Chicago Blues

Form of blues music indigenous to Chicago, Illinois. Emerged 1920. Wikipedia

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49 artists with 1.2M combined listeners. 92% of them sit in the Electric Blues / Texas Blues / Chicago Blues community on the map. It shares the most artists with Electric Blues.

Where Chicago Blues sits on the map

• Electric Blues / Texas Blues / Chicago Blues · 45 artists (92%)
• Organic House / Livetronica / Downtempo · 1 artists (2%)
• Vocal Jazz / Doo-Wop / Mellow Gold · 1 artists (2%)
• Polish Classical / Baroque / Classical · 1 artists (2%)
• Northern Soul / Motown / Classic Soul · 1 artists (2%)

Strongest pairings in Chicago Blues

Chicago Blues artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Little Walter & Elmore James · 27 shared playlists
2. Willie Dixon & Elmore James · 20 shared playlists
3. Otis Rush & Elmore James · 18 shared playlists
4. Little Walter & Otis Rush · 17 shared playlists
5. Little Walter & Magic Sam · 15 shared playlists
6. Jimmy Dawkins & Magic Sam · 12 shared playlists
7. Little Walter & Jimmy Rogers · 11 shared playlists
8. Otis Rush & Junior Wells · 11 shared playlists
9. Magic Sam & Junior Wells · 11 shared playlists
10. Jimmy Dawkins & Willie Dixon · 10 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Chicago Blues, for their size.

• Electric Blues · 14 shared artistsBoth: Bo Diddley, Little Walter, Elmore James
• Louisiana Blues · 10 shared artistsBoth: Elmore James, Koko Taylor, Luther Allison
• Texas Blues · 9 shared artistsBoth: Willie Dixon, Otis Spann, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
• Traditional Blues · 9 shared artistsBoth: Junior Wells, Koko Taylor, Luther Allison
• Tin Pan Alley · 2 shared artistsBoth: Morgan Luna, Sam Myers
• Delta Blues · 2 shared artistsBoth: Pinetop Perkins, Muddy Waters Blues Band
• Blues Rock · 2 shared artistsBoth: Freddy Cole, Daniel Castro
• Blues · 2 shared artistsBoth: Little Walter, Otis Rush

Artists

49 artists tagged Chicago Blues, ranked by listeners.

1. Bo Diddley189.8K listeners · Electric Blues
2. Little Walter162.9K listeners · Electric Blues
3. Keith Richards116.7K listeners · Classic Soul
4. Elmore James114.0K listeners · Electric Blues
5. Junior Wells102.8K listeners · Electric Blues
6. Otis Rush88.1K listeners · Electric Blues
7. Willie Dixon84.2K listeners
8. Koko Taylor58.8K listeners
9. Jimmy Rogers55.3K listeners · Electric Blues
10. Luther Allison26.7K listeners · Traditional Blues
11. Otis Spann22.2K listeners
12. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band21.2K listeners
13. J.B. Lenoir21.0K listeners
14. Sugar Blue16.4K listeners
15. Earl Hooker10.2K listeners · Electric Blues
16. Champion Jack Dupree9.0K listeners
17. Hound Dog Taylor6.2K listeners
18. Magic Sam6.1K listeners · Electric Blues
19. Oli Brown4.2K listeners
20. Benny Rivers3.5K listeners
21. Pinetop Perkins3.3K listeners
22. Jimmy Dawkins3.1K listeners
23. Mighty Sam McClain3.0K listeners · Electric Blues
24. Son Seals2.7K listeners
25. The Penguins1.8K listeners · Doo-Wop
26. Morgan Luna1.7K listeners · British Blues
27. Eddie Dalton1.6K listeners · NZ Pop
28. Freddy Cole1.5K listeners · Blues Rock
29. Sam Myers1.0K listeners · Traditional Blues
30. Daniel Castro1.0K listeners · Blues Rock
31. Big Maceo1.0K listeners
32. Elmore James And The Broom Dusters1.0K listeners · Electric Blues
33. Delta Blues Brother1.0K listeners · Electric Blues
34. Dh1.0K listeners · Nova MPB
35. Val Muklenov1.0K listeners · French Romanticism
36. Johnny Young1.0K listeners
37. Willie Kent1.0K listeners
38. William Clarke1.0K listeners · Texas Blues
39. Johnny Shines1.0K listeners
40. Brian Grey1.0K listeners · Electric Blues
41. Junior Wells, Otis Rush, Jack Myers, Freddie Below1.0K listeners
42. Willie Mabon, Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Taylor, Robert Stroger, Odie Payne1.0K listeners
43. The James Cotton Band1.0K listeners
44. Homesick James And His Dusters1.0K listeners
45. Whispering Soul Blues1.0K listeners · Chicago Soul
46. Tommy Tucker1.0K listeners · Northern Soul
47. Lucky Lloyd1.0K listeners · Traditional Blues
48. Smoke & Honey1.0K listeners
49. Muddy Waters Blues Band1.0K listeners