Along with such artists as Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, and Junior Parker, Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. Bobby 'Blue' Bland was born in the small town of Rosemark, Tennessee. Later moving to Memphis with his mother, Bland started singing with local gospel groups there, including amongst others The Miniatures.

Dreamer

Studio album by

Released

1974

Studio

ABC Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)

Genre

Length

35:39

Label

Producer

Steve Barri

Bobby Bland chronology

His California Album
(1973)

Dreamer
(1974)

Get on Down with Bobby Bland
(1975)

Singles from Dreamer

'Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City'
Released: 1974
'I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)'
Released: 1974
'Yolanda'
Released: 1974

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	^[3]

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Dreamer is the ninth solo studio album by American blues singer Bobby Bland. It was released in 1974 through ABC/Dunhill Records. Recording sessions took place at ABC Recording Studios in Los Angeles with songwriter and record producer Steve Barri. The album charted at number 172 on the Billboard 200 and at number 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. It spawned three hit singles: 'Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City', 'I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)' and 'Yolanda'.

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	'Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City'	3:51
2.	'I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)'	Michael 'Harvey' Price Dan Walsh	3:15
3.	'Lovin' on Borrowed Time'	3:19
4.	'The End of the Road'	Oscar Perry	3:06
5.	'I Ain't Gonna Be the First to Cry'	Michael 'Harvey' Price Dan Walsh Mitchell Bottler	3:36
6.	'Dreamer'	Jerry Zaremba	4:09
7.	'Yolanda'	Daniel Moore	3:43
8.	'Twenty-Four Hour Blues'	3:59
9.	'Cold Day in Hell'	Oscar Perry	2:43
10.	'Who's Foolin' Who?'	Michael 'Harvey' Price Dan Walsh Michael Omartian Steve Barri	4:18
Total length:			35:39

Personnel[edit]

Robert Calvin 'Bobby 'Blue' Bland' Brooks – lead vocals
Lorna Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals
Julia A. Tillman Waters – backing vocals
Ginger Blake – backing vocals
Michael Omartian – piano, organ, clavinet, blues harp, arrangement
Larry Carlton – guitar
Dean Parks – guitar
Ben Benay – guitar
Wilton Felder – bass
Ed Greene – drums
Jackie Kelso – horns
Ernest James Watts – horns
Lewis Melvin McCreary – horns
Pete Christlieb – horns
James Ronald Horn – horns
Paul J. Hubinon – horns
Tony Terran – horns
The Sid Sharp Strings – strings
Steve Barri – producer
Roger Scott Nichols – engineering
Howard 'How' Gayle – engineering
Phil Kaye – engineering
Earl Klasky – design
Ken Veeder – photography

Chart history[edit]

Album

Chart (1974)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	172
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[5]	5

Singles

Title	Peak chart positions
Title	US	US R&B
'Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City'	91	9
'I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)'	88	3
'Yolanda'	104	21

References[edit]

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^Dahl, Bill. 'Dreamer - Bobby 'Blue' Bland | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic'. AllMusic. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
^Christgau, Robert (1981). 'Consumer Guide '70s: B'. Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
^Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 48. ISBN978-0-140-51384-4.
^'Bobby Blue Bland Chart History (Billboard 200)'. Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
^'Bobby Blue Bland Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)'. Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
^'Bobby 'Blue' Bland Chart History'. Billboard Hot 100. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
^'Bobby 'Blue' Bland Chart History'. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Retrieved October 4, 2018.

External links[edit]

Bobby Bland – Dreamer at Discogs (list of releases)

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