The Roots Music Report's
Top Classic Blues Song Chart
for the Year of 2023
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Down in Virginia | Lil' Jimmy Reed with Ben Levin |
| 2 | I'm the Man Down There | Lil' Jimmy Reed with Ben Levin |
| 3 | The Right Man | D.K. Harrell |
| 4 | Back to Baton Rouge | Lil' Jimmy Reed with Ben Levin |
| 5 | Ain't That Lovin' You | Delbert McClinton |
| 6 | Leave It at the Door | D.K. Harrell |
| 7 | Look over Yonder Wall | John Primer |
| 8 | Cincinnati's the Place to Be | Lil' Jimmy Reed with Ben Levin |
| 9 | A String to Your Heart | Lil' Jimmy Reed with Ben Levin |
| 10 | They Call Me Lil' Jimmy | Lil' Jimmy Reed with Ben Levin |
| 11 | In the Wee Wee Hours | Lil' Jimmy Reed with Ben Levin |
| 12 | She Moves Me | Rhythm Krewe |
| 13 | Wish You Wouldn't | Lil' Jimmy Reed with Ben Levin |
| 14 | Mama Talk to Your Daughter | John Primer |
| 15 | Get These Blues out of Me | D.K. Harrell |
| 16 | It's Tuesday | Big Harp George |
| 17 | You'd Be Amazed | D.K. Harrell |
| 18 | The Blues is Alright | John Primer |
| 19 | Boom Boom | John Lee Hooker |
| 20 | Luv Sumbody | John Primer |
| 21 | Help the Poor | B.B. King & Eric Clapton |
| 22 | Stagger Lee | Taj Mahal |
| 23 | My Dog is Better Than You | Big Harp George |
| 24 | Buddy Buddy Friend | John Primer |
| 25 | More and More | Angela Strehli |
| 26 | Dimples | John Lee Hooker |
| 27 | Engine Light | Lil' Jimmy Reed with Ben Levin |
| 28 | Spoonful | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 29 | While I'm Young | D.K. Harrell |
| 30 | Behind the Eight Ball | Big Harp George |
| 31 | Mailbox Blues | Lil' Jimmy Reed with Ben Levin |
| 32 | Baby, Please Come Home | Jimmie Vaughan |
| 33 | Honey Ain't So Sweet | D.K. Harrell |
| 34 | Rock Bottom | John Németh |
| 35 | Unfinished Business) | Rhythm Krewe |
| 36 | Trouble of My Own | John Primer |
| 37 | Same Old Blues | Freddie King |
| 38 | Before You Accuse Me | John Primer |
| 39 | Walking by Myself | Gary Moore |
| 40 | One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer | Delbert McClinton |
| 41 | Gambler's Blues | Angela Strehli |
| 42 | One Hell for Another | Rhythm Krewe |
| 43 | Ain't Doing Too Bad | John Primer |
| 44 | Give Me the Dark | Big Harp George |
| 45 | Take a Knee | Big Harp George |
| 46 | Come Rain or Come Shine | B.B. King & Eric Clapton |
| 47 | Gear Jammer | George Thorogood |
| 48 | You're a Queen | D.K. Harrell |
| 49 | Let Me Love You Baby | John Primer |
| 50 | Swinging at the Blues | Deuce 'n a Quarter |
| 51 | Lucky in Love | Tommy Castro |
| 52 | Better Late Than Never | Rhythm Krewe |
| 53 | Prescription for Disaster. | Rhythm Krewe |
| 54 | Every Night, Every Day | John Primer |
| 55 | Sunrise Stroll | Big Harp George |
| 56 | Ten Long Years | B.B. King & Eric Clapton |
| 57 | When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer | B.B. King & Eric Clapton |
| 58 | Days of Old | B.B. King & Eric Clapton |
| 59 | Key to the Highway | B.B. King & Eric Clapton |
| 60 | C.C. Rider (feat. Van Morrison & Taj Mahal) | Mitch Woods |
| 61 | Three O'Clock Blues | B.B. King & Eric Clapton |
| 62 | Worried Life Blues | B.B. King & Eric Clapton |
| 63 | Hold on I'm Coming | B.B. King & Eric Clapton |
| 64 | Her Mind is Gone | Rhythm Krewe |
| 65 | She's a Woman | Big Harp George |
| 66 | Part Time Love (feat. Kim Wilson) | Big Jack Johnson |
| 67 | The Hully Gully Twist (feat. Kim Wilson) | Big Jack Johnson |
| 68 | Keep a Dollar in Your Pocket (feat. Elvin Bishop) | Mitch Woods |
| 69 | Baby What You Want Me to Do (feat. Kim Wilson) | Big Jack Johnson |
| 70 | Going to Norway (feat. Wild Child Butler) | Big Jack Johnson |
| 71 | The Hucklebuck (feat. Kim Wilson) | Big Jack Johnson |
| 72 | Alcohol (feat. Kim Wilson) | Big Jack Johnson |
| 73 | See Me Coming (feat. Wild Child Butler) | Big Jack Johnson |
| 74 | Nasty Boogie (feat. Joe Louis Walker) | Mitch Woods |
| 75 | Out Crowd | Yates McKendree |
| 76 | What a Fool Will Do | Liza Ohlback |
| 77 | She's Murder | Rhythm Krewe |
| 78 | Gets Hard Sometimes | Liza Ohlback |
| 79 | Pile Driving Sam | Big Harp George |
| 80 | Singin' the Blues (feat. Ruthie Foster) | Mitch Woods |
| 81 | Bustin' out | Big Harp George |
| 82 | Voodoo | Yates McKendree |
| 83 | That's What I Am | Michael Burks |
| 84 | Monkey Toes | Rhythm Krewe |
| 85 | The Things I Used to Do | John Primer |
| 86 | Blues Leave Me Alone | Deuce 'n a Quarter |
| 87 | Take This Hammer (feat. Van Morrison & Taj Mahal) | Mitch Woods |
| 88 | Mother-in-Law Blues (feat. John Hammond) | Mitch Woods |
| 89 | Please Mr. Doctor | Yates McKendree |
| 90 | Hello Trouble | D.K. Harrell |
| 91 | Little Bit of Heaven | Rhythm Krewe |
| 92 | Brand New Neighborhood | Yates McKendree |
| 93 | Not Here for a Long Time, Pt. 1 | D.K. Harrell |
| 94 | Wise | Yates McKendree |
| 95 | Papa Ain’t Salty | Yates McKendree |
| 96 | Empty Bed Blues (feat. Maria Muldaur) | Mitch Woods |
| 97 | Blues Mobile (feat. Kenny Neal) | Mitch Woods |
| 98 | Jump Abu Lula! | Big Harp George |
| 99 | Always a First Time | Yates McKendree |
| 100 | Cryin' for My Baby (feat. Charlie Musselwhite) | Mitch Woods |
| 101 | Run Blues Run (feat. Wild Child Butler) | Big Jack Johnson |
| 102 | Wild Love | Rhythm Krewe |
| 103 | Help the Poor | B.B. King |
| 104 | Time of Day | Rhythm Krewe |
| 105 | Sweet Surender | Rhythm Krewe |
| 106 | It Hurts Me Too | John Primer |
| 107 | Watch My Smoke | Liza Ohlback |
| 108 | Unravelling | Liza Ohlback |
| 109 | Not Here for a Long Time, Pt. 2 | D.K. Harrell |
| 110 | One for the Road | D.K. Harrell |
| 111 | Because of You | Liza Ohlback |
| 112 | Bright Lights | Gary Clark Jr. |
| 113 | Stagger Lee | Delbert McClinton |
| 114 | Long Tall Sally | Delbert McClinton |
| 115 | Connecticut Blues | Delbert McClinton |
| 116 | Still a Fool | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 117 | I'm Ready | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 118 | Same Old Blues | Deuce 'n a Quarter |
| 119 | Keep Moving on | Deuce 'n a Quarter |
| 120 | I Ain't Got You | Delbert McClinton |
| 121 | Move It on over | Delbert McClinton |
| 122 | Talk to Me Child | Liza Ohlback |
| 123 | Goin’ to the Church | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 124 | All She Wrote | Deuce 'n a Quarter |
| 125 | Ace of Spades | Angela Strehli |
| 126 | Ruby Lee | Yates McKendree |
| 127 | Rantytown | Big Harp George |
| 128 | The Blues (feat. Cyril Neville) | Mitch Woods |
| 129 | Two Step Too | Delbert McClinton |
| 130 | Walkin' Thru the Park | Muddy Waters |
| 131 | Serves Me Right to Suffer | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 132 | Settin' the Woods on Fire | Delbert McClinton |
| 133 | The Sun is Shining | Delbert McClinton |
| 134 | I Want a Little Girl | Delbert McClinton |
| 135 | Jambalaya | Delbert McClinton |
| 136 | Hard Hearted Hannah | Delbert McClinton |
| 137 | Sweet Talkin' Man | Delbert McClinton |
| 138 | Color and Kind | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 139 | Call Me a Cab | Delbert McClinton |
| 140 | Qualified | Yates McKendree |
| 141 | Shake Your Hips | John Németh |
| 142 | Marry You | B.B. King & Eric Clapton |
| 143 | You Gotta Move | Liza Ohlback |
| 144 | Ain't Got You | Terry Donaghue |
| 145 | Leave Before the Dam Breaks | Liza Ohlback |
| 146 | Chicago | John Primer |
| 147 | Prince of Downward Mobility | Big Harp George |
| 148 | Wine, Wine, Wine | Yates McKendree |
| 149 | Aching All over (feat. Wild Child Butler) | Big Jack Johnson |
| 150 | Blues Rocking | Janice Harrington |
| 151 | Midnight Rendezvous | Ernie Vincent |
| 152 | I Love the Life I Live | Angela Strehli |
| 153 | Never Get out of These Blues Alive (feat. John Lee Hooker) | Mitch Woods |
| 154 | No Justice | Yates McKendree |
| 155 | Jealousy | Ernie Vincent |
| 156 | No Reason | Yates McKendree |
| 157 | Paradise Road | Terry Donaghue |
| 158 | You Never Can Tell | Angela Strehli |
| 159 | Moment with You | Deuce 'n a Quarter |
| 160 | Nobody's Fault | Terry Donaghue |
| 161 | Cranky Woman (feat. Colin Linden) | Harrison Kennedy |
| 162 | Blues Mobile | Deuce 'n a Quarter |
| 163 | Early Times | Ernie Vincent |
| 164 | In the Night (feat. Marcia Ball) | Mitch Woods |
| 165 | Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin | D. Scott Riggs |
| 166 | Tom Thumb (feat. Paul Nelson) | The Duchess Jureesa McBride |
| 167 | If the Good Lord's Willing | D. Scott Riggs |
| 168 | The Last Time | John Németh |
| 169 | Blues Filler | Ernie Vincent |
| 170 | Unlucky in Love | Terry Donaghue |
| 171 | Seven Sisters | Ernie Vincent |
| 172 | Stranger, Come on in | D. Scott Riggs |
| 173 | Elbows on the Wheel | John Németh |
| 174 | Person to Person | Angela Strehli |
| 175 | The Well | Terry Donaghue |
| 176 | RosaLee | Terry Donaghue |
| 177 | Saturday Night Boogie Woogie Man (feat. Elvin Bishop) | Mitch Woods |
| 178 | Trying to Live My Life Without You | Angela Strehli |
| 179 | I'm Not Alone | Deuce 'n a Quarter |
| 180 | It Hurts to Love Someone | Yates McKendree |
| 181 | Body Shop | Ernie Vincent |
| 182 | I Need a Bed | Terry Donaghue |
| 183 | Asking for Light | Terry Donaghue |
| 184 | Worried Life Blues (feat. Joe Louis Walker) | Mitch Woods |
| 185 | Going Down | Freddie King |
| 186 | All Alone | John Primer |
| 187 | You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover | Roy Buchanan |
| 188 | If the Blues Was Whiskey | Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson |
| 189 | I Wouldn't Mind Dying | Angela Strehli |
| 190 | These Hard Times Will Come to Pass | D. Scott Riggs |
| 191 | Don't Dip in My Bizness (feat. Kenny Neal) | Mitch Woods |
| 192 | Mr Blue | Terry Donaghue |
| 193 | Captain Jack | Big Harp George |
| 194 | Don't Need No Sugar | Terry Donaghue |
| 195 | If I Had a Hammer | Liza Ohlback |
| 196 | Shake Your Boogie | Big Frank & Mike Smith |
| 197 | Sun Kissed Wheat | Deuce 'n a Quarter |
| 198 | Stealin' Watermelons (feat. Elvin Bishop) | John Németh |
| 199 | I Found a Love (feat. Willy Jordan) | John Németh |
| 200 | Doing Wrong | Deuce 'n a Quarter |
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