About "Two Steps From The Blues"
Two Steps from the Blues is the debut album by American blues singer Bobby Bland, in 1961. It compiles five songs recorded between 1956 and 1960 and seven songs recorded in two sessions from August 3 to November 12, 1960. The sessions took place at Universal Recording Corporation in Chicago, where Bland and his backing band moved after a series of successful singles and albums. The backing band was composed of Joe Scott and Melvin Jackson (trumpet), Pluma Davis (trombone), Robert Skinner and L. A. Hill (tenor saxophone), Rayfield Devers (baritone saxophone), Teddy Reynolds (piano), Clarence Holloman (guitar on some tracks, notably "I Don't Want No Woman," where Bobby Bland shouts, "Look out, Clarence!" in the middle of the guitar solo), Wayne Bennett (guitar on other tracks), Hamp Simmons (bass), and John "Jabo" Starks (drums). Scott also served as an arranger.
The album was critically and commercially successful. It produced two singles, "I Pity The Fool" and "Don't Cry No More", which charted at number 1 and 2 on the Billboard R&B chart, respectively. Two Steps from the Blues was ranked at number 217 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Top songs by Bobby Bland
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- I'll Take Care Of You
- Call On Me
- Queen For A Day
- I Pity The Fool
- Teach Me How To Love You
- You're Worth It All
- Loan A Helping Hand
- I Smell, Trouble
- Wishing Well
- If You Could Read My Mind
- Turn On Your Love Light
- I Lost Sight Of The World
- Helping Hand
- Don't Want No Woman
- Lost Lover Blues
- Share Your Love With Me
- You Got Me (where You Want Me)
- Honey Bee
- Poverty
- It's My Life, Baby
- Wise Man's Blues
- I Learned My Lesson
- A Touch Of The Blues
- If I Hadn't Called You Back
- Someday
- You Did Me Wrong
- Two Steps From The Blues
- Time Out
- Woke Up Screaming
- Teenage Dirtbag
- You've Got Bad Intentions
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