thumb|right|Robert Cray, Blues Heaven, Fredrikshavn 2018 Robert Cray (født 1. august 1953 i Colombus, Georgia) er en amerikansk bluesguitarist og sanger.
Cray blev optaget i Blues Hall of Fame i 2011,Optagelse i Blues Hall of Fame i 2011 (besøgt 27. august 2012) og har modtaget fem Grammy Awards.Oversigt over antal Grammys på www.grammy.com (besøgt 27. august 2012) Han har været leder af bandet Robert Cray Band og har desuden en anerkendt solokarriere.Robert Crays offisielle nettsted (besøkt 27. august 2012)
Grammy awards 1999: Best Contemporary Blues Album for Take Your Shoes Off – Robert Cray Band. 1996: Best Rock Instrumental Performance for SRV Shuffle – delt med Art Neville, B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Dr. John, Eric Clapton og Jimmie Vaughan. 1988: Best Contemporary Blues Recording for Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark – Robert Cray Band. 1987: Best Contemporary Blues Recording for Strong Persuader – Robert Cray Band. 1986: Best Traditional Blues Recording for Showdown! – delt med Albert Collins og Johnny Copeland.
Diskografi Album År Album US Blues US UK 1980 Who's Been Talkin'? <center>- <center>- <center>- 1983 Bad Influence <center>- <center>#143 <center>- 1985 False Accusations <center>- <center>#141 <center>#68 1985 Showdown!(Indspillet med Albert Collins og Johnny Copeland) <center>- <center>- <center>- 1986 Strong Persuader <center>- <center>#13 <center>#34 1988 Don't Be Afraid of the Dark <center>- <center>#32 <center>#13 1990 Midnight Stroll <center>- <center>#51 <center>#19 1992 I Was Warned <center>- <center>#103 <center>#29 1993 Shame + A Sin <center>- <center>#143 <center>#48 1995 Some Rainy Morning <center>#2 <center>#127 <center>#63 1997 Sweet Potato Pie <center>#3 <center>#184 <center>- 1999 Take Your Shoes Off <center>#2 <center>#181 <center>- 2001 Shoulda Been Home <center>#2 <center>- <center>- 2003 Time Will Tell <center>#3 <center>- <center>- 2005 Twenty <center>#2 <center>- <center>- 2007 Live From Across The Pond <center>#1 <center>- <center>- 2008 Live At The BBC <center>#7 <center>- <center>- 2009 This Time <center>#2 <center>- <center>- 2010 Cookin' In Mobile <center>#5 <center>- <center>- 2012 Nothin But Love <center>- <center>- <center>-
Opsamlings- og livealbum In Concert – live album – 1999 Heavy Picks – The Robert Cray Band Collection – 1999 – U.S. Top Blues Albums #9 The Best Of Robert Cray edition of 20th Century Masters / The Millennium Collection - 2002 - U.S. Top Blues Albums #11
Singler År Titel U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart UK Singles Chart 1986 «Smoking Gun» <center>#2 <center>#22 <center>- 1987 «I Guessed I Showed Her» <center>#28 <center>- <center>- 1987 «Right Next Door (Because of Me)» <center>#27 <center>#80 <center>#50 1987 «Nothin' But A Woman» <center>- <center>- <center>- 1988 «Don't Be Afraid of the Dark» <center>#4 <center>#74 <center>- 1988 «Night Patrol» <center>- <center>- <center>- 1989 «Acting This Way» <center>#24 <center>- <center>- 1990 «Consequences» <center>#32 <center>- <center>- 1990 «The Forecast (Calls for Pain)» <center>#11 <center>- <center>- 1992 «Just a Loser» <center>#33 <center>- <center>- 1993 «1040 Blues» <center>- <center>- <center>- 1996 «Baby Lee»(John Lee Hooker med Robert Cray) <center>- <center>- <center>#65
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Eksterne henvisninger
Review of Time Will Tell
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