By Ronnie Littlejohn Bill Steber
Over the course of a 70-year career, Bobby Rush has made his mark on America’s legacy of blues music.
He’s been inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, and Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame. He has won 12 Blues Music Awards and in 2017, at the age of 83, he won his first Grammy Award.
Hailing from Louisiana, Rush got his breakthrough in 1971, when his song
Chicken Heads climbed the Billboard R&B chart and was certified gold. He then had two more gold-certified records with
Sue in 1981 and
Ain’t Studdin’ Ya in 1991.