The Very Best of The Blues Brothers is a 1995 greatest hits album by The Blues Brothers. It is one of several compilations of the band's recordings, following Best of The Blues Brothers (1981) and Dancin' wid da Blues Brothers (1983). The Very Best of The Blues Brothers is a 1995 greatest hits album by The Blues Brothers. It is one of several compilations of the band's recordings, following Best of The Blues Brothers (1981) and Dancin' wid da Blues Brothers (1983). false 2025-10-04 00:51:24 The Very Best of the Blues Brothers 1995 1995-01-01 1995-01-01 19 Blues 114463 2281645 db3f91a3-ac40-47fa-8fe0-340d393b7891 7252abc2-dfc8-4aa6-889f-2d168b265403 87285514-9cda-3558-bb3d-ad45417a85ca /media/data/media2/Music/Blues Brothers/The Very Best of the Blues Brothers/folder.jpg Blues Brothers Blues Brothers feat. Aretha Franklin Blues Brothers 1 1 Everybody Needs Somebody to Love 03:20 1 2 Gimme Some Lovin’ 03:04 1 3 Think 03:14 1 4 Soul Man 03:06 1 6 She Caught the Katy 04:09 1 6 Soul Finger 01:44 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.