Crossroads (sometimes known as the Crossroads blues) is a song so. Other blues songs are performed by artists who themselves had done actual time.

• Top 40 Blues Songs

Respect - Aretha Franklin 2. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye 3. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding 4. What'd I Say - Ray Charles 5. Maybellene - Chuck Berry 6. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown 7. Money Honey - Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters 8.

Shake, Rattle, & Roll - Big Joe Turner 9. My Girl - The Temptations 10. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard 11. In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett 12. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino 13. Sixty Minute Man - The Dominoes 14.

Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone 15. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price 16. Heat Wave - Martha & The Vandellas 17.

One Nation Under A Groove - Parliment Funkadelic 18. Reach Out, I'll Be There - The Four Tops 19.

It's Your Thing - The Isley Brothers 20. Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston 21. The Tracks Of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 22. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang 23. Baby Love - The Supremes 24.

Why Do Fools Fall In Love? - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers 25. Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire 26. Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder 27.

It's All Right - The Impressions 28. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 29.

I Want You Back - The Jackson Five 30. Theme From 'Shaft' - Isaac Hayes 31. Work With Me Annie - The Midnighters 32.

Honky Tonk - Bill Doggett 33. My Guy - Mary Wells 34. Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd 35. Shake A Hand - Faye Adams 36. Chain Gang - Sam Cooke 37. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton 38.

Hold On, I'm Comin' - Sam & Dave 39. Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's 40. You Got The Love - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan 41. The Great Pretender - The Platters 42. One Mint Julep - The Clovers 43.

Top 40 Blues Songs

Big Stuff - Jean Knight 44. Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Ruth Brown 45. I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown 46. Freddie's Dead - Curtis Mayfield 47. Do You Love Me? - The Contours 48.

Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe - Barry White 49. Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson 50. I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers 51. Dancing In The Street - Martha & The Vandellas 52. The Things I Used To Do - Guitar Slim 53. Have Mercy Baby - The Dominoes 54.