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In chronological order:



SOMEBODY LOAN ME A DIME

Performed by Fenton Robinson

(Playing in the background while Jake is being released from Prison)



SHE CAUGHT THE KATY

Performed by The Blues Brothers Band

(Playing in the background while Elwood picks up Jake from Prison)



SHAKE YOUR MONEYMAKER

Performed by Elmore James

(Playing in the background while Jake and Elwood are with Curtis at the orphanage)



THE OLD LANDMARK

Performed by James Brown and James Cleveland's Southern California Community Choir

(The song Reverend Cleophus James performs in the Triple Rock Baptist Church)



GOD MUSIC

By Elmer Bernstein

(Playing in the Church when Jake 'Sees the Light')



SOOTHE ME

Performed by Sam and Dave

(Playing in the Bluesmobile when Elwood is pulled over by the police)



HOLD ON, I'M COMIN'

Performed by Sam and Dave

(Playing in the Bluesmobile during the first police chase, in the mall car parking lot)



CAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE

Performed by The Blues Brothers Band

(Playing while the Bluesmobile drives through the Mall)



PETER GUNN THEME

Performed by The Blues Brothers Band

(Playing while Elwood takes Jake to his home)



LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL

Performed by Louis Jordan

(The record Elwood puts on when he is at his apartment with Jake)



ANEMA E CORE

Performed by Ezio Pinza

(Playing in the background at Mrs Tarantino's house)



QUANDO, QUANDO, QUANDO

Performed by Murph and the MagicTones

(Murph and his band play this at the Holiday Inn)



JUST THE WAY YOU ARE

Performed by (unknown)

(The music playing in the background at the Holiday Inn)



DIE ROMANTIKER (OP 167) by Josef Lanner

Performed by (unknown)

(The music playing in the background during the entire Chez Paul scene)



BOOM BOOM

Performed by John Lee Hooker

(Performed in Maxwell Street by Street Slim)



THINK

Performed by Aretha Franklin and The Blues Brothers Band

(The song Matt's wife sings in the Soul Food Cafe)



SHAKE A TAILFEATHER

Performed by Ray Charles and The Blues Brothers Band

(The song Ray sings at Ray's Music Exchange)



BOOGIE CHILLUN

Performed by John Lee Hooker

(Playing while Jake and Elwood take the band to Bob's Country Bunker)



YOUR CHEATIN' HEART

Performed by Kitty Wells

(Playing in the background in Bob's Country Bunker)



GIMME SOME LOVIN'

Performed by The Blues Brothers Band

(The first song performed at Bob's Country Bunker by The Blues Brothers Band)



THEME FROM RAWHIDE

Performed by The Blues Brothers Band

(The second song performed at Bob's Country Bunker by The Blues Brothers Band)



STAND BY YOUR MAN

Performed by The Blues Brothers Band

(The third song performed at Bob's Country Bunker by The Blues Brothers Band)



I'M WALKIN'

Performed by Fats Domino

(Playing while Jake, Elwood, Curtis and the orphans are out advertising for the concert)



MINNIE THE MOOCHER

Performed by Cab Calloway and The Blues Brothers Band

(The song Curtis performs with the Blues Brothers Band)



CAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE

Performed by The Blues Brothers Band

(The song the band plays while Curtis introduces Jake and Elwood, includes the organ riff from 'Time is Tight')



EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY

Performed by The Blues Brothers Band

(The first song Jake and Elwood perform at the Palace Hotel Ballroom)



SWEET HOME CHICAGO

Performed by The Blues Brothers Band

(The second song Jake and Elwood perform at the Palace Hotel Ballroom, and also during the following car chase)



RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES

Performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

(Playing whilst the Nazis fall from the sky)



THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA

Performed by (unknown)

(Music playing in the elevator)



JAILHOUSE ROCK

Performed by The Blues Brothers Band

(The song the band plays in prison and during the credits)

Yes. To provide further information on the characters' backgrounds and of the Blues Brothers universe, a book called "Blues Brothers: Private" was released in 1980. It was written by Dan Aykroyd and Judith Belushi-Pisano (widow of John Belushi).

The book contains these following facts-

Jake was born "Jacob Papageorge" to Artesia Papageorge, a woman imprisoned for murdering her husband. She died in childbirth.

Elwood was abandoned at a newsstand when he was a baby. When he was brought to the orphanage, The Penguin named him after the police officer that found him: "Elwood Delaney".

As Jake and Elwood became good friends growing up in the orphanage, they took the name "Blues" and became blood brothers when they cut themselves with a guitar string and inserted each other's blood.

Yes. Following the movie's release, Dan Aykroyd was in the process of writing a script titled "Return of the Blues Brothers". It was meant to be a prequel that chronicled the origins of the the Blues Brothers, including the formation of the band. When John Belushi died in 1982, the idea was scrapped. Eventually, a sequel called "Blues Brothers 2000" was released in 1998.

It's a humorous quip, meaning he is going to attempt an evasive maneuver to get some distance between themselves and the pursuing law enforcement.

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