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In addition to tracks by the Blues Brothers Band performed with guest artists such as Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Dr. John, Lonnie Brooks, Junior Wells, Eddie Floyd and Wilson Pickett, there are songs by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Blues Traveler as well as an all-star blues supergroup, the Louisiana Gator Boys, featuring B.B. King ...
The Blues Brothers performed the song as the "cold opener" of a November 1978 episode of Saturday Night Live; they later released the song as a single, which reached number nine on the Cash Box Top 100 and number 14 in Billboard in early 1979. It also made #19 in Canada.
The song is performed in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers sung by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as The Blues Brothers. [4] [17] The song was also included on the soundtrack album. In 1989 it was released as a single in the UK, backed by "Think" but failed to chart.
In 1978, The Blues Brothers recorded a cover of "Rubber Biscuit" on the album Briefcase Full of Blues; this version (with lead vocal by actor-singer Dan Aykroyd) was also released as a single. [2] The single peaked at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 [3] and #44 in Canada. This led to royalties for the original Chips, and they briefly re-united to ...
Some of the recordings credit the writing of the song to Adeline Brunner (as A.M. or A.H. Brunner). It is featured in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers, where it is performed by James Brown with the Rev. James Cleveland Choir. It also appears on the film's soundtrack album.
The Toronto-based Downchild Blues Band, co-founded in 1969 by two brothers, Donnie and Richard "Hock" Walsh, served as an inspiration for the two Blues Brothers characters. Aykroyd modeled Elwood Blues in part on Donnie Walsh, a harmonica player and guitarist, while Belushi's Jake Blues character was modeled after Hock Walsh, Downchild's lead ...
The Blues Brothers, the group fronted by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, performed it in the climatic concert scene of the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. [25] In the song's intro, Belushi's character announces, "dedicate[d] to the late great Magic Sam". [26]
In 1968, the Chambers Brothers' version of this song reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. [2] In Canada it reached number 29. [3]The Blues Brothers Band performed the song in full in the performance for its 1990 live album The Blues Brothers Band Live in Montreux, which was included in the album.