Billy Bland
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Biography
[Edit]Billy Bland had a one-shot hit in 1960 with "Let the Little Girl Dance" (number seven), a pop-R&B- early soul mixture very much in the same mold as records from the period by Jackie Wilson, right down to the Latinate "Lonely Teardrops" rhythm. Some of his other singles were in the same style, but Bland (not to be confused with the unrelated Bobby Bland) was actually a pretty versatile vocalist, also purveying R&B, Bo Diddley-styled rock & roll, urban blues, and dance-craze early-'60s rock. He recorded often for Old Town from the mid-'50s through 1963, but though his range was wide, his quality was not. He was a competent journeyman no matter what his genre, never finding another song with the pop hooks of "Let the Little Girl Dance." Or writing one: though he didn't pen "Let the Little Girl Dance," he wrote much of his own material.
Bland began singing shortly after moving to New York in the late
'40s, and made his first records for Imperial in New Orleans in the mid-'50s, as a member of the Bees. They did an early version of Dave Bartholomew's naughty "My Ding-a-Ling" (eventually a hit for Chuck Berry), although when the Bees did it, it was titled "Toy Bell." (It can now be found on the box set Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans 1947-1974). Bland went solo in 1955, however, beginning his lengthy association with the New York-based Old Town label. "Let the Little Girl Dance" was almost an accident: it was being recorded by Titus Turner, and Bland showed him how to do it in the studio. Unknown to Bland, his demonstration was recorded by Henry Glover, and became the hit, with guitar ace Mickey Baker playing on the session.
Bland tried to vary the "Let the Little Girl Dance" pop-R&B sound on various singles, and also ride the bandwagons of other rock trends, with no success, and made his final Old Town disc in 1963. As of the late '80s, he was running a soul food restaurant in Harlem.
Title: The Classic Old Town Recordings: Let the Little Girl Sing
Artist: Billy Bland
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Best Vintage Selection - Billy Bland
Artist: Billy Bland
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Let the Little Girl Dance (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Billy Bland
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Why Don't They Leave Her Alone (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Billy Bland
Title: Let the Little Girl Dance - Single
Artist: Billy Bland
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Collections
Title: The Best of '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s & '90s Big Hits!
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: 1960s One Hit Wonders the R&B Years
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: 1960s One Hit Wonders the R&B Years
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: The Party Rockin' Hits of 1960
Genre: Rock
Title: The Sixties - Lost Songs of the Decade, Vol. 3
Genre: Rock
Title: The 1960 British Hit Parade: The B Sides, Pt. 2, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Rock & Roll Doo Wop, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: It's Pop & Doo Wop, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Soul Cargo Volume 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: America's Greatest Hits 1960 Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Gli anni 50: il meglio (100 HIts)
Genre: Pop
Title: Great Memories, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Dancing by Myself - Lost in Nothern Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Music From & Inspired By Angel Heart
Genre:
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 19
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1960, Vol. 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Great Memories Vol 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Popcorn Jet Setters Vol. 7
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Non-Stop Rock & Roll Hits Vol 1
Genre: Rock
Title: Summertime Blues - Fifties Favourites
Genre: Pop
Title: Essential Hits 1960 - 1969
Title: The Hits of 1960, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1955, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: 40 Great R&B and Early Soul Classics
Genre:
Title: Radio Days 1960 To 1969
Genre: Rock
Title: Billboard Top 100 Hits Of 1960 CD3
Genre: Rock
Title: The Golden Age Of American Rock 'n' Roll Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll, Country, Pop
Title: Gonna Rock The Blues Again
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Title: 100% Hit Records, Vol. 6
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1960 Volume 4
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: The Rock 'N' Roll Era - Collection 1960
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: American Heartbeat 1960 (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: The Birth Of Northern Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Radio Gold, Vol. 2
Title: The R&B Years 1956 Vol. 1 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Fabulous Flips Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll
Title: The R&B Years 1955: Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Cruisin' In The 60's (CD1)
Title: The Rock 'N' Roll Era 1960
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: This Is Soul 2015 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: RSG Vol. 02 - Boogie At Midnight (CD2)
Genre: DJ/Remixes
Title: World's Greatest R&B Rarities
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Ready Steady Go, Vol. 8 Stand By Me (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Ready Steady Go, Vol. 19 Step By Step (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Love Child: Season Three (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Under The Top 100
Genre: House, Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Pop
Title: Ready Steady Go, Vol. 28 Guitar Man (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Ready Steady Go, Vol. 30 Sister Twister (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Big Is Badder 2018
Title: That Bo Diddley Beat
Title: R&B Hits Collection 2020 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Disco Soul Music Oldies (The Best Oldies Soul Music)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: Johnny B. Goode (40 Golden Records)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Pop