annual Bluebird Blues Festival ... including “Farther Up the Road,” “I'll Take Care of You,” “I Pity the Fool” and “Turn On Your Love Light.” ...

GRENADA, Miss. -- Bobby "Blue" Bland, ... Beginning with "I'll Take Care of You" in early 1960, Bland released a dozen R&B hits in a row. That string included "Turn On Your Love Light" in 1961.

Bobby "Blue" Bland, ... Beginning with “I’ll Take Care of You” in early 1960, Bland released a dozen R&B hits in a row. That string included “Turn On Your Love Light” in 1961.

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 1992, file photo, Bobby "Blue" Bland, left, receives his award for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame from B.B. King during induction ceremonies in New York. Bland's son Rodd ...

Bobby "Blue" Bland, left, ... Then, beginning with "I'll Take Care of You" in early 1960, Bland released a dozen R&B hits in a row. That string included "Turn On Your Love Light" in 1961.

Singer Bobby "Blue" Bland dies at 83. By ADRIAN SAINZ. The Associated PressJune 24, 2013. ... Beginning with "I'll Take Care of You" in early 1960, Bland released a dozen R&B hits in a row, ...

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2012, file photo, Bobby Blue Bland, center, is honored with a standing ovation as he is named as an inductee to the Memphis Music Hall of Fame during a ceremony at The ...