Topic > Robert Johnson Essay - 743

In the mid-1960s, Columbia Records released a compilation of Johnson's recordings called King Of The Delta Blues Singers. In the 1990s, Sony released a box set that sold over a million copies. Robert Johnson's music can be heard throughout the world and in many songs from this era. Famous musicians such as Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones and The Blues Brothers have remade many of his songs. Eric Clapton said that Robert Johnson is "the most important blues musician who ever lived". Eric Clapton remade one of Robert Johnson's most famous songs "Crossroads" and the Blues Brothers remade another "Sweet Home"