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Which Muddy Waters songs became blues classics?
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Bessie Smith, photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1936.
Muddy Waters was a pivotal figure in the development of Chicago blues following World War II. His influential catalog includes several songs that are widely considered blues classics:
- "Trouble No More"
- "Got My Mojo Working"
- "Iām Your Hoochie Coochie Man"
- "Mannish Boy"
- "Rollinā Stone" (from which the Rolling Stones derived their name)1