1. Chuck Berry
   Ray Charles
2. Stevie Wonder
   Little Richard

Playing a music store owner, Ray Charles demonstrates an electric piano with a rendition of "Shake a Tail Feather," a dance song originally recorded in 1963 by the Five Du-Tones. Fittingly, Charles' performance starts a dance party in the streets of Chicago.

1. Gladys Knight
   Patti LaBelle
2. Dionne Warwick
   Aretha Franklin

Jake and Elwood meet the Queen of Soul herself when they visit the cafe to convince Matt “Guitar” Murphy to rejoin their band. Playing Murphy's wife, Franklin lets him know that she doesn't want him to leave with a performance of her 1968 classic "Think."

1. James Brown
   Marvin Gaye
2. Otis Redding
   Ben E. King

Looking for inspiration about how to save the Catholic orphanage they grew up in from closing, the Blues Brothers visit Triple Rock Baptist Church. Brown's stirring sermon and rousing rendition of "The Old Landmark" inspires them to get their band back together for a benefit concert.

1. Martin Scorsese
   Steven Spielberg
2. Francis Ford Coppola
   Stanley Kubrick

While paying the orphanage's $5,000 property tax bill, Jake and Elwood meet Spielberg. Aykroyd and Belushi previously starred in the director's "1941," which is infamous for being one of only a few Spielberg movies to be panned by critics.

1. Jennifer Jason Leigh
   Ione Skye
2. Carrie Fisher
   Laura Dern

Fisher has a small but memorable role as Jake's ex-fiancee, whose name we never learn. She pops up throughout the movie to try to kill the brothers with a flamethrower, rocket launcher and other over-the-top methods.