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[Flashcomix]

All songs are in order of their first release as performed by the Blues Brothers on albums or on bootlegs! If you can't find a song on one of the album or bootlegs you got to check out an earlyer recording and see if it is listed there.


BRIEFCASE FULL OF BLUES

I Can't Turn You Loose (Otis Redding) Listen
Hey Bartender (Floyd Dixon) Listen
Messin' With The Kid (Junior Wells) Listen
(I Got Every Thing I Need) Almost (The Downchild Blues Band) Listen
Rubber Biscuit (The Chips)
Shot Gun Blues (The Downchild Blues Band) Listen
Groove Me (King Floyd) Listen
I Don't Know (Willie Mabon) Listen
Soul Man (Sam & Dave) Listen
"B" Movie Boxcar Blues (Delbert McClinton) Listen
Flip, Flop & Fly (Big Joe Turner) Listen


BLUES BROTHERS OST

She Caught The Katy (Taj Mahal) Listen
Peter Gunn Theme (Henry Mancini) Listen
Gimme Some Lovin' (Spencer Davis Group) Listen
Shake A Tail Feather (The Five Dutones)
Everybody Needs Somebody (Solomon Burke) Listen
The Old Landmark (The Ward Singers)
Think (Aretha Franklin) Listen
Rawhide (Frankie Laine with Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra) Listen
Minnie the Moocher (Cab Calloway) Listen
Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson) Listen
Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley) Listen


MADE IN AMERICA

Soulfinger (The Bar-Kays) Listen
Funky Broadway (Wilson Pickett) Listen
Who's Making Love (Johnny Taylor) Listen
Do You Love Me (The Contours) Listen
Mother Popcorn (James Brown) Listen
Guilty (Randy Newman) Listen
Perry Mason Theme (Ray Coniff And His Orchestra) Listen
Roit In Cell Block Nummber Nine (The Robins)
Green Onions (Booker T. & the MG's) Listen
I Ain't Got You (Jimmy Reed) Listen
From The Bottom (Sonny Boy Williamson the II.) Listen
Going Back To Miami (Wayne Cochran)


BEST OF THE BLUES BROTHERS:

Expressway To Your Heat (The Soul Surviviors) Listen


THE GREAT OUTDOORS OST:

Land Of A 1000 Dances (Wilson Pickett) Listen
Hot Fun In The Sun (Sly & The Family Stone) Listen
Dragboat (Elwood Blues & Tom Scott)
Hot Weasel (Elwood Blues & Peter Aykroyd)


OTIS, ONIONS & THE BLUES:

Time Is Tight (Booker T. & the MG's) Listen
Walking The Dog (Rufus Thomas) Listen
Try A Little Tenderness (Otis Redding) Listen
You Don't Know Like I Know (Sam & Dave) Listen
Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding) Listen


LIVE IN MONTREAUX:

Hold On I'm Coming (Sam & Dave) Listen
In The Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett) Listen
The Thrill Is Gone (B.B. King) Listen
Kock On Wood (Eddie Floyd) Listen
Raise Your Hands (Eddie Floyd) Listen


RED, WHITE & BLUES:

You Got The Bucks (Blues Brothers Band)
Red, White & Blues (Blues Brothers Band)
Can't Play The Blues (Mel McDaniel)
Early In The Morning (Louis Jordan) Listen
One Track Train (Loonie Brooks) Listen
Boogie Thing (James Cotton & Matt "Guitar" Murphy) Listen
Never Found A Girl (Eddie Floyd) Listen
Trick Bag (The Meters) Listen
Take You And Show You (Blues Brothers Band)
Big Bird (Eddie Floyd) Listen


ON PAROL AND IN CONCERT - LIVE AT VH1

Rockett 88 (Jackie Brenston)
634-5789 (Wilson Pickett) Listen
All She Wants To Do Is Rock (Wynonie Harris) Listen
Money (That's What I Want) (Barrett Strong) Listen
Call Me Guitar Junior (Johnny "Guitar Junior" Johnson)


BLUES BROTHERS AND FRIENDS:

Chicken Shack (Little Walter) Listen
I Wish You Would (Billy Boy Arnold) Listen
All My Money Back (Loonie Brooks)
Born In Chicago (Paul Butterfield Blues Band) Listen
Blues, Why Do You Worry Me? (Charlie Musselwhite) Listen
Groove With Me Tonight (Syl Johson)
Viva Las Vegas (Elvis Presley) Listen


BLUES BROTHERS 2000 OST:

Cheaper To Keep Her (Johnny Taylor) Listen
Looking For A Fox (Clarence Carter) Listen
Respect (Otis Redding) Listen
Maybe I'm Wrong (Blues Traveler)
Riders In The Sky (Vaughan Monroe) Listen
John The Revelator (Son House) Listen
Let There Be Drums (The Ventures) Listen
Season of the Witch (Donovan) Listen
Funky Nassau (Beginning of the End) Listen
How Blue Can You Get (B.B. King) Listen
Turn On Your Love Light (Bobby "Blue" Bland) Listen
New Orleans (Gary U.S. Bonds) Listen


LIVE IN LAS VEGAS

You Should Know Better (Jimmy Vaughn)
Treat Her Right (Roy Head)
Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett)
Let The Good Times Roll (Louis Jordan)
Wang Dang Doodle (Koko Taylor)
Watch Yourself (Buddy Guy)
Let Me Love You (Buddy Guy)


JIM BELUSHI & THE SACRED HEARTS - "36-22-36":

If You Don't Leave Me Alone (Delbert McClinton)
Smokin' Blues (Jim Belushi & the Sacred Hearts)
29 Ways (Willie Dixon)
36-22-36 (Bobby "Blue" Bland) Listen
The Chicken And The Hawk (Big Joe Turner) Listen
Hot Weather (Jim Belushi & the Sacred Hearts)
You Can't Use My Car (Jim Belushi & the Sacred Hearts)
Leap Of Faith (Delbert McClinton)
I Just Wanna Make Love To You (Muddy Waters)
If The House Is Rockin' (Jim Belushi & the Sacred Hearts, but the song is based on "If the House Is Rockin'" by Stevie Ray Vaughn)


JIM BELUSHI & THE SACRED HEARTS - "LIVE AT THE HOB"

I'm Ready (Muddy Waters)
Just A Fool (Ike & Tina Turner)
Grits Ain't Groceries (Little Milton)
Who's Cheatin' Who (Little Milton)
You Don't Love Me (T-Bone Walker)
Now You See Me, Now You Don't (Jim Belushi & the Sacred Hearts)


HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL:

Skybox Ballroom Pump (Aykroyd & Belushi)
Have Love Will Travel (Richard Berry & The Pharoahs)
(I'm Gonna) Dig Myself A Hole (Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup)
Time Won't Let Me (The Outsiders)
Polk Salad Annie (Tony Joe White)
300 Pounds Of Joy (Howlin' Wolf)
Can't Get Out of It (Aykroyd & Belushi)
Greenbacks (Ray Charles)
Truth At The Time (Aykroyd & Belushi)
Cadillac Man (Aykroyd & Belushi)
Swingin' Party (Lowell Fulson)
Driving Wheel (Junior Parker)


JIM BELUSHI & THE SACRED HEARTS - "According to Jim":

Say I Do (Jim Belushi & the Sacred Hearts)
Jimmie's Theme (Jim Belushi & the Sacred Hearts)
Angel (Jim Belushi & the Sacred Hearts)
Mellow Down Easy (Little Walter & Willie Dixon) Listen
Girl Watcher (Jim Belushi & the Sacred Hearts)
Bless My Soul (Jim Belushi & the Sacred Hearts)
Mambo Miami (Jim Belushi & the Sacred Hearts)


OTHER SONGS (in order of their first release as performed by the Blues Brothers or a related artist/band):

Louis Louis (Richard Berry & The Pharoahs)
King Bee (Slim Harpo) Listen
Excusez Moi Mon Cherie (Lamont Cranston Band)
Quando, Quando, Quando (Tony Renis)
Don't Go Changing (Billy Joel)
Stand by your Man (Tammy Wynette)
Sink the Bismark (Johnny Horton)
Come On Up (The Young Rascals)
My Baby likes the Soaps (The Blues Brothers Band)
Hard To Handle (Otis Redding)
Checkin' Up On My Baby (Sonny Boy Williamson the II.)
Please Please Please (James Brown & the Famous Flames)
Spooky (Classic IV)

[SolomanDHBlues]

Great list!

Were the Blues Bros. Band really responsible for those songs on the Red, White, and Blues albums?

[Flashcomix]

Yep, check out the booklet. The songs are writen by Lou Marini or Alan Rubin and other bandmembers.

[Flashcomix]

Hey folks I added some new informations to the liste above.
BUT I STILL NEED YOU HELP to find out all the originals.

[SolomanDHBlues]

Thanks Flashcomix. I had no idea!!

[blues51]

Here are the answers to the ?? you have:

"The Old Landmark" is actually titled: 'Old Landmark'. It was originally sung by The Staple Singers on their 1961 album, Swing Low Sweet Chariot. The song was produced by Roebuck "Pops" Staples.

"Can't Play The Blues" is actually titled: 'You Can't Play The Blues (In An Air-Conditioned Room) [AS IT IS LISTED ON THE BLUES BROTHERS 1992 ALBUM]. It was originally sung by Mel McDaniel on his 1989 album, Rock-a-billy Boy. The song was produced by R. Fagan and G. Kennedy.

"The Chicken And The Hawk" is actually titled: 'Chicken And The Hawk'. It was originally sung by Big Joe Turner on his 1951 release, Big Joe Turner's Greatest Hits. The song was produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

"Hot Weather" is actually titled: 'Hot Weather Blues'. It was originally sung by Jim Belushi on his 1997 release, 36-22-36. The song was produced by Robert Dade, William Ford and W. Thurman.

"You Don't Love Me" was originally sung by T-Bone Walker and Peter Chatman on their 1929 release, This Life I'm Living. The song was produced by T-Bone Walker himself.

Excusez Moi Mon Cherie [without the 'e' on the end] was originally sung and produced by the Lamont Cranston Band on their 1977 album, Specials Lit.

"Soup" is an original Blues Brothers song written and produced by themselves.

"Spooky" [the one The Blues Brothers cover] was originally sung by Classics IV on their 1968 album of the same name. The song was produced by Harry Middlebrooks, Jr. and Mike Shapiro.

If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Thanks.

Monty http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/forum2/public/style_emoticons/default/icon_cool.gif

[Flashcomix]

Wow Monty,
great job!!! Sounds like some great albums (not just because of the BB-stuff). I think I got this T-Bone Walker album you mentioned.
One can get the feeling you were with them when they picked out the tunes. Well, but now I got to go and ask my privat recorddealer if he got the albums you told us.
By the way is their a recording of "Soup" by the Blues Brothers??
And did we forget some songs that they did??

[Flashcomix]

Okay, after a long time I now updated the list of the originals. I changed some artists, added some new and also updated the songs of Jim Belushi's new CD "According to Jim".
Hope the list is a help for all you BB-freaks :wink:
If you find some mistakes or find a missing song please tell me.

[Rizzolo_for_8]

Flashcomix wrote :

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The Old Landmark (The Stapel Singers) # and
Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson)

Those two artist may be the original but I think that the arrangement of 'Sweet home Chicago' that the Blues Brothers base their version on is closer to Magic Sam's. It's on the 'West Side Soul' album. Aretha Franklin does a smoking version of Old Landmark in the 60's that sounds a lot like the Blues Brothers version too, check it out. :D

[Rizzolo_for_8]

Oh, by the way Flashcomix, GREAT LIST, Thanks!

[Flashcomix]

Thank you Rizzolo_for_8,
I know Aretha's version. You're right it's very close to the Blues Brothers-Version. I got to check out the version Magic Slim did.
The Blues Brothers version of everybody needs somebody is also much closer to the coverversion Wilson Pickett did than Solomon Burks original.

[Flashcomix]

As you know this thread is kind of my lovechild, I now added some audioclips to the originals. I'll add a few more when I find the time.

[bbcentral]

Flashcomix said:

As you know this thread is kind of my lovechild, I now added some audioclips to the originals. I'll add a few more when I find the time.

Thanks for the clips
This thread will be very useful very soon (for the new site).

[Flashcomix]

Well the problem is that I allready jused to many words for the first post and now I can't add more clips.

[bbcentral]

Flashcomix said:

Well the problem is that I allready jused to many words for the first post and now I can't add more clips.

Increased the limit from 10,000 to 15,000 characters.
Should be plenty

And this thread has been extremely useful while I've been working on the new site. When you click on a song like here:
http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/music.php
It will show not only the composer, lyrics and albums, but also:
-Original Artist
-Link to buy Original Song from Amazon USA, CA, UK, DE (could be on original album, or a compilation)
-Harp tabs (if available)
-Gigs this song was played at (for gigs that have a setlist available)
-Downloads for this song (for example we have several downloads on the site for 'Soul Man')

Later on I may also show other related albums this song appears on, because I'd like to also include Sacred Hearts, Have Love Will Travel Revue, and even go as far as James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Booker T and the MGs, Blood Sweat & Tears, BB King, Eric Clapton. Basically anything that may be of interest to fans.

[Flashcomix]

That's really great :D

[George_Germany]

bbcentral said:

...
http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/music.php
It will show not only the composer, lyrics and albums, but also:
-Original Artist
-Link to buy Original Song from Amazon USA, CA, UK, DE (could be on original album, or a compilation)
-Harp tabs (if available)
-Gigs this song was played at (for gigs that have a setlist available)
-Downloads for this song (for example we have several downloads on the site for 'Soul Man')...

Hello bbcentral,

maybe you could put some alternative Artists to the list, too? E.g. I have a record of Bill Haley and his Comets playing "Flip, Flop & Fly" and also a recording of "Shake your Tailfeather" by James and Bobby Purify (never heard of 'em before...)

Thanks in Advance,

George

[bbcentral]

Actually I'd like to do that, I'll try to work that into the site too, because sometimes people want a different version of songs

[ChgoBru]

The earliest version of "The Old Landmark" (yes "The" is included) is by The Famous Ward Singers - recorded in New York City on 15 Nov 1951.

Clara Ward (solo vocal, piano), Gertrude Ward, Willa Ward-Moultrie, Henrietta Waddy, Marion Williams.

Written by William Herbert Brewster.

Gospel Friend PN-1502
Clara Ward and the Ward Singers - I Feel the Holy Spirit

[bbcentral]

Thanks ChgoBru! That will help me a lot :D