Cross Road Blues

Play track

  • Listeners

    259.1K

  • Scrobbles

    827.9K

  • Listeners

    259.1K

  • Scrobbles

    827.9K

Play track
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this song

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Play album
Skip to YouTube video

Replace video

Length
2:41
Lyrics

I went to the crossroad, fell down on my knees

"Cross Road Blues" (sometimes known simply as "Crossroads") is a blues song written and recorded by American blues artist Robert Johnson in 1936. Johnson performed it as a solo piece with his vocal and acoustic slide guitar in the Delta blues-style. The song has become part of the Robert Johnson mythology as referring to the place where he supposedly sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for his musical talents, although the lyrics do not contain any specific references. Bluesman Elmore James revived the song with recordings in 1954 and 1960–1961. English guitar… read more
"Cross Road Blues" (sometimes known simply as "Crossroads") is a blues song written and recorded by American blues artist Robert … read more
"Cross Road Blues" (sometimes known simply as "Crossroads") is a blues song written and recorded by American blues artist Robert Johnson in 1936. Johnson performed it… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Featured On

King Of The Delta Blues Singers

398,642 listeners

937 more albums featuring this track

Similar Tracks

  1. Devil On My Trail Play track

  2. Devil On My Trail Play track

  3. The Very Best Of Play track

  4. Muddy Waters Long Distant Call Play track

  5. Father Of The Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions Play track

  6. Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues Play track

  7. She Lyin' Play track

  8. Delta Blues Heroes, Vol. 3

  9. Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings Play track

  10. Skip James Live Vol. 2 Bloomington 1968 Part 1

  11. The Essential Play track

  12. House of Blues - Live Sessions (Live)

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
81
74
81
70
82
73
80
74
61
71
102
76
91
100
89
70
89
74
76
77
95
76
76
72
69
68
102
81
87
81
77
76
71
87
89
99
97
97
93
86
95
97
80
81
94
93
91
112
86
87
90
70
76
80
84
82
89
89
87
66
73
96
81
98
90
74
82
79
93
94
93
81
93
84
75
107
92
85
107
69
73
84
87
97
94
72
92
87
92
116
126
106
100
100
84
88
97
111
99
100
68
81
81
90
73
92
101
76
81
90
76
70
78
82
96
71
72
71
72
90
90
93
80
89
74
90
73
78
91
77
78
84
104
86
93
80
65
67
75
91
98
91
102
110
80
82
76
87
94
96
95
56
68
90
78
89
75
69
57
84
68
81
89
84
58
67
85
61
82
80
64
67
86
88
67
96
71
84
85
55
69

Play this track

Join the conversation

About This Artist

Artist images

7 more

Robert Johnson

728,765 listeners

Related Tags

There are several artists by the name Robert Johnson: 1. An American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter (1911-1938) amongst the most famous of Delta blues musicians; ranked fifth in Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time; considered by some to be the "Grandfather of Rock 'n' Roll" 2. An English lutenist and composer of the late Tudorian and early Jacobean eras (c.1580-c.1634) 3. A 1970s Memphis-based American guitarist 4. A former drummer for KC and the Sunshine Band 5 . Guitarist in Steeleye Span 1. Robert Johnson (Robert Leroy John… read more
There are several artists by the name Robert Johnson: 1. An American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter (1911-1938) amongst the most famous of Delta blues musicians; ranked fifth in Rol… read more
There are several artists by the name Robert Johnson: 1. An American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter (1911-1938) amongst the most famous of Delta blues musicians; ranked fifth in Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Guitari… read more

View full artist profile

Similar Artists

  1. 337,875 listeners

    Avatar for Son House

  2. 1,102,662 listeners

    Avatar for Muddy Waters

  3. 156,953 listeners

    Avatar for Charley Patton

  4. 262,562 listeners

    Avatar for Skip James

  5. 853,157 listeners

    Avatar for Howlin' Wolf

  6. 313,664 listeners

    Avatar for Leadbelly

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss