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Steve's List of Classic Blues Songs
Listed in alphabetical order by title, every song on the list is linked to an album that contains the song. In most cases, you can go there and listen to a clip of the song or you may be able to download it or even purchase the album.
I am continually adding to this list. If you are trying to find a particular song that isn't on my list, send me an e-mail and I will try to find it for you and also will add it to my list.
Many of the classic blues songs have been recorded by several different artists. Let me know if you would like me to add a version of the same song by another artist.
A
Ain't Nobody's Business - Freddie King
Ain't Nobody's Business - Susan Tedeschi
Ain't Nothin' Shakin' - Johnny Otis
Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby? - Jimmy Reed
Albert's Alley - Albert Collins
All I Could Do Is Cry - Etta James
As the Years Go Passing By - Otis Rush
Avalon Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
B
Baby, Please Don't Go - Lightnin' Hopkins
Baby Please Don't Go - Muddy Waters
Baby, What You Want Me To Do? - Jimmy Reed
Baby, What You Want Me To Do? - Etta James
Back to Baker City - Jimmy Lloyd Rea
Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood
Ball & Chain - Big Mama Thornton
Beat Up Guitar - Shemekia Copeland
Bell Bottom Blues - Eric Clapton
Big Chief - Professor Longhair
Big Legged Woman - Freddie King
Big Mama's Door - Alvin Youngblood Hart
Black Jack - Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland & Robert Cray
Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac
Blues Before Sunrise - Elmore James
Blues Came to Texas - Johnny Shines & Snooky Pryor
The Blues Had a Baby - Muddy Waters
Bon Ton Roulet - Lonnie Brooks, Phillip Walker & Long John Hunter
Born in Chicago - Paul Butterfield
Born on the Bayou - Etta James
Born under a Bad Sign - Albert King
Born under a Bad Sign - Koko Taylor & Buddy Guy
Bring It on Home - Rice "Sonny Boy" Williamson
C
Can't Lose What You Never Had - Muddy Waters
Confessing the Blues - B.B. King
Cool Drink of Water - Tommy Johnson
Crawling Kingsnake - Buddy Guy
Crawling Kingsnake - "Honeyboy" Edwards
Crossroad Blues - Eric Clapton
Crossroad Blues - Robert Johnson
Crossroad Blues - Snooky Pryor & Johnny Shines
D
Damn Right I've Got the Blues - Buddy Guy
Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
Diddie Wah Diddie - Blind Blake
Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Don't Mess Up a Good Thing - Precious Bryant
Down Don't Bother Me - Albert King
Driving Wheel - Luther Allison
Drown In My Own Tears - Ray Charles
Drown In My Own Tears - Greg Allman & Derek Trucks
Dust My Broom - Robert Johnson
Dust My Broom - Robert Lockwood
Dust My Broom - Hound Dog Taylor
Dying Crapshooter's Blues - Blind Willie McTell
E
Early in the Morning - Ray Charles
Early in the Morning - Buddy Guy
Elevator Blues - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
Every Day I Have the Blues - B.B. King
Every Time You Go Away - Curtis Salgado
Eyesight to the Blind - B.B. King
F
Feel Good Doin' Bad - Lonnie Brooks
Fever - Susan Tedeschi & Weepin' Willie Robinson
Franktown Blues - The Crudup Brothers
Further on up the Road - Bobby "Blue" Bland
Further on up the Road - Eric Clapton & Freddie King
G
Get Your Hands Out Of My Pocket - Otis Spann
Give Me Back My Wig - Hound Dog Taylor
G, M & O Blues - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
Good Morning, Blues - Leadbelly
Good Morning, Little School Girl - Johnny Lang
Good Morning, Little School Girl - Taj Majal
Good Rockin' Tonight - Roy Brown
Good Rockin' Tonight - Wynonie Harris
Got a Way with Women - Michael Burks
Got My Mojo Workin' - Muddy Waters
Grasshoppers in My Pillow - Leadbelly
Ground Hog Blues - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
H
Help the Poor - Eric Clapton & B.B. King
He Was a Friend of Mine - Dave Van Ronk
Hold On I'm Coming - Eric Clapton & B.B. King
Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
How Blue Can You Get? - B.B. King
How Do You Feel? - Ray Charles
How Many More Years - Freddie King
How Many More Years - Howlin' Wolf
I
I Ain't Superstitious - Howlin' Wolf
I Am the Hoodoo King - The Hoodoo Kings
I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
I Can't Quit You, Baby - Eddie Boyd & Magic Sam
I Can't Quit You, Baby - Otis Rush
I Don't Want No Woman - Magic Sam
If He Moves His Lips - Shemekia Copeland & Ruth Brown
I'll Play the Blues for You - Albert King
I'm Going To Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
In the Middle of the Night - Jimmie Vaughn & Lou Ann Barton
In the Wee, Wee Hours - Chuck Berry
I Pity the Fool - Bobby "Blue" Bland
It Hurt So Bad - Susan Tedeschi
It's All Right - Hound Dog Taylor
It's Two A.M - Shemekia Copeland - Wicked
I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl - Nina Simone
J
Joe Friday - Alvin Youngblood Hart
Johnny B. Goode - Johnny Winter
Just Won't Burn - Susan Tedeschi
K
Kansas City - Robert Nighthawk
Keep A-Knockin' - Clifton Chenier
Key to the Highway - Big Bill Broonzy
Key to the Highway - Little Walter
Key to the Highway - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Key to the Highway - Junior Wells
Kind Hearted Woman - Robert Johnson
Kind Hearted Woman - Johnny Winter
L
Let Me Love You, Baby - Buddy Guy
Let the Good Time Roll - B.B. King & Bobby "Blue" Bland
Little by Little - Susan Tedeschi
Little by Little - Junior Wells
Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughn
Livin' It Down - Delbert McClinton
Livin' Too Close to the Edge - Sonny Rhodes
Love Her with a Feeling - Freddy King
Love Hurts - Lucinda Williams & Little Milton
Love Me Like That - Shannon Curfman
Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes - Taj Majal
Luther's Blues - Luther Allison
M
May I Have a Talk with You - Stevie Ray Vaughn
Mean Old Frisco - Eric Clapton
Mean Old Frisco - The Crudup Brothers
Messin' with the Kid - Junior Wells
Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
Milk Cow Blues - Robert Johnson
Mother Earth - Susan Tedeschi & Little Milton
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
My Soul's in Louisiana - Otis Taylor
My Time After Awhile - Johnny Winters
N
New Orleans - Gary "U.S" Bonds
The Night Time Is the Right Time - Ray Charles
Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out - Eric Clapton
Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out - Nina Simone
Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out - Bessie Smith
Nobody Loves Me But My Mother - B.B. King
No One Owns the Blues - Bugs Henderson
O
Okie Dokie Stomp - "Gatemouth" Brown
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker
One Room Country Shack - Buddy Guy
One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
P
Paying the Cost To Be the Boss - B.B. King
Preachin' the Blues - Son House
Pride & Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughn
Pussy Cat Moan - Katie Webster
R
Raining In My Heart - Slim Harpo
Reconsider, Baby - Eric Clapton
Reconsider, Baby - Lowell Fulson
Red Beans - Professor Longhair
Remembering Stevie - Buddy Guy
Richland Woman Blues - Maria Muldaur
Riding with the King - Eric Clapton & B.B. King
Riviera Paradise - Stevie Ray Vaughn
Rock Me, Baby - Hound Dog Taylor
Roll 'Em, Pete - Big Joe Turner
Room with a View of the Blues - Johnny Adams
Rooster Blues - Memphis Minnie
Rooster Blues - Big Mama Thornton
S
Sitting on Top of the World - The Mississippi Sheiks
The Sky Is Crying - Stevie Ray Vaughn
Smoke Stack Lighning - Howlin' Wolf
Somebody Loan Me a Dime - Fenton Robinson
Somebody Loan Me a Dime - Boz Scaggs
Statesboro Blues - The Allman Brothers
Still Got the Blues - Gary Moore
Stormy Monday - The Allman Brothers
Stormy Monday - Albert King & Stevie RayVaught
The Story of My Life - Guitar Slim
Stumble and Fall - The Hoodoo Kings
Sugar In My Bowl - Nina Simone
Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson
Sweet Home Chicago - Freddie King
Sweet Home Chicago - Pinetop Perkins
Sweet Home Chicago - Jimmy Rogers
Sweet Little Angel - B.B. King
Sweet Sixteen Bars - Ray Charles
T
Take Out Some Insurance - Jimmy Reed
T-Bone Shuffle - Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland & Robert Cray
T-Bone Shuffle - T-Bone Walker
Terraplane Blues - John Lee Hooker & Roy Rogers
Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughn
That's All Right, Mama - The Crudup Brothers
That's All Right, Mama - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
Thibodaux, Louisiana - Marcia Ball
The Things That I Used To Do - Guitar Slim
The Things That I Used To Do - Sonny Rhodes
Three O'Clock Blues - Eric Clapton & B.B. King
Three O'Clock Blues - B.B. King & Bobby "Blue" Bland
Three O'Clock Blues - B.B. King & Jimmy Smith
The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
Tin Pan Alley - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Tin Pan Alley - Big Walter Horton
Too Poor To Die - Jim Suhler & Alan Haynes
Trouble In Mind - Big Bill Broonzy
Truckin' My Blues Away - Blind Boy Fuller
Truckin' My Blues Away - Blind Boy Fuller
Two Trains - Long John Hunter & Ervin Charles
U
Ups & Downs - L.C. "Good Rockin" Robinson
W
Walking Blues - Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks
Walking the Dog - Rufus Thomas
Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
Wayward Saints of Memphis - Etta James
When a Guitar Plays the Blues - Roy Buchanan
When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge
When It Rains It Pours - James Cotton
Whistling Pines - Big Joe Williams
Who's Been Foolin' - Buddy Guy
Who's Been Foolin' - Big Joe Williams
Who Stole the Hot Sauce - Chubby Carrier
Why I Sing the Blues - B.B. King
Would It Make Any Difference To You? - Etta James
Y
You Need To Be With Me - Susan Tedeschi
You Upset Me, Baby - B.B. King
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