Robert Johnson

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Top Songs By Robert Johnson

Listen to Cross Road Blues by Robert Johnson, see lyrics, music video & more!

Cross Road BluesRobert Johnson

Listen to Me and the Devil Blues by Robert Johnson, see lyrics, music video & more!

Me and the Devil BluesRobert Johnson

Listen to Sweet Home Chicago by Robert Johnson, see lyrics, music video & more!

Sweet Home ChicagoRobert Johnson

Cross Road BluesRobert Johnson

Listen to Kind Hearted Woman Blues by Robert Johnson, see lyrics, music video & more!

Kind Hearted Woman BluesRobert Johnson

Listen to Come On In My Kitchen by Robert Johnson, see lyrics, music video & more!

Come On In My KitchenRobert Johnson

Listen to Walkin' Blues by Robert Johnson, see lyrics, music video & more!

Walkin' BluesRobert Johnson

Listen to Hell Hound On My Trail by Robert Johnson, see lyrics, music video & more!

Hell Hound On My TrailRobert Johnson

Listen to Terraplane Blues by Robert Johnson, see lyrics, music video & more!

Terraplane BluesRobert Johnson

Listen to Love In Vain by Robert Johnson, see lyrics, music video & more!

Love In VainRobert Johnson

Latest Release

Listen to Blue Notes – A Blues Survey from 1920-1960, vol. 2 - EP by Robert Johnson, Memphis Minnie & Bukka White

ALBUMBlue Notes – A Blues Survey from 1920-1960, vol. 2 - EPRobert Johnson, Memphis Minnie & Bukka White

More albums from Robert Johnson

Listen to Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1, 4 & 5 by Pablo Casals, Rudolf Serkin, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Alexander Schneider, Ronald Richards, John Mack, Peter Christ, Donald MacCourt, Myron Bloom & Robert Johnson

ALBUMBach: Brandenburg Concertos 1, 4 & 5Pablo Casals, Rudolf Serkin, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Alexander Schneider, Ronald Richards, John Mack, Peter Christ, Donald MacCourt, Myron Bloom & Robert Johnson

Listen to King of the Delta Blues Singers by Robert Johnson

ALBUMKing of the Delta Blues SingersRobert Johnson

Robert Johnson's Popular Music Videos

Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues

Robert Johnson

Artist Playlists

Robert Johnson Essentials

Meet the Delta blues king who made a deal with the devil.

Robert Johnson: Influences

The Delta blues originators who lit Johnson's path.

About Robert Johnson

Artist Biography

Robert Johnson is the most legendary of Delta blues singers, and while the facts of his real life are scarce, tall tales abound--most commonly that he sold his soul to the devil in order to master the guitar. Johnson invested his music with frightening emotional power. His high, ghostly wail (not unlike that of Skip James) and his dauntingly nimble guitar work (at times it sounds like he has four hands) add drama to his songs, already rich in emotion. Though his entire catalog consists of a mere 29 songs recorded between 1936 and '37, Johnson's music cast a long shadow over following generations of bluesmen, and his influence on rock & roll--musically and mythically--has been profound.

Hometown

Hazlehurst, MS, United States

Genre

Blues