List of blues standards
Appearance
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 Foundation Hall of Fame - "B", Grammy Hall of Fame - "G", and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - "R".
A
B
- "Baby Please Don't Go"B,R
- "Baby What You Want Me to Do"B
- Jimmy Reed, Otis Rush, Pinetop Perkins, Etta James, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Detroit Junior, Johnny Dyer, Johnnie Johnson, Little Sonny, 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"
C
- "Caldonia"B,G
- "Catfish Blues" aka "Rollin' Stone"G
- 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
D
- "Driftin' Blues"B,R
- "Driving Wheel"
- "Dust My Broom"B,R,G
E
- "Early in the Mornin' (Ain't Got Nothing but the Blues)"
- "Early in the Morning ('Bout the Break of Day)"
- "Every Day I Have the Blues"G aka "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, Santana, Albert King, Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson, John Mayer, Eric Clapton
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
- "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, Bill "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" aka "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 "Guitar" Burns, Eddie Taylor, Jr.
K
- "Kansas City"G,R
L
- "Look on Yonder Wall"
- "(You Gotta) Love Her with a Feeling"
M
- "Mannish Boy"B,R aka "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, Jimi Hendrix
- "Mean Old World"
- "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,R
- 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
- "Rock Me Baby"
- Lil' Son Jackson, Blue Cheer, Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, B.B. King, James Cotton, Freddie King, Luther Allison, Slim Harpo, Lightnin' Hopkins, Etta James, Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson, Hound Dog Taylor, Big Mama Thornton, Chick Willis, Jimmy Rogers, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Otis Redding, Johnny Winter, Jefferson Airplane, Rolling Stones with AC/DC
S
- "See See Rider"G aka "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
- "Smokestack Lightning"B,G,R
- "Stormy Monday"B,G,R
- "Sugar Mama"
- "Sweet Home Chicago"B,R
- "Sweet Little Angel"R aka "Black Angel Blues"B
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.
- "Trouble in Mind"
- Thelma La Vizzo & Richard M. Jones, Bertha "Chippie" Hill, Georgia White, Victoria Spivey, Dinah Washington, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Carrie Smith
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 aka "Trouble No More"
Y
- "You Don't Love Me Baby"
- 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 (1992). Encyclopedia of the Blues. University of Arkansas Press. p. 513. ISBN 1557282528.
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"Genre: Blues". allmusic. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
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External links
- "Blues Foundation Hall of Fame - Inductees". Classics of Blues Recordings - Singles or Album Tracks. The Blues Foundation. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
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(help) - "Grammy Hall of Fame Awards". The Recording Academy. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
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(help) - "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 1995. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
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