Along with such artists as Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and Junior Parker, Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with blues and R&B. He sang classics such as big-band blues number ???Farther Up The Road??? (US R&B top 10 hit in 1957) and perfected his craft in the 1960???s with a series of releases including ???Cry Cry Cry??? and ???I Pity The Fool???.Bobby ???Blue??? Bland perhaps achieved his grea