Category

Blues songs

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They Don't Care About Us

1996 single by Michael Jackson

That's All Right

original song written, composed, and performed by Arthur Crudup

original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney

2007 single by Christina Aguilera

Muddy Waters song

original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney

When the Levee Breaks

song by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie (1929), later covered by Led Zeppelin

song by George Harrison performed by the Beatles

original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney; first recorded by The Beatles

original film song composed by Harry Warren, lyrics by Mack Gordon; from the 1942 film "Orchestra Wives"

single by Pink Floyd

The Red Rooster

original song written and composed by Willie Dixon; first recorded by Howlin' Wolf

I Can't Quit You Baby

The Thrill Is Gone

blues song written by Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951

original song written and composed by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

St. James Infirmary Blues

American blues song and jazz standard

On the Road Again

1968 single by Canned Heat

song written and composed by Jackie Brenston; based on the original song Cadillac Boogie by Joe Liggins

song written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin' Wolf

Train Kept A-Rollin'

Tiny Bradshaw song

"Spoonful" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded in 1960 by Howlin' Wolf. Called "a stark and haunting work", it is one of Dixon's best known and most interpreted songs. Etta James and Harvey Fuqua had a pop and R&B record chart hit with their duet cover of "Spoonful" in 1961 and it was popularized in the late 1960s by the British rock group Cream.

Why Don't You Do Right?

song written and composed by Kansas Joe McCoy; lyrical adaptation of the 1936 song "Weed Smoker's Dream"

original song written and composed by Junior Parker; first recorded 1953 by Little Junior's Blue Flames

1962 single by John Lee Hooker

Highway 61 Revisited

original song written, composed, and performed by Bob Dylan

I Believe I'll Dust My Broom

blues song written, composed, and performed by by Robert Johnson

Got My Mojo Working

1957 single by Ann Cole

Robert Johnson blues composition

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

song composed by Blind Willie Johnson performed by Blind Willie Johnson

Baby, Please Don't Go

blues song credited to Big Joe Williams

Jimi Hendrix song

Jesus Goin' A-makeup My Dyin' Bed

traditional song

Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

single by Bessie Smith

I Hear You Knocking

original sing written and composed by Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King

original song written and composed by Luther Dixon and Al Smith; first recorded by Jimmy Reed

Night Time Is the Right Time

song by Nappy Brown

Hi-Heel Sneakers

single by Tommy Tucker

I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man

original song written and composed by Willie Dixon; blues standard

1957 single by Slim Harpo

Bring It On Home

song performed by Sonny Boy Williamson II

Let the Good Times Roll

Louis Jordan song

Lafayette Blues

Born Under a Bad Sign

song composed by William Bell with lyrics by Booker T. Jones performed by Albert King

Baby What You Want Me to Do

original song written and composed by Jimmy Reed

The Memphis Blues

1913 blues song by W. C. Handy and George A. Norton

Sitting on Top of the World

The Things That I Used to Do

Alice's Restaurant

song written by Arlo Guthrie

Sweet Home Chicago

blues song written, composed, and performed by Robert Johnson

John Lennon song

Smokestack Lightning

1956 single by Howlin' Wolf

Call It Stormy Monday

1947 song written and recorded by T-Bone Walker

Rollin' and Tumblin'

blues song first recorded by American singer/guitarist Hambone Willie Newbern

My Baby Left Me

original song written and composed by Arthur Crudup

original song written and composed by Bo Diddley

Midnight Special

traditional song

1967 single by Donovan

Have You Ever Loved a Woman

1961 song performed by Freddie King