Blues Brothers Origional Soundtrack

"It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses, Hit it!"

1980 John Landis, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd got together and took a Saturday Night Live Sketch and made it into one of the great musical comedies of all time The Blues Brothers.

The cult film is jam packed with stars of both stage and screen (a full list of cast members can be found at the bottom of this post). Yet the real hit is the music. Almost every track is a stand out and the album is not only fun but excellent to boot.

Aretha Franklin storms her way through Think, Gimme Some Lovin and Everybody Needs Somebody to Love are superbly done by Jake and Elroy Blues. Let alone Cab Calloways Minnie the Moocher.

As sound tracks go this is one of the finest, on a mission from god indeed!

Track Listing:

1. "She Caught the Katy" (Taj Mahal, Rachell) – 4:10
   • The Blues Brothers with lead vocals by Jake Blues
2. "Peter Gunn Theme" (Mancini) – 3:46
   • The Blues Brothers Band
3. "Gimme Some Lovin'" (S. Winwood, M. Winwood, Davis) – 3:06
   • The Blues Brothers with Jake Blues, lead vocals
4. "Shake a Tail Feather" (Hayes, Williams, Rice) – 2:48
   • Ray Charles with the Blues Brothers (Jake and Elwood, backing vocals)
5. "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" (Wexler, Berns, Burke) – 3:21
   • The Blues Brothers (Jake Blues, lead vocals; Elwood Blues, harmonica and vocals)
6. "The Old Landmark" (Brunner) – 2:56
   • James Brown and the Rev. James Cleveland Choir (additional choir vocals by Chaka Khan credited in the film)
7. "Think" (White, Franklin) – 3:13
   • Aretha Franklin and the Blues Brothers with backing vocals by Brenda Corbett, Margaret Branch and Carolyn Franklin (real-life sister of Aretha) and Jake and Elwood
8. "Theme from Rawhide" (Tiomkin) – 2:37
   • Elwood and Jake and the Blues Brothers Band
9. "Minnie the Moocher" (Calloway, Mills) – 3:23
   • Cab Calloway with the Blues Brothers Band
10. "Sweet Home Chicago" (Johnson) – 7:48
    • Dedicated to the musician Magic Sam
11. "Jailhouse Rock" (Leiber, Stoller) – 3:19
    • Jake Blues and the Blues Brothers (Over the closing credits in the film, verses are sung by James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and "crew".

Blues Brothers Band:

• "Joliet" Jake E. Blues – vocals
• Elwood J. Blues – harmonica, vocals
• Steve "The Colonel" Cropper – lead and rhythm guitar (former Booker T & the M.G.'s)
• Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar (former Booker T & the M.G.'s)
• Murphy Dunne – keyboards (brought in to act in the film due to Paul Shaffer's commitment to perform with Gilda Radner in Gilda Live!, Toured with the band in the summer of 1980)
• Willie "Too Big" Hall – drums, percussion (formerly of the Bar-Kays, Isaac Hayes' band, appears in the movie)
• Steve "Getdwa" Jordan – drums, percussion (Saturday Night Live Band, appears only on the albums)
• Tom "Bones" Malone – trombone, trumpet, saxophone (Saturday Night Live Band)
• "Blue" Lou Marini – saxophone (Saturday Night Live Band)
• Matt "Guitar" Murphy – lead and rhythm guitar (Howlin' Wolf, other artists)
• Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin – trumpet (Saturday Night Live Band)
• Paul "The Shiv" Shaffer – keyboards, arranger
• Tom "Triple Scale" Scott – saxophone (doesn't appear in the movie, though his saxophone can still be heard on the soundtrack)

Cast of the film

• Cab Calloway as Curtis
• Carrie Fisher as Mystery Woman
• Aretha Franklin as Mrs. Murphy
• Ray Charles as Ray
• James Brown as Reverend Cleophus James
• John Candy as Burton Mercer
• Kathleen Freeman as Sister Mary Stigmata, "The Penguin"
• Henry Gibson as Head Nazi
• Steve Lawrence as Maury Sline
• Twiggy as Chic Lady
• Frank Oz as Corrections Officer
• Jeff Morris as Bob
• Sheilah Wells as Claire
• Charles Napier as Tucker McElroy
• Steven Williams as Trooper Mount
• Armand Cerami as Trooper Daniel
• Chaka Khan as Choir soloist
• John Lee Hooker as musician on Maxwell Street
• John Landis as State trooper
• Stephen Bishop as State trooper
• Joe Walsh as Prisoner
• Paul Reubens as Chez Paul waiter
• Steven Spielberg as Cook County Assessor's Office Clerk
• Layne Britton as The Cheese Wiz
• Joe Cuttone as Lloyd
• Toni Fleming as Mrs. Tarantino
• Carolyn Franklin, Brenda Bryant Corbett, and Margaret Branch as Soul Food Chorus.