Artist
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson appears once in our Blues list, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Blues
- Year
- 1936
- Highest placing
- No. 1 in Blues
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
Cross Road Blues
1936 · Vocalion
Ranked No. 1 in Blues
One man, one guitar, and a sense of pursuit that no amount of retelling has managed to domesticate. The myth around Johnson is a distraction from how precise the playing actually is.