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A blues standard is a blues song that is widely known, performed, and recorded by blues artists.[1] The following list identifies blues standards and some of the blues artists that have recorded them.[1][2] Blues songs that have been inducted into a hall of fame are noted as follows: Blues Hall of Fame - "B", Grammy Hall of Fame - "G", and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - "R".
A
- "Ain't Nobody's Business (If I Do)"
B
- "Baby Please Don't Go"B,R
- "Baby What You Want Me to Do"B a.k.a. "You Got Me Running"
- Jimmy Reed, Otis Rush, Pinetop Perkins, Etta James, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Detroit Junior, Johnny Dyer, Johnnie Johnson, Aaron "Little Sonny" Willis, Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson, Lucky Peterson, Billy Branch
- "Big Boss Man"B,R
- Jimmy Reed, Mance Lipscomb, B.B. King, Jimmy Rogers, Koko Taylor, Slim Harpo, Kenny Neal, Mack Thompson, Big Jack Johnson & Kim Wilson, Willie Cobbs
- "Blues With a Feeling"
- Little Walter, Paul Butterfield, Big Walter Horton, George "Harmonica" Smith, Luther Allison, Carey Bell & Lurrie Bell, Aaron "Little Sonny" Willis, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Anson Funderburgh, Jimmy Dawkins, Taj Mahal
C
- "Caldonia"B,G
- "Catfish Blues" a.k.a. "Rollin' Stone"G, "Still A Fool", "Come on In"
- Robert Petway, Muddy Waters, Tommy McClennan, B.B. King, Skip James, Bobo Thomas, John Littlejohn, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Louisiana Red, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson, Eddie C. Campbell, Hubert Sumlin, R.L. Burnside, Magic Slim, Big Jack Johnson, Corey Harris w/ Ali Farka Toure & Ali Magassa
- "Crosscut Saw"
- "Crossroads"B,G,R
- Robert Johnson, Homesick James, Honeyboy Edwards, Johnny Shines, Hound Dog Taylor, Big Joe Williams, Smokey Wilson, Eddie Taylor, Eric Clapton
D
- "Driftin' Blues"B,R
- "Driving Wheel"
- "Dust My Broom"B,R,G
E
- "Early in the Morning ('Bout the Break of Day)"
- "Every Day I Have the Blues"G a.k.a. "Nobody Loves Me"
- Memphis Slim, Lowell Fulson, B.B. King, Joe Williams & Count Basie, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Snooks Eaglin, Elmore James, James Cotton, Otis Rush, Albert King, Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson
F
- "Farther Up the Road"
- Bobby Blue Bland, Lonnie Mack, Eric Clapton, Johnny Copeland, Earl Gaines, Magic Sam, Magic Slim, Little Sonny Jones, Lucky Peterson, Earl Hooker, Anson Funderburgh
- "Forty-Four"
- Roosevelt Sykes, James Wiggins & Blind Leroy Garnett, Howlin' Wolf, Mose Vinson, Memphis Slim, Smokey Wilson, Eddie Shaw, R.L. Burnside, Hound Dog Taylor, Big George Brock, Johnny Winter
G
- "Got My Mojo Working"B,G,R
- Ann Cole, Muddy Waters, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, James Cotton, Etta James, B.B. King, Otis Rush, Junior Wells, Koko Taylor, George "Harmonica" Smith, Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson, The Aces, Pinetop Perkins & Hubert Sumlin, Jimmy Rogers
H
- "Help Me"B a.k.a. "Green Onions"G,R
- Sonny Boy Williamson II, Charlie Musselwhite, Luther Allison, James Cotton, Buddy Guy, Melvin Taylor, Junior Wells, Billy Branch, Magic Slim, Booker T. & the MGs, Little Mack Simmons, Johnny B. Moore, John Mayall
- "Hide Away"B,G,R
- Freddie King, Hound Dog Taylor, John Mayall & Eric Clapton, King Curtis & Cornell Dupree, Lonnie Brooks, Hollywood Fats, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Magic Slim, Luther Allison, Snooks Eaglin, Boogie Bill Webb
- "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man"B,G,R
- Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Junior Wells, Luther Allison, James Cotton, Buddy Guy, John Littlejohn, Chick Willis, Magic Sam, Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson, Eric Clapton
- "Hound Dog"B,G,R
I
- "I'm Ready"B
- "It Hurts Me Too" a.k.a. "When Things Go Wrong"
J
- "Just a Little Bit"
- Tiny Topsy, Rosco Gordon, Magic Sam, Little Milton, Billy Boy Arnold, Eddie Clearwater, Freddie King, Charlie Musselwhite, Fenton Robinson, Billy Branch, Eddie Burns, Eddie Taylor, Jr.
K
- "Kansas City"G,R
- "Killing Floor"B
- Howlin' Wolf, Albert King, Fenton Robinson, R. L. Burnside, J. B. Hutto, Otis Rush, Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials, Hubert Sumlin, Big Jack Johnson
L
- "Look on Yonder Wall"
- "(You Gotta) Love Her With a Feeling"
M
- "Mannish Boy"B,R a.k.a. "I'm a Man"
- Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Magic Slim, Kenny Neal, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Zachary Harmon, Lazy Lester, Otis Rush, Paul Butterfield, The Mannish Boys
- "My Babe"B
N
- "Night Time Is the Right Time"
- Roosevelt Sykes, Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, Nappy Brown, Ray Charles, Rufus and Carla, John Lee Hooker, Etta James, Johnny Copeland, Booker T. Laury
R
- "Reconsider Baby"B
- Lowell Fulson, Bobby Blue Bland, Lonnie Brooks, Earl Hooker, Eric Clapton, Lurrie Bell & Billy Branch, Al King, Freddie King, John Littlejohn, Willie Cobbs, Finis Tasby
S
- "See See Rider"G a.k.a. "C. C. Rider"R
- "Shake Your Moneymaker"R
- Elmore James, Paul Butterfield, John Littlejohn, Jimmy Rogers, Big George Jackson, Big Jack Johnson, Carey Bell, Fleetwood Mac, George Thorogood
- "Stormy Monday"B,G,R
- "Sugar Mama"
- "Sweet Home Chicago"B,R
- "Sweet Little Angel"R a.k.a. "Black Angel Blues"B, "Sweet Black Angel"
T
- "That's All Right"
- "The Things That I Used to Do"B,R
- Guitar Slim, Albert Collins, Lowell Fulson, Little Milton, James Brown, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Luther "Houserocker" Johnson, Freddie King, Muddy Waters, Lonnie Brooks, John Lee Hooker, Guitar Slim, Jr.
W
- "Walkin' Blues"
- Son House, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, R.L. Burnside, Paul Butterfield, Honeyboy Edwards, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Taj Mahal, Eric Clapton, Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson
- "Worried Life Blues"B,G a.k.a. "Someday Baby", "Trouble Blues", "Trouble No More"
Y
- "You Don't Love Me Baby" a.k.a. "She's Fine, She's Mine"
- Bo Diddley, Willie Cobbs, Junior Wells, Magic Sam, Albert King, Otis Rush, Luther Allison, Smokey Wilson, Eddie Taylor, Big Time Sarah, Clarence Edwards, Burnside Exploration
See also
References
- ^ a b Herzhaft, Gerard; Harris, Paul; Hanssler, Jerry; Mikofsky, Anton J. (1997). Encyclopedia of The Blues, (2nd. Sub edition). University of Arkansas Press.
- ^ "allmusic".