Made in America is the third album by The Blues Brothers. The second live album by the band, it was released in December 1980 as a followup to their hit film released that year, The Blues Brothers. The album did not fare as well, commercially or critically as their previous two albums, 1978's Briefcase Full of Blues and The Blues Brothers: Music from the Soundtrack. Made in America peaked at #49 on the Billboard chart and the single, "Who's Making Love", just cracked the Top 40 at #39. It was the band's last album with lead singer "Joliet" Jake Blues (John Belushi, who died in 1982). Made in America is the third album by The Blues Brothers. The second live album by the band, it was released in December 1980 as a followup to their hit film released that year, The Blues Brothers. The album did not fare as well, commercially or critically as their previous two albums, 1978's Briefcase Full of Blues and The Blues Brothers: Music from the Soundtrack. Made in America peaked at #49 on the Billboard chart and the single, "Who's Making Love", just cracked the Top 40 at #39. It was the band's last album with lead singer "Joliet" Jake Blues (John Belushi, who died in 1982). false 2025-10-04 00:51:39 Made in America 1980 1980-12-01 1980-12-01 34 Blues 114463 2200779 c0188686-3e86-4be5-9596-ed99feba9ab3 7252abc2-dfc8-4aa6-889f-2d168b265403 61a4567e-b4f2-37d8-afb9-f43130651848 /media/data/media2/Music/Blues Brothers/Made in America/folder.jpg Blues Brothers Blues Brothers 1 1 Soul Finger 02:05 1 2 Who’s Making Love 03:33 1 3 Do You Love Me 02:55 1 4 Guilty 03:41 1 5 Perry Mason Theme 02:04 1 6 Riot in Cell Block Number Nine 03:32 1 7 Green Onions 05:45 1 8 I Ain’t Got You 02:44 1 9 From the Bottom 03:25 1 10 Going Back to Miami 04:01 The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd were lead vocalist 'Joliet' Jake Blues and harmonica player and vocalist Elwood Blues, respectively, donning black suits with matching trilby hats and sunglasses. The band was composed of well-known musicians and debuted as the musical guest in a 1978 episode of Saturday Night Live, opening the show performing "Hey Bartender" and "Soul Man".In 1978, the band released their debut album Briefcase Full of Blues and opened for the Grateful Dead at the closing of Winterland Arena in San Francisco. They gained further fame after spawning the Hollywood comedy film The Blues Brothers in 1980. Belushi died in 1982, but the Blues Brothers continued to perform with a rotation of guest singers and other band members. The band reformed in 1988 for a world tour and again in 1998 for the sequel film Blues Brothers 2000.