Artist	Song
Muddy Waters	Got My Mojo Working
from Muddy Waters the Anthology: 1947-1972 (2001)
Howlin' Wolf	Little Red Rooster
from Two On One: Howlin' Wolf / Moanin' In the Moonlight (1987)
Little Walter	My Babe
from The Chess Blues-Rock Songbook (1997)
Sonny Boy Williamson II	One Way Out
from The Real Folk Blues/More Real Folk Blues: Sonny Boy Williamson (2002)
Willie Dixon	You Shook Me
from I Am the Blues (1993)
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells	Hoodoo Man Blues
from Hoodoo Man Blues (2004)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	Shake Your Money Maker
from The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - An Anthology: The Elektra Years (2005)
Johnny Shines	Sweet Home Chicago
from The Road to Robert Johnson and Beyond, CD D (2007)
Elmore James	Dust My Broom
from Dust My Broom (2005)
Otis Rush	My Love Will Never Die (Single Version)
from Mourning In the Morning (2005)
Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle (Single Version)
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Blues Classics (2003)
Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers	Give Me Back My Wig
from Alligator Records: Blues Essentials, Vol. 1 (2005)
Muddy Waters	Rollin' Stone
from Muddy Waters the Anthology: 1947-1972 (2001)
Howlin' Wolf	Smokestack Lightning
from Two On One: Howlin' Wolf / Moanin' In the Moonlight (1987)
Little Walter	Juke
from The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection: Little Walter - His Best (1997)
Junior Wells	Messin' With the Kid
from Junior Wells: Best of the Vanguard Years (1998)
Otis Spann's South Side Piano	Spann's Stomp
from Chicago / The Blues / Today!, Vol. 1 (1989)
Willie Dixon	Back Door Man
from I Am the Blues (1993)
Magic Sam	Looking Good
from Rockin' Wild In Chicago (2002)
Buddy Guy	First Time I Met the Blues
from Buddy's Blues - Chess 50th Anniversary Collection (1997)
James Cotton	Rocket 88
from Best of the Vanguard Years (2006)
Muddy Waters	(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
from Hoochie Coochie Man: The Complete Chess Masters, Vol. 2, 1952-1958 (2004)
Big Walter Horton & Carey Bell	Have a Good Time
from Big Walter Horton With Carey Bell (1972)
Hubert Sumlin & Keith Richards	I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love
from About Them Shoes (2005)
Howlin' Wolf	Spoonful
from The Chess Box: Howlin' Wolf (1991)
Little Walter	Boom, Boom Out Goes the Light
from The Essential Little Walter (1993)
Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy
from Muddy Waters the Anthology: 1947-1972 (2001)
Willie Dixon	The Same Thing
from I Am the Blues (1993)
Junior Wells	It Hurts Me Too (When Things Go Wrong)
from Junior Wells: Best of the Vanguard Years (1998)
Otis Rush	Homework
from Blues Classics (1996)
Magic Slim & The Teardrops	Mama, Talk to Your Daughter
from Raw Magic (1982)
Son Seals	Your Love Is Like a Cancer
from The Son Seals Blues Band (1973)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	Born In Chicago
from The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - An Anthology: The Elektra Years (2005)
Luther Allison	All the King's Horses
from Blue Streak (1995)
Muddy Waters	I'm a King Bee
from King Bee (1999)
The Jimmy Johnson Blues Band	Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home
from Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1 (1978)
Homesick James	Homesick's Shuffle
from Blues On the South Side (2006)
Jimmy Rogers	That's All Right
from Jimmy Rogers: His Best (2003)
Buddy Guy	Let Me Love You Baby
from Buddy's Blues - Chess 50th Anniversary Collection (1997)
Muddy Waters	Baby, Please Don't Go
from Hoochie Coochie Man: The Complete Chess Masters, Vol. 2, 1952-1958 (2004)
Little Walter	Mellow Down Easy
from The Chess Box: Willie Dixon (1988)
Howlin' Wolf	Evil
from His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) (1997)
Shemekia Copeland	Who Stole My Radio?
from The Soul Truth (2005)
Sonny Boy Williamson II	Help Me
from Sonny Boy Williamson II: His Best (1997)
Muddy Waters	I Just Want to Make Love to You
from Hoochie Coochie Man: The Complete Chess Masters, Vol. 2, 1952-1958 (2004)
Otis Rush	I Can't Quit You Baby
from The Essential Otis Rush (2006)
Buddy Guy	Damn Right, I've Got the Blues
from Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (Expanded Edition) (2005)
Muddy Waters	Rock Me
from Hoochie Coochie Man: The Complete Chess Masters, Vol. 2, 1952-1958 (2004)
Son Seals	Buzzard Luck
from Chicago Fire (1980)
Eddie Boyd	Twenty-Four Hours
from Chess Chartbusters, Vol. 3 (2008)
Otis Spann	Must Have Been the Devil
from Blues Masters Vol. 10 (1992)
Muddy Waters	I'm Ready
from Fathers and Sons (Expanded) (2001)
Sonny Boy Williamson II	Don't Start Me to Talkin'
from Chess Blues Classics 1947 - 1956 (1997)
Eddie Shaw And The Wolf Gang	Sitting on Top of the World
from Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1 (1978)
Billy Branch, Carey Bell, James Cotton & Junior Wells	Down Home Blues
from Harp Attack! (1990)
J.B. Lenoir	Eisenhower Blues
from Chess Blues Classics 1947 - 1956 (1997)
Jimmy Dawkins	Sad and Blues
from Fast Fingers (1998)
Chuck Berry	Wee Wee Hours
from His Complete '50s Chess Recordings (2008)
Lefty Dizz	Look On Yonders Wall
from Ain't It Nice to Be Loved (2005)
Robert Lockwood, Jr.	Everyday I Have the Blues
from I Got to Find Me a Woman (1997)
Joanna Connor	Doctor Feelgood
from Believe It! (1989)
Lurrie Bell	Got My Eyes On You
from Blues Had a Baby (1999)
Mojo Buford	Watch Dog
from State of the Blues Harp (2005)
Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials	Walking the Dog
from Roughhousin' (1986)
Lonnie Brooks	Voodoo Daddy
from Bayou Lightning (1979)
Little Johnny Jones	Big Town Playboy
from Chess Blues Classics 1947 - 1956 (1997)
Willie Kent	What You Doin' to Me
from Long Way to Ol' Miss (1996)
Michael Coleman	The Train
from Do Your Thing! (2000)
Billy Boy Arnold & Johnnie Jones	I Hear My Black Name Ringing
from Rare Chicago Blues (1962-1968) (1993)
Carey Bell	Big Walter Strut
from Mellow Down Easy (1991)
Mighty Joe Young	As the Years Go Passing By
from Mighty Joe Young (2002)
James Wheeler	Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
from Ready! (1998)
Sugar Blue	I Ain't Got You
from Blue Blazes (1994)
The Legendary Blues Band	Hush Hush
from Life of Ease (1994)

Comment:

The classic Chicago sound is what most folks hear in their heads when they think blues, whether they know it or not. The Windy City’s so synonymous with electric blues it’s almost impossible to separate the two. Chess Records put the music on the map, and the visionary label’s regal roster is still the gold standard for the style, whether it’s the sweat-soaked, floor-shaking stomp of Muddy Waters’ “Mannish Boy,” the sassy, streetwise shuffle of harmonica hellion Little Walter’s “Juke,” or the razor-totin’, night-crawlin’, roadhouse rumble of Koko Taylor’s “Wang Dang Doodle.” Of course, it wasn’t all about Chess — the sensual strut of Otis Rush’s “Homework” and the slashing slide guitar of Elmore James’ “Dust My Broom” got just as many juke-joint jumpers shakin’ their cabooses. And torch-carriers like Joanna Connor and Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials keep that blue light burning on into the 21st century. So, where can you start soaking up the Chicago story? Look no further.

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