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Dan Aykroyd Reveals How He and John Belushi Changed Lorne Michaels' Mind After He 'Didn't Dig' the Blues Brothers


In a new Audible Original, Dan Aykroyd tells the story of the Blues Brothers — and how it almost might not have happened.

Aykroyd's memories from filming are crystal clear: a scene with the inimitable Aretha Franklin is among the highlights, he tells PEOPLE. Aykroyd received the sad call from agent Bernie Brillstein, and "my first impulse was to find Judy as soon as possible, running down the entire length of Fifth Avenue to their townhouse on Morton Street," he recounts via Audible. John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Dan Aykroyd and Gilda Radner on 'SNL' in 1976.NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

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