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| Film 1980. Written by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis. Directed by John Landis. Starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, James Brown and John Candy. |  | |
Total Record Results: 13 - Medium: FILM / Group: BBB |
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| # | | 1 | Al Bennett Sales | Vehicles | Automotive Services | |
Al Bennett Sales
Automotive parts store referencing car dealer Al Bennett, popularly known as the "dealing man" from Flint, Michigan, in the 1970s.
| | 2 | The Blues Brothers Band | Performing Arts | Musicians-misc | |
The Blues Brothers Band
Jake and Elwood Blues reunite their old R&B band to save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
| | 3 | Bluesmobile | Vehicles | Motor Vehicles | |
Bluesmobile
The Blues Brothers' car - an old Mount Prospect police car. It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters, so it'll run good on regular gas.
| | 4 | Bob's Country Bunker  | Nightlife | Nightclubs | |
Bob's Country Bunker
The Blues Brothers perform as The Good Ol' Boys.
| | 5 | Curl Up & Dye | Personal Care | Beauty Salons | |
Curl Up & Dye
Beauty salon where Carrie Fisher's Mystery Woman works.
| | 6 | The Good Ol' Boys | Performing Arts | Music-Country | |
The Good Ol' Boys
The Blues Brothers pretend they're The Good Ol' Boys and perform at Bob's Country Bunker.
| | 7 | Lloyd's Tire Clinic | Vehicles | Automotive Services | |
Lloyd's Tire Clinic
When the Bluesmobile runs out of gas, Jake and Elwood push it to the closest gas station.
| | 8 | M-79 Flamethrower | Weapons | Weapons-misc | |
M-79 Flamethrower
Carrie Fisher's Mystery Woman's weapon. There is a real M-79 Grenade Launcher, but no M-79 Flamethrower.
| | 9 | Murph and the Magic Tones | Performing Arts | Musicians-misc | |
Murph and the Magic Tones
Lounge act playing the Holiday Inn Armada Room before rejoining The Blues Brothers band. Members include Murphy Dunne, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, Willie "Too Big" Hall and Tom "Bones" Malone.
| | 10 | Palace Hotel | Travel | Hotels | |
Palace Hotel
The Blues Brothers Band performs its climactic concert at the Palace Hotel Ballroom, a country club at the time of filming, but later became the South Shore Cultural Center, named after the Chicago neighborhood where it is located. The interior concert scenes were filmed in the Hollywood Palladium.
| | 11 | Ray's Music Exchange | Performing Arts | Music Stores | |
Ray's Music Exchange
There never was an actual store called Ray's Music Exchange. The mural on the Prairie Avenue side of the building at 300 E. 47th St. was painted during production in 1979 and remained until May of 2020, when fire damage to the building forced the city to demolish the empty store and two others attached to it.
| | 12 | See You Next Wednesday  | Video | Movies-misc | |
See You Next Wednesday
Movie starring Donald Sutherland and directed by Carl La Fong, advertised on the billboard that Jake and Elwood pass when they leave Bob's Country Bunker. Reference to Frank Poole's father's last line in his video letter, from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.
| | 13 | Soul Food Cafe | Dining | Cafes and Delis | |
Soul Food Cafe
Filmed at what was Nate's Deli on Maxwell Street in Chicago. It is now a parking lot.
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