Fueled by their comedy stardom, the Blues Brothers secured a deal with Atlantic Records and a booking to open for Steve Martin, then the country’s most popular comedian, for nine nights in LA.

The Blues Brothers streams on Netflix on June 1. Alongside Aykroyd and Belushi, the movie also starred Frank Oz, Steven Williams, and John Landis. But the main attraction is the musical stars.

Yet, by 1979, when "The Blues Brothers" came to town, Mayor Daley was dead. Jane Byrne had just taken office as Chicago’s first female mayor. She was happy to let the production in.

Does “The Blues Brothers” deserve a book? In the pantheon of gloriously dumb movie comedies derived from “Saturday Night Live” and the National Lampoon, the 1980 John Belushi-Dan Aykroyd R ...