The Blues Brothers : Original Soundtrack Recording

2nd album

Released in June 1980

Genres considered - Blues, Blues Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul

Recorded in Chicago at the same time as the filming

(Exceptions - "Gimme Some Lovin'" in Los Angeles & "The Old Landmark" on the west coast)

Review score -

AllMusic - 3/5 Stars

Track List -

1.  She Caught the Katy

2.  Peter Gunn Theme

3.  Gimme Some Lovin'

4.  Shake a Tail Feather

5.  Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

6.  The Old Landmark

7.  Think

8.  Theme from Rawhide

9.  Minnie the Moocher

10.  Sweet Home Chicago

11.  Jailhouse Rock

The Blues Brothers

"Joliet" Jake Blues (John Belushi) - Lead vocals

Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) - Backing vocals, Harmonica

Paul Shaffer - Backing vocal arrangements

Steve "The Colonel" Cropper - Guitar

Matt "Guitar" Murphy - Guitar

Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass guitar

Steve Jordan - Drums

Willie "Too Big" Hall - Drums

Lou "Blue Lou" Marini - Tenor & Alto Saxophone, Backing vocals

Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin - Trumpet, Backing vocals

Tom "Triple Scale" Scott - Tenor & Alto Saxophone, Backing vocals

Tom "Bones" Malone - Tenor & Baritone Saxophone, Trombone, Trumpet, Backing vocals, Horn arrangement

Special Guests

Ray Charles -

Lead vocals, "Shake a Tail Feather" & "Jailhouse Rock"

Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, "Shake a Tail Feather"

James Brown -

Lead vocals, "The Old Landmark" & "Jailhouse Rock"

Chaka Khan -

Additional vocals, "The Old Landmark"

Aretha Franklin -

Lead vocals, "Think" & "Jailhouse Rock"

Piano, "Think"

Cab Calloway -

Lead vocals, "Minnie the Moocher"

Charts (1980 - 2015) -

No. 13 on Billboard 200

No. 59 UK Albums

No. 18 Sweden

No. 21 Norway

No. 12 New Zealand

No. 75 Italy

No. 69 Germany

No. 2 the Netherlands

No. 20 Canada

No. 51 Austria

No. 10 Australia

Chart (2025)

No. 97 Greece

Certifications -

Gold in Italy & the Netherlands

Platinum in New Zealand & the U.S.

2x Platinum in France, Germany, Switzerland, & UK

6x Platinum in Australia

(Wikipedia)