Blues songs at 78 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 545 blues songs with a verified tempo of 78 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. Here are some of the best known.
78 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 78 BPM blues songs
I Just Want to Make Love to You
Muddy Waters (1954)
Five Long Years
John Lee Hooker (1961)
Hickory Dickory Dock
Etta James (1987)
She Don’t Mind
Joe Cocker (1972)
Howlin’ Wolf Talking
Joe Bonamassa (2015)
She Got the Devil in Her
Buddy Guy (2001)
The Red Rooster
Howlin' Wolf (1971)
That's All I Am to You
The Animals (1966)
I’ll Always Be in Love With You
T‐Bone Walker (1990)
Watermelon Man
Albert King (1968)
Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey
Lightnin' Hopkins (1973)
Struttin' My Stuff
Canned Heat (2008)
I’m Still Holding On
Chris Rea (1998)
Juke
Bo Diddley (1992)
Key to the Highway
Little Walter (1963)
Easy Come Easy Go
Rory Gallagher (1988)
Baliky Lalo
Ali Farka Touré (1984)
Big Boss Man
Jimmy Reed (1960)
Please Come Back to Me
Elmore James (1993)
Run
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (1995)
Vietcong Blues
Junior Wells (1993)
Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock’n’Roll You
Ten Years After (1997)
Riley B. King
Keb’ Mo’ (2004)
Remington Ride
Freddie King (2002)
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