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Pre-war blues recordings provided much of the fuel for the ’60s British revival of the genre and the subsequent development of rock. Here are 26 original versions of songs later made famous by Elvis Presley, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Them, the Yardbirds, the Rolling Stones, the Allman Brothers and others: Statesboro’ Blues by Blind Willie McTell; When the Levee Breaks by Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie; I’m So Glad by Skip James; Outside Woman Blues by Blind Joe Reynolds; Cross Roads by Robert Johnson, and more!