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Best blues songs of the 1970s

Prog and hard rock spent the middle of the decade getting longer while dub and krautrock quietly assembled the rhythmic machinery that pop is still borrowing. Then punk turned up and told all of them to get to the point.

Songs from the blues albums of the 1970s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.

Rainbow Bridge (Original Motion Picture Sound Track) cover№ 1Dolly DaggerJimi Hendrix · Rainbow Bridge (Original Motion Picture Sound Track)4.2Weighted score4.0 avg · 3 ratings
  1. 2Closing Time coverMarthaTom Waits · Closing Time1 rating
  2. 3Closing Time coverI Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With YouTom Waits · Closing Time1 rating
  3. 4Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? coverFires of SpringChris Rea · Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?1 rating
  4. 5Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? coverDancing With CharlieChris Rea · Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?1 rating
  5. 6Joplin In Concert coverSummertime (Live at The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA - June 1968)Janis Joplin · Joplin In Concert
  6. 7Live in Cook County Jail coverHow Blue Can You GetB.B. King · Live in Cook County Jail
  7. 8I Feel Good, I Feel Fine coverRed Sails In The SunsetBobby “Blue” Bland · I Feel Good, I Feel Fine
  8. 9I Feel Good, I Feel Fine coverIn His EyesBobby “Blue” Bland · I Feel Good, I Feel Fine
  9. 10I Feel Good, I Feel Fine coverSoon As The Weather BreaksBobby “Blue” Bland · I Feel Good, I Feel Fine
  10. 11I Feel Good, I Feel Fine coverSomeone To Belong ToBobby “Blue” Bland · I Feel Good, I Feel Fine
  11. 12I Feel Good, I Feel Fine coverTit For TatBobby “Blue” Bland · I Feel Good, I Feel Fine
  12. 13I Feel Good, I Feel Fine coverLittle MamaBobby “Blue” Bland · I Feel Good, I Feel Fine
  13. 14I Feel Good, I Feel Fine coverI Can't Take No Mo'Bobby “Blue” Bland · I Feel Good, I Feel Fine
  14. 15I Feel Good, I Feel Fine coverI Feel Good, I Feel FineBobby “Blue” Bland · I Feel Good, I Feel Fine
  15. 16Come Fly With Me coverAin't God SomethingBobby “Blue” Bland · Come Fly With Me
  16. 17Come Fly With Me coverThis Bitter EarthBobby “Blue” Bland · Come Fly With Me
  17. 18Come Fly With Me coverYou Can Count On MeBobby “Blue” Bland · Come Fly With Me
  18. 19Come Fly With Me coverLove To See You SmileBobby “Blue” Bland · Come Fly With Me
  19. 20Come Fly With Me coverI'm Just Your ManBobby “Blue” Bland · Come Fly With Me
  20. 21Come Fly With Me coverTo Be FriendsBobby “Blue” Bland · Come Fly With Me
  21. 22Come Fly With Me coverNight GamesBobby “Blue” Bland · Come Fly With Me
  22. 23Come Fly With Me coverLady LonelyBobby “Blue” Bland · Come Fly With Me
  23. 24Come Fly With Me coverCome Fly With MeBobby “Blue” Bland · Come Fly With Me
  24. 25The Best of Bobby Bland coverStormy Monday BluesBobby “Blue” Bland · The Best of Bobby Bland
  25. 26The Best of Bobby Bland coverFarther Up the Road (Single Version)Bobby “Blue” Bland · The Best of Bobby Bland
  26. 27The Best of Bobby Bland coverIf You Could Read My Mind (Single Version)Bobby “Blue” Bland · The Best of Bobby Bland
  27. 28The Best of Bobby Bland coverAin't Nothing You Can Do (Single Version)Bobby “Blue” Bland · The Best of Bobby Bland
  28. 29The Best of Bobby Bland coverCall On Me (Single Version)Bobby “Blue” Bland · The Best of Bobby Bland
  29. 30The Best of Bobby Bland coverTurn On Your Love Light (Single Version / Stereo)Bobby “Blue” Bland · The Best of Bobby Bland
  30. 31The Best of Bobby Bland coverCry, Cry, Cry (Single Version)Bobby “Blue” Bland · The Best of Bobby Bland
  31. 32The Best of Bobby Bland coverI Pity the Fool (Single Version)Bobby “Blue” Bland · The Best of Bobby Bland
  32. 33The Best of Bobby Bland coverI'll Take Care of You (Single Version)Bobby “Blue” Bland · The Best of Bobby Bland
  33. 34The Best of Bobby Bland coverSomeday (Single Version)Bobby “Blue” Bland · The Best of Bobby Bland
  34. 35The Best of Bobby Bland coverI Smell Trouble (Single Version)Bobby “Blue” Bland · The Best of Bobby Bland
  35. 36The Best of Bobby Bland coverPoverty (Single Version / Stereo)Bobby “Blue” Bland · The Best of Bobby Bland
  36. 37His California Album coverI've Got to Use My ImaginationBobby “Blue” Bland · His California Album
  37. 38His California Album coverFriday the 13th ChildBobby “Blue” Bland · His California Album
  38. 39His California Album coverWhere My Baby WentBobby “Blue” Bland · His California Album
  39. 40His California Album coverHelp Me Through the DayBobby “Blue” Bland · His California Album
  40. 41His California Album coverThe Right Place at the Right TimeBobby “Blue” Bland · His California Album
  41. 42His California Album coverGoin' Down SlowBobby “Blue” Bland · His California Album
  42. 43His California Album cover(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be RightBobby “Blue” Bland · His California Album
  43. 44His California Album coverIt's Not the SpotlightBobby “Blue” Bland · His California Album
  44. 45His California Album coverUp and Down WorldBobby “Blue” Bland · His California Album
  45. 46His California Album coverThis Time I'm Gone for GoodBobby “Blue” Bland · His California Album
  46. 47Together for the First Time… Live coverI Like to Live the Love (Live)Bobby “Blue” Bland · Together for the First Time… Live
  47. 48Together for the First Time… Live coverGoin' Down Slow (Live)Bobby “Blue” Bland · Together for the First Time… Live
  48. 49Together for the First Time… Live coverEverybody Wants to Know Why I Sing the Blues (Live)Bobby “Blue” Bland · Together for the First Time… Live
  49. 50Together for the First Time… Live coverMedley: Good to Be Back Home (Live)Bobby “Blue” Bland · Together for the First Time… Live

One great song, one bad album

Tracks carry their own ratings here, so a record you would never play front to back can still have a song worth defending.

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