The Roots Music Report's
Top Chicago Blues Song Chart
for the Year of 2023
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | You Got Me (Where You Want Me) | Coco Montoya |
| 2 | Save It for the Next Fool | Coco Montoya |
| 3 | Oscar's Motel | The Cash Box Kings |
| 4 | I Was Wrong | Coco Montoya |
| 5 | Penitentiary Blues | Larry Taylor And The Taylor Family |
| 6 | Ride Santa Ride | The Cash Box Kings |
| 7 | Down on the South Side | The Cash Box Kings |
| 8 | Hot Little Mess | The Cash Box Kings |
| 9 | I Feel So Bad | Larry Taylor And The Taylor Family |
| 10 | Blues on My Mind | Boo Boo Davis |
| 11 | Pontiac Blues | The Cash Box Kings |
| 12 | I Want What Chaz Has | The Cash Box Kings |
| 13 | Blue Deja Vu | John Rutherford |
| 14 | Trying So Hard | The Cash Box Kings |
| 15 | Boo Boo Boogaloo | Boo Boo Davis |
| 16 | Big Town Playboy (feat. Eddie Taylor Jr.) | Larry Taylor And The Taylor Family |
| 17 | Please Have Mercy | The Cash Box Kings |
| 18 | Nobody Called It the Blues | The Cash Box Kings |
| 19 | Writing on the Wall | Coco Montoya |
| 20 | Bad Girl (feat. Demetria Taylor) | Larry Taylor And The Taylor Family |
| 21 | She Dropped the Axe on Me | The Cash Box Kings |
| 22 | Little House by Myself | Boo Boo Davis |
| 23 | Talk to Your Son (feat. Brenda Taylor) | Larry Taylor And The Taylor Family |
| 24 | (I'd Rather Feel) Bad About Doin' It | Coco Montoya |
| 25 | Baby, You're a Drag | Coco Montoya |
| 26 | I Found out (feat. Brenda Taylor) | Larry Taylor And The Taylor Family |
| 27 | Cotton Mouth Man | James Cotton |
| 28 | I Paid My Dues | Larry Taylor And The Taylor Family |
| 29 | Hooray Hooray | Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder |
| 30 | You Belong to Me (feat. Demetria Taylor) | Larry Taylor And The Taylor Family |
| 31 | At the Red Door | Boo Boo Davis |
| 32 | Take Your Hand Down | Larry Taylor And The Taylor Family |
| 33 | Little Red Rooster | Luther Allison |
| 34 | No Shine (feat. LilJet2X) | Larry Taylor And The Taylor Family |
| 35 | I Can't Stand You | The Cash Box Kings |
| 36 | The Three Kings and Me | Coco Montoya |
| 37 | She Treat Me Just the Same | Larry Taylor And The Taylor Family |
| 38 | Stop | Coco Montoya |
| 39 | Jungle Bump | Boo Boo Davis |
| 40 | I Got the Crying Blues | Boo Boo Davis |
| 41 | Jump Around American Queen | Larry Taylor And The Taylor Family |
| 42 | Larry and Eddie Jr. Groove (Blues in the Rain) [feat. Eddie Taylor Jr.] | Larry Taylor And The Taylor Family |
| 43 | Done (feat. Mike Wheeler & Carlos Showers) | Demetria Taylor |
| 44 | A Chip and a Chair | Coco Montoya |
| 45 | Natural Born Love Machine | Coco Montoya |
| 46 | How Many More Years | Lurrie Bell |
| 47 | Ready! | James Wheeler |
| 48 | She Walks Right in | Lurrie Bell |
| 49 | Slamming Doors | Jimmy Johnson |
| 50 | Good Morning Little Schoolgirl | Jonny Lang |
| 51 | Mr. Blues (feat. Kelly Littlejohn) | Martin Lang |
| 52 | She Made Me Evil | Boo Boo Davis |
| 53 | I've Got Papers on You Baby | Lurrie Bell |
| 54 | Make Everything Alright | Boo Boo Davis |
| 55 | Crawlin' King Snake | Etta James |
| 56 | Back off | The Cash Box Kings |
| 57 | I'm the Man Down There | The Cash Box Kings |
| 58 | Late Last Night | Coco Montoya |
| 59 | Once a Year | Boo Boo Davis |
| 60 | Ashes in My Ashtray | Jimmy Johnson |
| 61 | Hell Round Here | Boo Boo Davis |
| 62 | By My Lonesome | GA-20 |
| 63 | Ain't No Fun (When the Rabbit Got the Gun) | The Cash Box Kings |
| 64 | I Need Some Easy Money | Jimmy Johnson |
| 65 | Dust My Broom | Luther Allison |
| 66 | The Twelve Bar Blues | Jimmy Johnson |
| 67 | All over Again | Lurrie Bell |
| 68 | 700 Blues | Lurrie Bell |
| 69 | Honey Bee | Lurrie Bell |
| 70 | You Got to Stop This Mess | Lurrie Bell |
| 71 | Found Love | Lurrie Bell |
| 72 | I Stand Alone | Jimmy Johnson |
| 73 | Take Five | Jimmy Johnson |
| 74 | Poor Boy's Dream | Jimmy Johnson |
| 75 | I Let Someone in | GA-20 |
| 76 | Be Good to Yourself | Coco Montoya |
| 77 | Blues Early This Morning (feat. Deitra Farr & Billy Flynn) | Demetria Taylor |
| 78 | You Gotta Stop This Mess (feat. Kelly Littlejohn) | Martin Lang |
| 79 | I Cry for You | GA-20 |
| 80 | I'm Gonna Tell It (feat. Mike Wheeler & Carlos Showers) | Demetria Taylor |
| 81 | The Wine Talkin' | The Cash Box Kings |
| 82 | Welfare Blues (feat. Mike Wheeler & Carlos Showers) | Demetria Taylor |
| 83 | Hammer and Tickle | Johnny Iguana |
| 84 | Lady Day and John Coltrane | Johnny Iguana |
| 85 | Land of Precisely Three Dances | Johnny Iguana |
| 86 | Roller Coaster | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues |
| 87 | Cheating and Lying Blues | Big Frank & Mike Smith |
| 88 | Mellow Down Easy | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues |
| 89 | Hate to See You Go | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues |
| 90 | Blue and Lonesome | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues |
| 91 | Doin' What I'm Supposed to Do (feat. Mike Wheeler & Carlos Showers) | Demetria Taylor |
| 92 | Loan a Helping Hand (feat. Kelly Littlejohn) | Martin Lang |
| 93 | Easy on the Eyes | GA-20 |
| 94 | I'm in Love with You | Jay Douglas |
| 95 | Dry Run | GA-20 |
| 96 | Bad Girl Day (feat. Mike Wheeler & Carlos Showers) | Demetria Taylor |
| 97 | Double Gettin' | GA-20 |
| 98 | Mickey (feat. Kelly Littlejohn) | Martin Lang |
| 99 | In the Evening | Etta James |
| 100 | Young Gun Taylor (feat. Mike Wheeler & Carlos Showers) | Demetria Taylor |
| 101 | Baby Be Good (feat. Mike Wheeler & Carlos Showers) | Demetria Taylor |
| 102 | House Party | The Cash Box Kings |
| 103 | My Soul | GA-20 |
| 104 | Nursing My Kitty Cat (feat. Mike Wheeler & Carlos Showers) | Demetria Taylor |
| 105 | You Belong to Me (feat. Mike Wheeler & Carlos Showers) | Demetria Taylor |
| 106 | What Did I Say? | Coco Montoya |
| 107 | Bring It on Home (feat. Billy Branch) | Big Head Blues Club |
| 108 | Tribute to the Black Lone Ranger | The Cash Box Kings |
| 109 | The Same Thing (feat. Erica Brown) | Big Head Blues Club |
| 110 | Let Me Love You Baby (feat. Ronnie Baker Brooks) | Big Head Blues Club |
| 111 | Too Tired | Etta James |
| 112 | Lonely Soul | GA-20 |
| 113 | Stay Gone (feat. Mike Wheeler & Carlos Showers) | Demetria Taylor |
| 114 | At Last | Etta James |
| 115 | Wasted (feat. Little Frank Krakowski, Rodrigo Mantovani & Kelly Littlejohn) | Martin Lang |
| 116 | Fraulein on Paulina | The Cash Box Kings |
| 117 | The Seventh Son | Big Head Blues Club |
| 118 | Money in My Pocket (feat. Kelly Littlejohn) | Martin Lang |
| 119 | Jet Stream (feat. Kelly Littlejohn) | Martin Lang |
| 120 | Gone for Good | GA-20 |
| 121 | Crying the Blues (feat. Kelly Littlejohn) | Martin Lang |
| 122 | Take out Some Insurance | Jimmy Reed |
| 123 | Hold It One More Time | GA-20 |
| 124 | My Baby's Sweeter | GA-20 |
| 125 | Crackdown | GA-20 |
| 126 | Packing Up Getting Ready to Go | Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder |
| 127 | Misty Blue | Etta James |
| 128 | Blues Train | Sharon Lewis & Texas Fire |
| 129 | Smoked Jowl Blues | The Cash Box Kings |
| 130 | Sara | The Cash Box Kings |
| 131 | All Night Long | The Cash Box Kings |
| 132 | Let Me Go | Breezy Rodio |
| 133 | My Baby Done Changed the Lock on the Door | Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder |
| 134 | Crazy Mixed Up World | Big Head Blues Club |
| 135 | Hummingbird | B.B. King |
| 136 | Rose and Kelly's Boogie (feat. Kelly Littlejohn) | Martin Lang |
| 137 | If It Wasn't for the Blues | Billy Flynn |
| 138 | Lonesome Highway | Billy Flynn |
| 139 | Same Old Blues | Dave Specter |
| 140 | All My Love's in Vain | Big Head Blues Club |
| 141 | There's a Woman | Willie Buck |
| 142 | Glad I Don't Have to Worry (feat. Kelly Littlejohn) | Martin Lang |
| 143 | Why Did You Go | Breezy Rodio |
| 144 | Boondocks | Etta James |
| 145 | Chains and Things | B.B. King |
| 146 | And the Devil Too | Sugar Blue |
| 147 | Fairweather Friend | GA-20 |
| 148 | Crackin' Up | GA-20 |
| 149 | Hello Friendo | Breezy Rodio |
| 150 | I Want to Be Loved (feat. Mud Morganfield) | Big Head Blues Club |
| 151 | You Need Love (feat. Mud Morganfield) | Big Head Blues Club |
| 152 | Don't Stop (For Anything) | Jonny Lang |
| 153 | The Blues is My Business | Etta James |
| 154 | Good Ole Days | Sugar Blue |
| 155 | Better when It's Wet | Jimmy Johnson |
| 156 | Pick a Bale of Cotton | Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder |
| 157 | Strongest Weakness | Etta James |
| 158 | The Dirty Dozens | Benny Turner & Cash McCall |
| 159 | It's Good to Be King | Mojo Morganfield |
| 160 | Wang Dang Doodle | Chicago Blues All-Stars |
| 161 | Walking with My Baby (feat. Billy Branch) | Breezy Rodio |
| 162 | Day Tripper | Sugar Blue |
| 163 | Evil Hearted Woman | Breezy Rodio |
| 164 | The Wrong Number | The Cash Box Kings |
| 165 | That's My Gal | The Cash Box Kings |
| 166 | One Night Man | GA-20 |
| 167 | Try a Little Tenderness | Etta James |
| 168 | Lucky Man | Omar Coleman |
| 169 | Starting Monday | Linsey Alexander |
| 170 | To Love Again | Jonny Lang |
| 171 | Just Because | GA-20 |
| 172 | 3 Times 7 Equals 21 | Jay Douglas |
| 173 | Figure Head (feat. Kelly Littlejohn) | Martin Lang |
| 174 | Say It One More Time (feat. Kelly Littlejohn) | Martin Lang |
| 175 | Don't You Want a Man Like Me (feat. Kelly Littlejohn) | Martin Lang |
| 176 | Things You Say (feat. Kelly Littlejohn) | Martin Lang |
| 177 | Mary | Breezy Rodio |
| 178 | Happy Today | GA-20 |
| 179 | My Ring | Jimmy Johnson |
| 180 | Pawn Shop Blues | Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder |
| 181 | 83 Highway (feat. Billy Flynn) | Demetria Taylor |
| 182 | Cornbread, Peas, Black Molasses | Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder |
| 183 | What a Beautiful City | Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder |
| 184 | The Asymptomatics | Breezy Rodio |
| 185 | Deep Down in Florida | Muddy Waters |
| 186 | Strange Things Happening | Jimmy Johnson |
| 187 | Sneakin' Around | Breezy Rodio |
| 188 | I Shall Not Be Moved | Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder |
| 189 | Tryin' to Do Right | Omar Coleman |
| 190 | Raspberry Wine | Omar Coleman |
| 191 | The Pain Around Me | Toronzo Cannon |
| 192 | Got Love if You Want It | GA-20 |
| 193 | Man Like Me | Sugar Blue |
| 194 | Rock-A-Blues Baby | Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater |
| 195 | Blues Come Around | The Cash Box Kings |
| 196 | Blue over You | Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater |
| 197 | Doctor from the Hood | Breezy Rodio |
| 198 | Welcome to the Jungle | Etta James |
| 199 | Underground Blues | Breezy Rodio |
| 200 | The Murder | Breezy Rodio |
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