Music Graffiti / Blues Brothers

Song	Performer	Original Interpreter	Movie's Scene
SHE CAUGHT THE KATY	Taj Mahal	The The same one	The song during the main titles.
SHAKE YOUR MONEYMAKER	Elmore James	The same one	In background during the encounter with the orphanage's factotum Curtis (Cab Calloway).
SOOTHE ME	Sam and Dave	The same one	On the radio in the Blues Mobile during th first encounter of the Blues Brothers with teh Police (and consequently the first car pursuit).
HOLD ON I'M COMIN'	Sam and Dave	The same one	As above. The song is one of the best known R&B of the sixties.
THE OLD LANDMARK	James Brown	Traditional	James Brown as Reverend Cleophus James sings this traditional gospel in a way so exciting during his service that all the people in the church start to dance and to jump up to the ceiling. And Jakie Blues suddenly "sees the light".
LET GOOD TIMES ROLL	Louis Jordan	The same one	The disc that Elwood Blues puts on the turntable when he welcomes the brother Jakie in his "home" (actually, a room so close to the train that every passage it's an earthquake, and so small that it will be necessary for him to sleep on a chair). But the "mystery woman" Carrie Fisher will solve the problem the morning after ...
ANEMA E CORE	Elio Pinta	The same one	In background during the Italian interlude with Mrs Tarantino, the former guest house master of the piano player Matt Murphy.
QUANDO, QUANDO, QUANDO	Tony Renis	The same one	The song performed by Murphy Dunne in the Sheraton Longue Bar, together with his group Murph & The Magitones.
BOOM BOOM	John Lee Hooker	John Lee Hooker	On the Maxwell Street of Chicago, the blues-rock master is performing for the people passing.
THINK	Aretha Franklin	Aretha Franklin	A mythical performance of Aretha Franklin herself, in slippers and apron, inside her cafeteria, the choirgirls are the waitresses and she says, singing to her husband: "You better think (think), think about what you're tryin' to do to me ..."
SHAKE YOUR TAILFEATHER	Ray Charles	Ray Charles with The Blues Brothers Band	The song used by the music instruments shopkeeper Ray (Cahrles) to test his instruments.
BOOGIE CHILLUN	John Lee Hooker	The same one	During the travel towards the country & western restaurant and ballroom.
YOUR CHEATIN' HEART	Kitty Wells	The same one	The country & western song in the ballroom when the Blues Brothers Band arrives.
GIMME SOME LOVIN'	Blues Brothers Band	Spencer Davis Group	"What kind of music do you usually have here?" "Oh, we got both kinds. We got country and* western.*" Elwood tries anyway to start with the Blues Band repertory. After a short while the band realize why there is a iron net between them and the public. The song is a classic R&B written by a very young Steve Winwood for his first band.
MAIN THEME FROM 'RAWHIDE'	Blues Brothers	TV Series of the 50s and 60s	Do you want country & western? Here it is. The main theme from the famous TV serial is the right answer and gathers a great success between the urban cowboys.
STAND BY YOUR MAN	Blues Brothers	Tammy Wynette	And soon after another romantic C&W song, everyone in the restaurant, even the stronger cowboys, have now tears in their eyes.
I'M WALKING	Ray Charles	Fats Domino	A classical R&B song by Fats Domino performed by Ray Charles can be listen during the fund gathering for the orphanage, with all the children involved in it.
MINNIE MOOCHER	Cab Calloway	Cab Calloway	The Blues Brothers Jakie and Elwood are late, nazis, police and the mystery woman are chasing them, the crowd want the show start, a difficult situation. But Curtis, the original and unique Cab Calloway is there and he can try to entertain them with an old song, but what song: it's the original Minnie Moocher, and soon after everyone is singing with him, and even the scene seems to be the same as in the years of the swing.
CAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE	Blues Brothers Band	Otis Redding	At least Jakie and Elwood have arrived and Curtis can present them, in the background this R&B by Otis Redding.
EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY TO LOVE	Blues Brothers	Wilson Pickett	Probably the best moment and the most remembered, the Blues Brothers Band with Elwood and Jakie on vocals is starting is show, with a perfect R&B song of Wilson Pickett. Memorable the synchronized dance of the two "brothers" and the incredible jumps of John Belushi.
SWEET HOME CHICAGO	Blues Brothers	Freddy King	The second song in the mythical show is, of course, a cornerstone of the blues-rock genre, mainly known in the Muddy Waters version.
JAILHOUSE ROCK	Blues Brothers Band, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and the Band	Elvis Presley	The final show is in jail, after the inevitable capture (they were actually chased by all the US police forces, plus the army and the special forces, apart the nazis) where all the Band is again reunited, and can perform, of course, a very appropriate "jailhouse rock". The song is also sung by the other people of the cast during the credits.

Character	Interpreter
Jakie Joliet Blues	John Belushi
Elwood Blues	Dan Aykroyd
Sister Mary Stigmata (aka The Penguin)	Kathleen Freeman
Curtis	Cab Calloway
Mrs. Tarantino	Toni Fleming
Reverend Cleophus James	James Brown
Church choir soloist	Chaka Khan
Choir	James Cleveland's Southern California Community Choir
Charming Trooper	Stephen Bishop
La Fong Trooper	John Landis
Mystery woman (former Jakie Blues fiancé)	Carrie Fisher
Burton Mercer	John Candy
Head Nazi	Henry Gibson
Musician in Maxwell Street (Chicago)	John Lee Hooker / Walter Horton / "Pinetop" Perkins / Willie "Big Eyes" Smith / Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson / Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
Mrs. Murphy (Soul Food Café owner)	Aretha Franklin
Ray (musical instruments shopkeeper)	Ray Charles
bob (Country & western restaurant owner)	Jeff Morris
Chic Lady	Twiggy
Cook County Assessor's Office Clerk	Steven Spielberg
Correction officer	Frank Oz
Prisoner	Joe Walsh

Musician	Instrument
Donald "Duck" Dunn	bass
Murphy Dunne	piano
Willie Hall	drums
Tom Malone	trombone
Alan Rubin	trumpet
"Blue" Lou Marini	sax
Matt "Guitar" Murphy	guitar
Steve Cropper	guitar


	The main part of the soundtrack listing was performed by the original interpreters of the selected songs, involved in the movie as actors (and not as themselves, except John Lee Hooker). So we can listen for our pleasure the performances of Aretha Franklin, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, James Brown and, of course, those if the two Blues Brothers Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. he other ones are performed by the Blues Brothers Band, created for the movie, involving several session men, and that will continue the activity after the great success of it. In the following table all the song are listed and commented in relation with the scenes of the film. (In the images: The Blues Brothers with Ray Charles, above, and with Aretha Franklin, on the left)