Blues songs at 96 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 661 blues songs with a verified tempo of 96 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. Here are some of the best known.
96 BPM is the head-nod zone: boom bap, R&B grooves, and mid-tempo rock. It works for warmups, brisk walks, and steady strength work.
Popular 96 BPM blues songs
Blind Man Blues
Muddy Waters (1972)
Keep Your Hands To Yourself
John Lee Hooker (1962)
Lie No Better
Etta James (2003)
Tell Me Lies
The Black Keys (2019)
Tonight
Joe Cocker (1997)
King Bee Shakedown
Joe Bonamassa (2018)
Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues
Buddy Guy (1991)
I Ain't Superstitious
Howlin' Wolf (1971)
Worried Life Blues
The Animals (1971)
Hellhound on My Trail
Robert Johnson (1937)
Life By the Drop
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (1991)
When the Sun Goes Down
T‐Bone Walker (1990)
Got to Be Some Changes Made
Albert King (1973)
Moving On Out Boogie
Lightnin' Hopkins (1954)
Changing Times
Chris Rea (2002)
She's Alright
Bo Diddley (1960)
Mellow Down Easy
Little Walter (1969)
Okie Dokie Stomp
Johnny Winter (2014)
Stompin’ Ground
Rory Gallagher (2000)
Banga
Ali Farka Touré (1994)
Baby What You Want Me to Do
Jimmy Reed (1961)
Baby, What’s Wrong
Elmore James (2015)
What’d I Say
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (1966)
Trust My Baby
Junior Wells (1996)
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