Dreamer (Bobby Bland album)

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".

Personnel

 * Robert Calvin 'Bobby "Blue" Bland' Brooks – lead vocals
 * Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals
 * Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals
 * Ginger Blake – backing vocals
 * Michael Omartian – piano, organ, clavinet, Arp synthesizer, 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
 * Technical
 * Steve Barri – producer
 * Roger Scott Nichols – engineering
 * Howard Gayle – engineering
 * Phil Kaye – engineering
 * Earl Klasky – design
 * Ken Veeder – photography

Chart history

 * Album


 * Singles