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The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording (later rereleased as The Blues Brothers: Music from the Soundtrack) is the Blues Brothers Band's second album. Released on June 20, 1980, it was a followup to their debut live album, Briefcase Full of Blues .
The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revue band founded in 1978 by comedians ... The film grossed $57 million domestically in its theatrical release ...
Briefcase Full of Blues is the debut album by the Blues Brothers, released on November 28, 1978, by Atlantic Records. It was recorded live on September 9, 1978, at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, when the band opened for comedian Steve Martin. The album consists of covers of blues and soul songs from the 1950s to 1970s.
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.
Made in America is the third album by The Blues Brothers. The second live album by the band, it was released in December 1980 as a followup to their hit film released that year, The Blues Brothers. To support the film, the band embarked on a 22 dates tour in North America, culminating with seven dates at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles.
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.
A Blues Brothers 2000 video game was released for the Nintendo 64 on November 17, 2000, two years after the film's release. The plot involves Elwood as the main character going through different chapters and levels while trying to save the kidnapped members of the band one by one.
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".