Editing Robert Johnson (section)

===Blues standards===
Several of Johnson's songs became [[blues standards]], which is used to describe blues songs that have been widely performed and recorded over a period of time and are seen as having a lasting quality.{{sfn|Herzhaft|1992|p=435}}{{sfn|Barrett|Garcia|2010|p=73}} Perone notes "That such a relatively high percentage of the songs attributed to him became blues standards also keeps the legacy of Robert Johnson alive".{{sfn|Perone|2019|p=92}} Those most often identified are "Sweet Home Chicago" and "Dust My Broom", but also include "Crossroads" and "[[Stop Breaking Down]]".{{sfn|Guralnick|1998|loc=eBook}}{{sfn|Wald|2004|p=188}}{{sfn|Herzhaft|1992|pp=443–444, 457, 467}}{{sfn|Milward|2013|loc=eBook}}{{sfn|Koda|1996|p=140}}{{sfn|Palmer|1981|p=125}} As with many blues songs, there are melodic and lyrical precedents.{{sfn|Milward|2013|loc=eBook}} While "Sweet Home Chicago" borrows from [[Kokomo Arnold]]'s 1933 "Old Original Kokomo Blues", "Johnson's lyrics made the song a natural for Chicago bluesmen, and it's his version that survived in the repertoires of performers like [[Magic Sam]], Robert Lockwood, and [[Junior Parker]]".{{sfn|Palmer|1981|p=128}}

In the first decades after Johnsons' death, these songs, with some variations in the titles and lyrics, were recorded by [[Tommy McClennan]] (1939),{{sfn|Wald|2004|p=134}} [[Walter Davis (blues)|Walter Davis]] (1941),{{sfn|Wald|2004|p=134}} [[Sonny Boy Williamson I]] (1945),{{sfn|Herzhaft|1992|p=443}} [[Arthur Crudup]] (1949),<ref>{{Cite web| url =https://www.allmusic.com/album/complete-recorded-works-vol-2-1946-1949-mw0000124645| last = Yanow| first = Scott| title = Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup: ''Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1946-1949)''{{snd}}Review| website = [[AllMusic]]| access-date = October 24, 2021}}</ref> [[Texas Alexander]] (1950),<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/go-down-to-the-crossroads-with-bluesman-robert-johnson |last=Sliwicki |first=Susan |date=September 13, 2011 |title=Go Down to the 'Crossroads' with Bluesman Robert Johnson |website=[[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine]] |access-date=July 24, 2023}}</ref> Elmore James (1951–1959), [[Baby Boy Warren]] (1954),<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/detroit-blues-blues-from-the-motor-city-1938-1954-mw0000633441 | last = Brown| first = Marisa| title = Various Artists: ''Detroit Blues: Blues from the Motor City 1938-1954''{{snd}}Review| website = [[AllMusic]]| access-date = October 24, 2021}}</ref> [[Roosevelt Sykes]] (1955),<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/complete-recorded-works-vol-10-1951-1957-mw0000108289| last = arwulf<!-- Stylized without caps -->| first = arwulf| title = Roosevelt Sykes: ''Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 10 (1951-1957)''{{snd}}Review| website = [[AllMusic]]| access-date = October 24, 2021}}</ref> Junior Parker (1958), and [[Forest City Joe]] (1959).<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/sounds-of-the-south-4-cds-mw0000619631| last = Planer| first = Lindsay| title = Various Artists: ''Sounds of the South [4 CDs]''{{snd}}Review| website = [[AllMusic]]| access-date = October 21, 2021}}</ref> Pearson and McCulloch believe that "Sweet Home Chicago" and "Dust My Broom" in particular connect Johnson to "the rightful inheritors of his musical ideas—big-city African American artists whose high-powered, electrically amplified blues remain solidly in touch with Johnson's musical legacy" at the time of Columbia's first release of a full album of his songs in 1961.{{sfn|Pearson|McCulloch|2003|p=28}}

In [[Jim O'Neal]]'s statement when Johnson was inducted into the [[Blues Foundation]] [[Blues Hall of Fame]], he identified "Hell Hound on My Trail", "Sweet Home Chicago", "Dust My Broom", "Love in Vain", and "Crossroads" as Johnson's classic recordings.<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://blues.org/blues_hof_inductee/robert-johnson/| author-link = Jim O'Neal| date = November 10, 2016| title = 1980 Hall of Fame Inductees: Robert Johnson| website = [[Blues Foundation|Blues.org]]| access-date = October 25, 2021}}</ref> Over the years, these songs have been individually inducted into the Blues Hall's "Classic of Blues Recording{{snd}}Single or Album Track" category, as well as "Come On in My Kitchen" and "Terraplane Blues".<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://blues.org/awards/| author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->| date = n.d.| title = Award Winners and Nominees: Robert Johnson{{snd}}Classic of Blues Recording - Single or Album Track| website = [[Blues Foundation|Blues.org]]| access-date = October 25, 2021}}</ref>