The Blues Brothers

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backing band comedy-blues act fictional musical duo film franchise

The Blues Brothers is a comedy-blues musical act and film duo created by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, featuring their iconic black suits, fedoras, and soulful performances.

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All labels observed (20)

Label Occurrences
The Blues Brothers canonical 33
The Blues Brothers (1980 film) 14
The Blues Brothers (film) 3

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf backing band ⓘ
comedy-blues act ⓘ
fictional musical duo ⓘ
film franchise ⓘ
basedOn Saturday Night Live musical sketch ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Dan Aykroyd ⓘ
John Belushi ⓘ
fictionalUniverse The Blues Brothers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Blues Brothers universe
firstAppearance Saturday Night Live ⓘ
hasBackingBand The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
hasCharacteristic black fedoras ⓘ
black suits ⓘ
dark sunglasses ⓘ
deadpan humor ⓘ
skinny black ties ⓘ
soulful performances ⓘ
hasMember Alan Rubin ⓘ
Donald "Duck" Dunn ⓘ
Elwood Blues ⓘ
Jake Blues ⓘ
Lou Marini ⓘ
Matt "Guitar" Murphy ⓘ
Murphy Dunne ⓘ
Steve Cropper ⓘ
Tom Malone ⓘ
Willie Hall ⓘ
hasSetting City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
influencedBy Chicago blues ⓘ
classic blues artists ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableSongPerformance Everybody Needs Somebody to Love ⓘ
Gimme Some Lovin' ⓘ
Minnie the Moocher ⓘ
Rawhide ⓘ
Soul Man ⓘ
Sweet Home Chicago ⓘ
notableWork The Blues Brothers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Blues Brothers 2000 (1998 film)

Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ⓘ
Briefcase Full of Blues ⓘ
Made in America (album) ⓘ
The Blues Brothers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Blues Brothers (1980 film)

The Blues Brothers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Blues Brothers (stage show)

The Blues Brothers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Blues Brothers: Animated Series (unproduced project)

The Blues Brothers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording
performerOfGenre blues ⓘ
blues rock ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul ⓘ
portrayedBy Dan Aykroyd ⓘ
John Belushi ⓘ

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Saturday Night Live → hasSpinOff → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
John Belushi → notableWork → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
John Belushi → characterRole → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joliet Jake Blues in The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers → notableWork → The Blues Brothers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (1980 film)
The Blues Brothers → notableWork → The Blues Brothers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blues Brothers 2000 (1998 film)
The Blues Brothers → notableWork → The Blues Brothers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording
The Blues Brothers → notableWork → The Blues Brothers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers: Animated Series (unproduced project)
The Blues Brothers → notableWork → The Blues Brothers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (stage show)
The Blues Brothers → fictionalUniverse → The Blues Brothers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers universe
Dan Aykroyd → notableWork → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
Dan Aykroyd → coWriterOf → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
John Candy → notableWork → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
Sam & Dave → influenced → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
New York area of Universal Studios Florida → hasAttraction → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers Show
Carrie Fisher → notableWork → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
Stand by Your Man → featuredIn → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (1980 film)
George Folsey Jr. → notableWork → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
George Folsey Jr. → workedOn → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
Charles Napier → appearedIn → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
John Landis → notableWork → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
John Landis → directed → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
Eddie Floyd → songCoveredBy → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
Donald "Duck" Dunn → associatedAct → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
The Blues Brothers Band → notableWork → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (1980 film)
The Blues Brothers Band → basedOn → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (comedy characters)
The Blues Brothers Band → hasFilmAppearance → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (1980)
Soul Man → performer → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
subject surface form: Soul Man (The Blues Brothers version)
Soul Man → hasInfluenceOn → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers act
Sweet Home Chicago → featuredInFilm → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
Sweet Home Chicago → featuredInWork → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (1980 film)
Sweet Home Chicago → hasNotablePerformanceBy → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
Minnie the Moocher → usedIn → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: film "The Blues Brothers"
Rawhide → hasCulturalDepictionIn → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (1980 film)
Rawhide → hasCoverVersionBy → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
Belushi → knownFor → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
subject surface form: John Belushi
Jake Blues → fictionalUniverse → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
Jake Blues → appearsIn → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (1980 film)
Jake Blues → appearsIn → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (musical act)
Jake Blues → firstFilmAppearance → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (1980 film)
Elwood Blues → memberOf → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
Elwood Blues → notableWork → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (1980 film)
Elwood Blues → fictionalUniverse → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers franchise
Briefcase Full of Blues → artist → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
Briefcase Full of Blues → performer → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
Made in America (album) → artist → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
subject surface form: Made in America
Made in America (album) → performer → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
subject surface form: Made in America
Made in America (album) → partOf → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
subject surface form: Made in America
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers discography
Made in America (album) → associatedWith → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
subject surface form: Made in America
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers film franchise
Matt "Guitar" Murphy → notableWork → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (1980 film)
Matt "Guitar" Murphy → notableAppearance → The Blues Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blues Brothers (1980 film)