The New York Times is reporting that Bobby "Blue" Bland — the soulful balladeer who gave us hits like "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (which Jay-Z sampled on his 2001 album, The Blueprint), "I Pity the Fool" and "That's the Way Love Is" — has passed away. He was 83.
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The blues legend — a contemporary of Ray Charles and B.B. King — was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. Watch Bland and King perform together on Soul Train in 1975:
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