The Blues Brothers Band

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revivalist band rhythm and blues band

The Blues Brothers Band is a rhythm and blues revival group formed by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi that became famous through Saturday Night Live performances, hit records, and the 1980 film "The Blues Brothers."

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Label Occurrences
The Blues Brothers Band canonical 16
The Blues Brothers (band) 5
The Blues Brothers band 3

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf revivalist band ⓘ
rhythm and blues band ⓘ
associatedAct Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
Sam & Dave ⓘ
Saturday Night Live ⓘ
Stax Records musicians ⓘ
basedOn The Blues Brothers ⓘ
surface form: The Blues Brothers (comedy characters)
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
fictionalLeaders Elwood Blues ⓘ
Jake Blues ⓘ
founder Dan Aykroyd ⓘ
John Belushi ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
blues rock ⓘ
funk ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasFilmAppearance Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ⓘ
surface form: Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)

The Blues Brothers ⓘ
surface form: The Blues Brothers (1980)
hasMember Alan Rubin ⓘ
Dan Aykroyd ⓘ
Donald "Duck" Dunn ⓘ
Eddie "Knuckles" Crull ⓘ
Eddie Floyd ⓘ
John Belushi ⓘ
Larry Thurston ⓘ
Lou Marini ⓘ
Matt "Guitar" Murphy ⓘ
Murphy Dunne ⓘ
Paul Shaffer ⓘ
Steve Cropper ⓘ
Steve Jordan ⓘ
Tom Malone ⓘ
Willie Hall ⓘ
inception 1978 ⓘ
influencedBy Memphis soul ⓘ
classic Chicago blues ⓘ
notableFor reviving interest in American rhythm and blues classics in the late 1970s and early 1980s ⓘ
notablePerformance Saturday Night Live ⓘ
surface form: Saturday Night Live television show

Universal Amphitheatre concerts ⓘ
notableWork Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ⓘ
Briefcase Full of Blues ⓘ
Made in America (album) ⓘ
surface form: Made in America

The Blues Brothers ⓘ
surface form: The Blues Brothers (1980 film)

The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording ⓘ
originatedAs Saturday Night Live ⓘ
surface form: Saturday Night Live musical sketch act
performerOf Everybody Needs Somebody to Love ⓘ
surface form: "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love"

Gimme Some Lovin' ⓘ
surface form: "Gimme Some Lovin'"

"Rubber Biscuit" ⓘ
Soul Man ⓘ
surface form: "Soul Man"

Sweet Home Chicago ⓘ
surface form: "Sweet Home Chicago"
recordLabel Atlantic Records ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ

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Booker T. & the M.G.'s → associatedWith → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
John Belushi → memberOf → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers band
The Blues Brothers → hasBackingBand → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
Super Bowl XXXI → halftimeShowPerformer → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
Peter Gunn → notableArrangementBy → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
Donald "Duck" Dunn → memberOf → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers band
Steve Cropper → memberOf → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
Sweet Home Chicago → hasNotablePerformanceBy → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blues Brothers Band
Jake Blues → memberOf → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers band
Elwood Blues → associatedAct → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
Made in America (album) → hasBackingBand → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
subject surface form: Made in America
Matt "Guitar" Murphy → notableWork → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (band)
Matt "Guitar" Murphy → memberOf → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
Murphy Dunne → notableWork → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (band)
Willie Hall → notableWork → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
Willie Hall → memberOf → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
Willie Hall → associatedAct → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love → hasInfluenced → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (band)
Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack → performer → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack → performer → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blues Brothers 2000 band
Tom Malone → notableWork → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
Tom Malone → memberOf → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
John → performerIn → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
subject surface form: John Belushi
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (band)
Jim Belushi → memberOf → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (band)
Elliot Randall → collaboratedWith → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
Lou Marini → memberOf → The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ