Blues songs at 72 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 619 blues songs with a verified tempo of 72 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. Here are some of the best known.
72 BPM sits in the laid-back pocket where soul, slow jams, and a lot of classic hip hop live. It suits cooldowns, easy lifting between sets, and long drives.
Popular 72 BPM blues songs
I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Muddy Waters (1960)
The Road Is So Rough
John Lee Hooker (1987)
Dust My Broom
Etta James (2004)
Honky Tonk Women
Joe Cocker (1999)
You Shook Me
Joe Bonamassa (2015)
Hully Gully
Buddy Guy (1989)
New Crawlin' King Snake
Howlin' Wolf (1991)
Help Me Girl
The Animals (1966)
The Hustle Is On
T‐Bone Walker (1990)
“Who Is Stevie?”
Albert King (1999)
Mojo Hand
Hopkins & Lightnin' Hopkins (2003)
Evil Hearted Woman
Lightnin' Hopkins (1955)
Just You and Me
Canned Heat (1971)
Dirty New Town
Chris Rea (2008)
Mercy Babe
Little Walter (1992)
Walkin’ Blues
Seasick Steve (2016)
If You Got a Good Woman
Johnny Winter (1991)
You Don't Have to Go
Elmore James (1995)
Tears in My Eyes
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (1967)
Woman Trouble
Ten Years After (1969)
Crowd Noise
Popa Chubby (2003)
Walkin’ Blues Again
Eric Bibb (2010)
Pourquoi?
Ry Cooder (1997)
I’ve Searched the World Over
Big Mama Thornton (2004)
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