Top Blues Songs
1 |
290 |
Robert Johnson |
Cross Road Blues |
Delta Blues
|
|
1936 |
2 |
296 |
Big Joe Turner |
Shake, Rattle and Roll |
Jump-Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
|
1954 |
3 |
297 |
Muddy Waters |
Hoochie Coochie Man |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1954 |
4 |
371 |
Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats |
Rocket 88 |
Jump-Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
|
1951 |
5 |
373 |
Muddy Waters |
Manish Boy |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1955 |
6 |
392 |
John Lee Hooker |
Boogie Chillen' |
Electric Blues
|
|
1948 |
7 |
430 |
Bessie Smith |
St. Louis Blues |
Vaudeville Blues
|
|
1925 |
8 |
490 |
Howlin' Wolf |
Smokestack Lightnin' |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1956 |
9 |
586 |
B.B. King |
The Thrill Is Gone |
Electric Blues,
Soul Blues
|
Blues Rock
|
1969 |
10 |
645 |
Elmore James |
Dust My Broom |
Electric Blues
|
|
1951 |
11 |
673 |
John Lee Hooker |
Boom Boom |
Chicago Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1962 |
12 |
759 |
Robert Johnson |
Hellhound on My Trail |
Delta Blues
|
|
1937 |
13 |
782 |
Bob Dylan |
Ballad of a Thin Man |
Piano Blues
|
Blues Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
1965 |
14 |
837 |
T-Bone Walker |
Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday's Just As Bad) |
Electric Texas Blues
|
|
1947 |
15 |
874 |
Muddy Waters |
Got My Mojo Working |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1957 |
16 |
893 |
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five |
Caldonia (Boogie) (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?) |
Jump-Blues
|
|
1945 |
17 |
909 |
Robert Johnson |
Love in Vain |
Delta Blues
|
|
1937 |
18 |
940 |
Muddy Waters |
Rollin' Stone |
Electric Blues
|
|
1950 |
19 |
989 |
Blind Willie Johnson |
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground |
Acoustic Texas Blues
|
|
1927 |
20 |
1007 |
Lead Belly |
The Midnight Special |
Delta Blues
|
|
1934 |
21 |
1073 |
Charley Patton |
Pony Blues |
Delta Blues
|
|
1929 |
22 |
1092 |
Mamie Smith |
Crazy Blues |
Vaudeville Blues
|
|
1920 |
23 |
1169 |
Ma Rainey |
See See Rider Blues |
Vaudeville Blues
|
|
1925 |
24 |
1244 |
Blind Willie McTell |
Statesboro Blues |
Piedmont Blues
|
|
1928 |
25 |
1427 |
Tom Waits |
Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) |
Piano Blues
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
1976 |
26 |
1495 |
Etta James |
I'd Rather Go Blind |
Soul Blues
|
Southern Soul
|
1967 |
27 |
1531 |
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five |
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie |
Jump-Blues
|
Swing
|
1946 |
28 |
1553 |
Robert Johnson |
Sweet Home Chicago |
Delta Blues
|
|
1936 |
29 |
1599 |
Howlin' Wolf |
Spoonful |
Chicago Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1960 |
30 |
1610 |
Little Walter |
Juke |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1952 |
31 |
1613 |
Clarence "Pine Top" Smith |
Pinetop's Boogie Woogie |
Boogie Woogie
|
|
1928 |
32 |
1660 |
Lead Belly |
Goodnight Irene |
Country Blues
|
|
1936 |
33 |
1725 |
Robert Johnson |
Terraplane Blues |
Delta Blues
|
|
1936 |
34 |
1741 |
Blind Lemon Jefferson |
Match Box Blues |
Acoustic Texas Blues
|
|
1927 |
35 |
1764 |
Bessie Smith |
Downhearted Blues |
Piano Blues,
Vaudeville Blues
|
|
1923 |
36 |
1790 |
Skip James |
Devil Got My Woman |
Delta Blues
|
|
1931 |
37 |
1832 |
Sonny Boy Williamson (II) |
Help Me |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1963 |
38 |
1840 |
Bessie Smith |
Empty Bed Blues |
Piano Blues,
Vaudeville Blues
|
|
1928 |
39 |
1842 |
Charles Brown with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers |
Driftin' Blues |
Piano Blues
|
|
1945 |
40 |
1916 |
Guitar Slim |
The Things That I Used to Do |
Electric Blues,
New Orleans Blues
|
|
1953 |
41 |
1925 |
Albert King |
Born Under a Bad Sign |
Electric Blues,
Soul Blues
|
|
1967 |
42 |
2010 |
Blind Lemon Jefferson |
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean |
Acoustic Texas Blues
|
|
1928 |
43 |
2033 |
Blind Faith |
Can't Find My Way Home |
British Blues
|
Blues Rock,
Folk Rock
|
1969 |
44 |
2074 |
Leroy Carr |
How Long, How Long Blues |
Piano Blues
|
|
1928 |
45 |
2078 |
Wynonie Harris |
Good Rockin' Tonight |
Jump-Blues
|
Rock & Roll
|
1948 |
46 |
2108 |
Nina Simone |
Mississippi Goddam |
Vaudeville Blues
|
Soul Jazz,
Vocal Jazz
|
1964 |
47 |
2109 |
Mississippi Sheiks |
Sitting on Top of the World |
Country Blues
|
|
1930 |
48 |
2180 |
Mississippi John Hurt |
Stack O' Lee Blues |
Piedmont Blues
|
|
1928 |
49 |
2181 |
B.B. King |
3 O'Clock Blues |
Electric Blues
|
|
1951 |
50 |
2195 |
Slim Harpo |
I'm a King Bee |
Swamp Blues
|
|
1957 |
51 |
2264 |
Big Bill Broonzy |
Key to the Highway |
Acoustic Blues
|
|
1941 |
52 |
2371 |
Freddie King |
Hide Away |
Electric Texas Blues
|
|
1961 |
53 |
2448 |
Little Junior's Blue Flames |
Mystery Train |
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1953 |
54 |
2464 |
Bobby Bland |
Farther Up the Road |
Electric Blues,
Soul Blues
|
|
1957 |
55 |
2466 |
Jimmy Reed |
Big Boss Man |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1961 |
56 |
2469 |
Big Joe Williams |
Baby Please Don't Go |
Delta Blues
|
|
1935 |
57 |
2491 |
Howlin' Wolf |
Evil |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1954 |
58 |
2501 |
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson |
Roll 'Em Pete |
Boogie Woogie,
Jump-Blues
|
|
1939 |
59 |
2529 |
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five |
Let the Good Times Roll |
Jump-Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1946 |
60 |
2580 |
Lowell Fulson |
Reconsider Baby |
Electric Blues
|
|
1954 |
61 |
2590 |
Sonny Boy Williamson (I) |
Good Morning (Little) School Girl |
Acoustic Chicago Blues
|
|
1937 |
62 |
2606 |
Ike and Tina Turner |
It's Gonna Work Out Fine |
Soul Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues,
Soul
|
1961 |
63 |
2719 |
Randy Newman |
God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind) |
Piano Blues
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
1972 |
64 |
2721 |
Roy Brown |
Good Rockin' Tonight |
Jump-Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1947 |
65 |
2740 |
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five |
Saturday Night Fish Fry |
Jump-Blues
|
New Orleans R&B
|
1949 |
66 |
2763 |
Tampa Red & Georgia Tom |
It's Tight Like That |
Acoustic Chicago Blues
|
|
1928 |
67 |
2797 |
Meade Lux Lewis |
Honky Tonk Train Blues |
Boogie Woogie,
Piano Blues
|
|
1929 |
68 |
2896 |
Tommy Tucker |
Hi-Heel Sneakers |
Electric Blues,
Soul Blues
|
|
1964 |
69 |
2996 |
Howlin' Wolf |
The Red Rooster |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1961 |
70 |
3038 |
Howlin' Wolf |
Back Door Man |
Chicago Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1961 |
71 |
3070 |
B.B. King |
Every Day I Have the Blues |
Electric Blues
|
|
1954 |
72 |
3077 |
Elmore James |
The Sky Is Crying |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1960 |
73 |
3187 |
Percy Mayfield |
Please Send Me Someone to Love |
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1950 |
74 |
3189 |
Muddy Waters |
I Can't Be Satisfied |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1948 |
75 |
3222 |
B.B. King |
Sweet Little Angel |
Electric Blues
|
|
1956 |
76 |
3378 |
Big Maceo |
Worried Life Blues |
Acoustic Chicago Blues,
Piano Blues
|
|
1941 |
77 |
3426 |
Jimmy Reed |
Bright Lights, Big City |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1961 |
78 |
3537 |
The Rolling Stones |
Love in Vain |
Acoustic Blues
|
Blues Rock
|
1969 |
79 |
3566 |
Howlin' Wolf |
Killing Floor |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1965 |
80 |
3638 |
Blind Lemon Jefferson |
Black Snake Moan |
Acoustic Texas Blues
|
|
1927 |
81 |
3708 |
Otis Rush |
I Can't Quit You Baby |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1956 |
82 |
3814 |
B.B. King |
Rock Me Baby |
Electric Blues
|
|
1964 |
83 |
3831 |
Elizabeth Cotten |
Freight Train |
Piedmont Blues
|
|
1958 |
84 |
3858 |
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton |
Ball 'n' Chain |
Electric Blues,
Soul Blues
|
|
1968 |
85 |
3951 |
Son House |
Death Letter |
Delta Blues
|
|
1965 |
86 |
3963 |
Chuck Willis |
C.C. Rider |
Jump-Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1957 |
87 |
3969 |
Joe Liggins |
The Honeydripper |
Jump-Blues
|
|
1945 |
88 |
4067 |
Howlin' Wolf |
How Many More Years |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1951 |
89 |
4360 |
Koko Taylor |
Wang Dang Doodle |
Chicago Blues,
Soul Blues
|
|
1966 |
90 |
4367 |
Sonny Boy Williamson (II) |
Don't Start Me Talkin' |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1955 |
91 |
4561 |
Professor Longhair and His Blues Scholars |
Mardi Gras in New Orleans |
New Orleans Blues
|
New Orleans R&B
|
1950 |
92 |
4572 |
Tommy Johnson |
Cool Drink of Water Blues |
Delta Blues
|
|
1928 |
93 |
4602 |
Muddy Waters |
I Just Want to Make Love to You |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1954 |
94 |
4637 |
Robert Johnson |
Come On in My Kitchen |
Delta Blues
|
|
1936 |
95 |
4662 |
Etta James |
Tell Mama |
Soul Blues
|
Southern Soul
|
1967 |
96 |
4666 |
Charles Brown |
Black Night |
Electric Blues,
Piano Blues
|
|
1951 |
97 |
4831 |
Bertha "Chippie" Hill |
Trouble in Mind |
Vaudeville Blues
|
|
1926 |
98 |
4833 |
Mississippi John Hurt |
Frankie |
Piedmont Blues
|
|
1928 |
99 |
4888 |
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers |
Merry Christmas, Baby |
Piano Blues
|
Christmas Music
|
1947 |
100 |
4931 |
Bo Diddley |
Hey! Bo Diddley |
Electric Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
|
1957 |
101 |
4934 |
Bobby Bland |
I Pity the Fool |
Soul Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1961 |
102 |
5033 |
John Lee Hooker |
I'm in the Mood |
Electric Blues
|
|
1951 |
103 |
5065 |
Otis Rush |
Double Trouble |
Electric Blues
|
|
1958 |
104 |
5179 |
Jimmy Reed |
Baby What You Want Me to Do |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1959 |
105 |
5238 |
Gil Scott-Heron |
New York Is Killing Me |
|
Electronic,
Experimental,
Soul |
2010 |
106 |
5246 |
Bessie Smith |
Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out |
Vaudeville Blues
|
Vocal Jazz
|
1929 |
107 |
5252 |
DeFord Bailey |
Pan American Blues |
Country Blues
|
|
1927 |
108 |
5257 |
Memphis Jug Band |
Stealin' Stealin' |
Jug Band
|
|
1929 |
109 |
5290 |
Dr. Feelgood |
She Does It Right |
British Blues
|
Pub Rock
|
1975 |
110 |
5356 |
Mississippi John Hurt |
Candy Man Blues |
Piedmont Blues
|
|
1929 |
111 |
5397 |
John Lee Hooker feat. Carlos Santana & The Santana Band |
The Healer |
|
|
1989 |
112 |
5408 |
Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers |
Lovesick Blues |
Vaudeville Blues
|
Vocal Jazz
|
1928 |
113 |
5504 |
Kokomo Arnold |
Milk Cow Blues |
Country Blues
|
|
1934 |
114 |
5535 |
Little Walter |
My Babe |
Chicago Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1955 |
115 |
5548 |
Lead Belly |
The Gallis Pole |
Delta Blues
|
|
1939 |
116 |
5657 |
Tommy Johnson |
Big Road Blues |
Delta Blues
|
|
1928 |
117 |
5689 |
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble |
Texas Flood |
Electric Texas Blues
|
|
1983 |
118 |
5709 |
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup |
That's All Right |
Electric Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1947 |
119 |
5723 |
Muddy Waters |
I'm Ready |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1954 |
120 |
5742 |
Memphis Minnie |
Me and My Chauffeur Blues |
Country Blues
|
|
1941 |
121 |
5825 |
Blind Willie Johnson |
Mother's Children Have a Hard Time |
Acoustic Texas Blues
|
|
1928 |
122 |
5907 |
Arthur Smith |
Guitar Boogie |
Boogie Woogie
|
Country Boogie
|
1945 |
123 |
5933 |
Richard "Rabbit" Brown |
James Alley-Blues |
Country Blues
|
|
1927 |
124 |
6072 |
Little Richard |
I Don't Know What You Got But It's Got Me |
Soul Blues
|
Southern Soul
|
1965 |
125 |
6081 |
Sonny Boy Williamson (II) |
Eyesight to the Blind |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1951 |
126 |
6118 |
Bessie Smith |
Back-Water Blues |
Vaudeville Blues
|
|
1927 |
127 |
6166 |
B.B. King |
Lucille |
Electric Blues
|
|
1968 |
128 |
6223 |
Bessie Smith |
T Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do |
Piano Blues,
Vaudeville Blues
|
|
1923 |
129 |
6344 |
Skip James |
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues |
Delta Blues
|
|
1931 |
130 |
6429 |
Brittany Howard |
Stay High |
Soul Blues
|
Psychedelic Soul
|
2019 |
131 |
6457 |
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell |
Blues Before Sunrise |
Piano Blues
|
|
1934 |
132 |
6490 |
St. Louis Jimmy Oden |
Going Down Slow |
Piano Blues
|
|
1941 |
133 |
6514 |
Robert Petway |
Catfish Blues |
Delta Blues
|
|
1941 |
134 |
6519 |
Slim Harpo |
Baby Scratch My Back |
Swamp Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1966 |
135 |
6609 |
Furry Lewis |
Kassie Jones |
Country Blues
|
|
1928 |
136 |
6657 |
Otis Rush |
All Your Love (I Miss Loving) |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1959 |
137 |
6688 |
Son House |
My Black Mama |
Delta Blues
|
|
1931 |
138 |
6725 |
John Lee Hooker |
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer |
Electric Blues
|
|
1966 |
139 |
6757 |
Tom Waits |
Martha |
Piano Blues
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
1973 |
140 |
6874 |
Howlin' Wolf |
Wang Dang Doodle |
Chicago Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1961 |
141 |
7090 |
Bo Diddley |
Mona |
Electric Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
|
1957 |
142 |
7140 |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
Red House |
Electric Blues
|
Blues Rock
|
1967 |
143 |
7221 |
Johnnie Allan |
Promised Land |
Swamp Blues
|
Country Rock,
Folk Rock
|
1971 |
144 |
7259 |
Jimmy Reed |
Honest I Do |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1957 |
145 |
7267 |
B.B. King |
Sweet Sixteen |
Electric Blues
|
|
1960 |
146 |
7318 |
Little Walter |
Mean Old World |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1952 |
147 |
7347 |
The Carter Family |
Worried Man Blues |
Acoustic Blues
|
Appalachian Folk Music,
Traditional Country
|
1930 |
148 |
7374 |
Clarence Williams' Blue Five |
Wild Cat Blues |
Vaudeville Blues
|
Jazz
|
1923 |
149 |
7469 |
Bobby Bland |
Stormy Monday Blues |
Electric Blues,
Soul Blues
|
|
1962 |
150 |
7482 |
Muddy Waters |
Long Distance Call |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1951 |
151 |
7534 |
The Rolling Stones |
Little Red Rooster |
Chicago Blues
|
British Rhythm & Blues
|
1964 |
152 |
7541 |
Bessie Smith |
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl |
Piano Blues,
Vaudeville Blues
|
|
1931 |
153 |
7548 |
Bobby Bland |
Ain't Nothing You Can Do |
Jump-Blues,
Soul Blues |
Rhythm & Blues,
Soul
|
1964 |
154 |
7708 |
Billy Ward & The Dominoes |
The Bells |
|
Doo-Wop,
Rhythm & Blues
|
1952 |
155 |
7724 |
Ray Charles |
Busted |
|
Soul
|
1963 |
156 |
7791 |
Blind Willie Johnson |
John the Revelator |
Acoustic Texas Blues
|
|
1930 |
157 |
7834 |
Bobby Charles |
See You Later, Alligator |
Jump-Blues
|
New Orleans R&B
|
1955 |
158 |
7931 |
John Mayall |
All Your Love |
British Blues
|
Blues Rock
|
1966 |
159 |
8031 |
Ethel Waters |
Am I Blue? |
|
Vocal Jazz
|
1929 |
160 |
8105 |
Larry Davis |
Texas Flood |
Electric Texas Blues
|
|
1958 |
161 |
8174 |
Robert Johnson |
Ramblin' on My Mind |
Delta Blues
|
|
1937 |
162 |
8175 |
Robert Johnson |
Stop Breakin' Down Blues |
Delta Blues
|
|
1938 |
163 |
8255 |
Eddie Boyd |
Five Long Years |
Chicago Blues,
Piano Blues
|
|
1952 |
164 |
8256 |
Slim Harpo |
Rainin' in My Heart |
Swamp Blues
|
|
1961 |
165 |
8267 |
Jacques Higelin |
Pars |
|
Chanson,
Pop Rock
|
1978 |
166 |
8325 |
Muddy Waters |
You Need Love |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1962 |
167 |
8401 |
Blind Faith |
Presence of the Lord |
British Blues
|
Blues Rock
|
1969 |
168 |
8453 |
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five |
Ration Blues |
|
|
1943 |
169 |
8511 |
The Rolling Stones |
You Got the Silver |
Acoustic Blues
|
Blues Rock
|
1969 |
170 |
8746 |
Buddy Guy |
First Time I Met the Blues |
Chicago Blues,
Soul Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1960 |
171 |
8751 |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
Voodoo Chile |
Electric Blues
|
Acid Rock,
Blues Rock
|
1968 |
172 |
8785 |
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra (vocals Wynonie Harris) |
Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well |
Jump-Blues
|
Swing
|
1945 |
173 |
8941 |
John Lee Hooker |
Dimples |
Electric Blues
|
|
1956 |
174 |
9132 |
John Lee Hooker |
Motor City Is Burning |
Electric Blues
|
|
1968 |
175 |
9220 |
Robert Johnson |
Me and the Devil Blues |
Delta Blues
|
|
1938 |
176 |
9280 |
Ma Rainey & Her Tub Jug Washboard Band |
Prove It on Me Blues |
Jug Band,
Vaudeville Blues
|
|
1928 |
177 |
9329 |
Mose Allison |
Parchman Farm |
Piano Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues,
Vocal Jazz
|
1957 |
178 |
9335 |
John Mayall |
Ramblin' on My Mind |
British Blues
|
Blues Rock
|
1966 |
179 |
9414 |
B.B. King |
Please Love Me |
Electric Blues,
Jump-Blues
|
|
1953 |
180 |
9441 |
Tom Waits |
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening With Pete King) |
Piano Blues
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
1976 |
181 |
9727 |
Handy's Memphis Blues Band |
St. Louis Blues |
|
|
1922 |
182 |
9795 |
Cannon's Jug Stompers |
Walk Right In |
Country Blues,
Jug Band
|
|
1930 |
183 |
9971 |
Wynonie Harris |
All She Wants to Do Is Rock |
Jump-Blues
|
|
1949 |
Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10000: |
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Trixie Smith |
My Man Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) |
Vaudeville Blues
|
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1922 |
|
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Howlin' Wolf |
I Asked for Water |
Chicago Blues
|
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1956 |
|
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Howlin' Wolf |
Moanin' at Midnight |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1951 |
|
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Bobby Bland |
I'll Take Care of You |
Soul Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues,
Soul
|
1959 |
|
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Big Joe Turner |
Honey Hush |
Jump-Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1953 |
|
|
Lead Belly |
The Bourgeois Blues |
Delta Blues
|
|
1939 |
|
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Sonny Boy Williamson (II) |
Nine Below Zero |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1953 |
|
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Bessie Smith |
Gimmie a Pigfoot |
Vaudeville Blues
|
Vocal Jazz
|
1934 |
|
|
Son House |
John the Revelator |
Delta Blues
|
|
1965 |
|
|
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five |
G.I. Jive |
Jump-Blues
|
|
1944 |
|
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Skip James |
I'm So Glad |
Delta Blues
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1931 |
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Bob Dylan |
Dear Landlord |
Piano Blues
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Singer/Songwriter
|
1967 |
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Bukka White |
Fixin' to Die Blues |
Delta Blues
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1940 |
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Lonnie Johnson |
Careless Love Blues |
Country Blues
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1928 |
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Robert Johnson |
I Believe I'll Dust My Broom |
Delta Blues
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1937 |
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Sylvester Weaver |
Guitar Rag |
Acoustic Blues
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1923 |
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Washington Phillips |
Denomination Blues |
Country Blues
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Gospel
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1928 |
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Jack White |
Love Interruption |
Acoustic Blues
|
Blues Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
2012 |
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Elmore James |
Shake Your Moneymaker |
Chicago Blues
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1962 |
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John Mayall |
Steppin' Out |
British Blues
|
Blues Rock
|
1966 |
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Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings |
Boogie Woogie Stomp |
Boogie Woogie
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1936 |
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The Purple Gang |
Granny Takes a Trip |
Jug Band
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Psychedelic Folk
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1967 |
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Bessie Smith |
Careless Love Blues |
Vaudeville Blues
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1925 |
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Bukka White |
Parchman Farm Blues |
Delta Blues
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1940 |
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Jack McVea & His All Stars |
Open the Door Richard! |
Jump-Blues
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Rhythm & Blues
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1946 |
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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble |
Couldn't Stand the Weather |
Electric Texas Blues
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Blues Rock
|
1984 |
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Henry Thomas |
John Henry |
Country Blues
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1927 |
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Bob Dylan |
Dirge |
Piano Blues
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Singer/Songwriter
|
1974 |
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Bessie Smith |
Alexander's Ragtime Band |
Vaudeville Blues
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1927 |
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Lightnin' Hopkins |
Mojo Hand |
Acoustic Blues
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1961 |
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Junior Wells |
Messing with the Kid |
Chicago Blues,
Soul Blues
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1960 |
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Lightnin' Hopkins |
Short Haired Woman |
Acoustic Texas Blues
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1947 |
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Lightnin' Hopkins |
Baby Please Don't Go |
Acoustic Texas Blues
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1949 |
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Ry Cooder |
Paris, Texas |
Acoustic Blues
|
Film Score
|
1984 |
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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble |
Look at Little Sister |
Electric Texas Blues
|
Blues Rock
|
1985 |
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Snooks Eaglin |
Brown Skinned Woman |
Acoustic Blues,
New Orleans Blues
|
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1962 |
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Lead Belly |
(Black Gal) Where Did You Sleep Last Night? |
Delta Blues
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1944 |
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Ali Farka Touré |
Dofana |
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Songhai Music
|
1993 |
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T-Bone Walker |
West Side Baby |
Electric Texas Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1948 |
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Willie Dixon |
Spoonful |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1970 |
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Charley Patton |
A Spoonful Blues |
Delta Blues
|
|
1929 |
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Hambone Willie Newbern |
Roll and Tumble Blues |
Country Blues
|
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1929 |
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Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe |
Bumble Bee |
Country Blues
|
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1930 |
|
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Kokomo Arnold |
Old Original Kokomo Blues |
Country Blues
|
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1934 |
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Bob Dylan |
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat |
Electric Blues
|
Blues Rock
|
1966 |
|
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Bessie Smith |
Young Woman's Blues |
Vaudeville Blues
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Vocal Jazz
|
1927 |
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Otis Rush |
Three Times a Fool |
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1958 |
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Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five |
Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens |
Jump-Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1946 |
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Cecil Gant |
I Wonder |
Boogie Woogie,
Piano Blues
|
Stride
|
1944 |
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Josh White |
House of the Rising Sun |
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1944 |
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Lonnie Johnson |
Tomorrow Night |
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1948 |
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The Animals |
I'm in Love Again |
British Blues
|
British Rhythm & Blues
|
1964 |
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Z.Z. Hill |
Down Home Blues |
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|
1981 |
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Big Maybelle |
Candy |
Jump-Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1956 |
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John Lee Hooker |
It Serve Me Right to Suffer/It Serves Me Right To Suffer |
Electric Blues
|
|
1966 |
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Charles Brown |
Please Come Home for Christmas |
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Christmas Music,
Rhythm & Blues
|
1960 |
|
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The Treniers |
Rockin' Is Our Business |
Jump-Blues
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1953 |
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Junior Wells |
Hoodoo Man Blues |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1965 |
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Fleetwood Mac |
Need Your Love So Bad |
British Blues
|
|
1968 |
|
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Freddie Slack & Ella Mae Morse |
The House of Blue Lights |
Boogie Woogie
|
Vocal Jazz
|
1946 |
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Lil Green |
Why Don't You Do Right? |
Vaudeville Blues
|
Vocal Jazz
|
1941 |
|
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Blind Lemon Jefferson |
Jack O'Diamond Blues |
Acoustic Texas Blues
|
|
1926 |
|
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John Mayall |
Have You Heard |
British Blues
|
Blues Rock
|
1966 |
|
|
Robert Johnson |
32-20 Blues |
Delta Blues
|
|
1937 |
|
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Robert Johnson |
Kind Hearted Woman Blues |
Delta Blues
|
|
1937 |
|
|
Robert Johnson |
Walkin' Blues |
Delta Blues
|
|
1937 |
|
|
Ben Harper |
Better Way |
|
Alternative Rock,
Raga Rock
|
2006 |
|
|
The Rolling Stones |
Goin' Home |
British Blues
|
Blues Rock
|
1966 |
|
|
John Lee Hooker |
This Is Hip |
Electric Blues
|
|
1980 |
|
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Jimmy Reed |
You Don't Have to Go |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1954 |
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Howlin' Wolf |
Forty Four |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1955 |
|
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Lowell Fulson |
Three O'Clock Blues |
Electric Blues
|
|
1948 |
|
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Bukka White |
Special Stream Line |
Delta Blues
|
|
1940 |
|
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Blind Willie McTell |
Dying Crapshooter's Blues |
Piedmont Blues
|
|
1961 |
|
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Sonny Boy Williamson (I) |
Decoration Blues / Decoration Day Blues |
Acoustic Chicago Blues
|
|
1938 |
|
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Howlin' Wolf |
Hidden Charms |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1964 |
|
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Muddy Waters |
The Blues Had a Baby and They Named it Rock and Roll (#2) |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1977 |
|
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Big Joe Turner |
TV Mama |
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1953 |
|
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John Lee Hooker |
Crawlin' King Snake |
Electric Blues
|
|
1949 |
|
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Willie Mabon |
I'm Mad |
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1953 |
|
|
Junior Parker |
Feelin' Good |
Electric Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1953 |
|
|
Muddy Waters |
I Want to Be Loved |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1955 |
|
|
Billy Gayles feat. Ike Turner's Rhythm Rockers |
I'm Tore Up |
Electric Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1956 |
|
|
Lead Belly |
In New Orleans |
Delta Blues
|
|
1944 |
|
|
Joe Liggins |
Pink Champagne |
Jump-Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1950 |
|
|
Koko Taylor |
Insane Asylum |
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1968 |
|
|
Lowell Fulson |
Everyday I Have the Blues |
Electric Blues
|
|
1950 |
|
|
Eric Clapton |
Layla (Acoustic) |
Acoustic Blues
|
Acoustic Rock,
Pop Rock
|
1992 |
|
|
Muddy Waters |
Rock Me |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1957 |
|
|
Rosco Gordon |
No More Doggin' |
Jump-Blues,
Piano Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1952 |
|
|
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble |
Little Wing |
Electric Texas Blues
|
|
1991 |
|
|
B.B. King |
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss |
Electric Blues
|
|
1968 |
|
|
Lightnin' Hopkins |
Automobile / Automobile Blues |
|
|
1950 |
|
|
Muddy Waters |
Trouble, No More |
Chicago Blues
|
|
1955 |
|
|
Tom Waits |
Soldier’s Things |
Piano Blues
|
Singer/Songwriter,
Vocal Jazz
|
1983 |
|
|
Sippie Wallace |
I'm a Mighty Tight Woman |
|
|
1927 |
|
|
Taj Mahal |
Statesboro Blues |
Electric Blues
|
|
1967 |
|
|
Lowell Fulson |
Blue Shadows |
Electric Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1950 |
|
|
Ray Charles |
Losing Hand |
Piano Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1954 |
|
|
Ray Charles |
Sinner’s Prayer |
Piano Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1954 |
|
|
Peppermint Harris |
I Got Loaded |
Jump-Blues
|
New Orleans R&B
|
1951 |
|
|
Little Junior Parker |
Driving Wheel |
Electric Blues,
Soul Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1961 |
|
|
Tiny Bradshaw |
The Train Kept A-Rollin' |
Jump-Blues
|
Rhythm & Blues
|
1951 |