Songs from Movies

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993)

Blues as a genre shaped the sound of jazz in the early 20th century and directly led to the creation of rock 'n' roll in the '50s. The scales, chords, and progressions of blues as a musical form can be found in styles from jazz to rock to contemporary R&B.

The movie Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music, released in 1993, features 32 songs from artists like Chuck Berry, Leadbelly, Charley Patton and Blind Lemon Jefferson. What is your favorite song from Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music?

 

Songs from Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

Sweet Little Sixteen
Chuck Berry
Pick a Bale of Cotton
Leadbelly
A Spoonful Blues
Charley Patton
Screamin' and Hollerin the Blues
Charley Patton
That Black Snake Moan
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Stole Rider Blues
Blind Willie McTell
Chimes Blues
King Oliver
Fat Meat and Greens
Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton
St. Louis Blues
Bessie Smith
New Bo-Weevil Blues
Ma Rainey
Harlem Blues
Mamie Smith
Maggie Campbell Blues
Tommy Johnson
Sleepless Night Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
Too Late To Cry
Lonnie Johnson
West End Blues
Louis Armstrong
Ko-Ko
Duke Ellington
One O'Clock Jump
Count Basie and the Count Basie Orchestra
Take Me Back Baby
Jimmy Rushing , Count Basie , and the Count Basie Orchestra
Cool Blues
Charlie Parker
When Did You Leave Heaven
Big Bill Broonzy
I Just Want to Make Love to You
Muddy Waters
Dust My Blues
Elmore James
I Ain't Superstitious
Chester Burnett as Howlin Wolf
Caldonia
Louis Jordan
Shake, Rattle & Roll
Big Joe Turner
Sweet Little Angel
B.B. King
Baby, What You Want Me To Do
Etta James
I Don't Hurt Anymore
Dinah Washington
That's All Right
Elvis Presley
Hoochie Coochie Man
Muddy Waters
Got My Mojo Working
Muddy Waters
I Just Want to Make Love to You
The Rolling Stones