Best Of Chess: Original Versions Of Songs in Cadillac Records
List Price:
Our Price: $6.91
You Save: $4.08 (37%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Music CD Cover
Edition: Music CDAudio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2008-12-02
Music Label: Chess
Soundtracks:
- No Particular Place To Go -- Chuck Berry
- At Last -- Etta James
- My Babe -- Little Walter
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man -- Muddy Waters
- I'd Rather Go Blind -- Etta James
- I'm A Man -- Bo Diddley
- Smokestack Lightnin' -- Howlin' Wolf
- Juke -- Little Walter
- Forty Days And Forty Nights -- Muddy Waters
- All I Could Do Is Cry -- Etta James
- Maybellene -- Chuck Berry
- I Can't Be Satisfied -- Muddy Waters
- Last Night -- Little Walter
- Nadine -- Chuck Berry
- Trust In Me -- Etta James
- Promised Land -- Chuck Berry
Free Music Notes for Best Of Chess: Original Versions Of Songs in Cadillac Records
Free Music Review: Often imitated, never duplicated
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a great CD, with re-mastered versions of the original blues songs featured in the film, Cadillac Records. These are the real thing, blues written and performed by by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James, Little Walter, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. And the quality is very good, thanks to remasters of old tapes laid down in the 40s, 50s and early 60s.
Known at the time as "race records," these original blues tunes by people we now call African-Americans set the stage for early rock n roll and for white rockers like Elvis Presley to score huge hits with songs like My Babe, one of Little Walter's signature tunes. Eventually some of the black singers had cross-over hits. For instance, At Last by Etta James got decent airplay on mainstream stations, but more often than not it was the white bands that made it big. This was especially in the South, where white and black audiences were segregated by law and many clubs refused to book black performers.
The stars of Cadillac Records (Beyonce and Mos Def, for example) do fine versions of these songs in the film, but there really isn't anything like hearing the original recordings. I recommend buying this disk and the film soundtrack and listening to them together. It's a great experience and it's also satisfying to know that Muddy and many of the Chess artists are finally getting the broad recognition they deserve.
Best Of Chess: Original Versions Of Songs in Cadillac Records Poster
The 2008 movie Cadillac Records is the story of Chess Records. The Best of Chess is the original versions of the songs used in the Cadillac Records movie starring Beyonce, Mos Def, Solange, Jeffrey Wright, Raphael Saadiq and others. Cadillac Records chronicles the history of Chess Records, the pre-eminent blues label of the 1950s and 1960s co-founded by Leonard Chess and his brother Phil. Featured songs in Cadillac Records by Etta James (played by Beyonce Knowles), Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), Little Walter (Columbus Short), Willie Dixon (Cedric the Entertainer), Chuck Berry (Mos Def), Howlin' Wolf (Eamonn Walker) and more.Blues Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in Blues Music CDs
Southern String BandsRelease date: 1997-05-07; Music CD
Price in other shops:
Lightnin Hopkins - Texas BluesRelease date: 1993-11-30; Music CD
Price in other shops:
15 Regional Mexican Music ClassicsRelease date: 1997-02-25; Music CD
Best price: $2.99
Price in other shops:
Etta James - Love's Been Rough on MeRelease date: 1997-04-29; Music CD
Best price: $8.97
Price in other shops:
Etta James - Mystery LadyRelease date: 1994-03-15; Music CD
Best price: $48.40
Taj Mahal - Dancing the BluesRelease date: 1993-09-28; Music CD
Best price: $9.72
Price in other shops:
![Moments to Remember [VHS] Image](/images/Moments-to-Remember-VHS-6304199058-X.jpg){kind=small}
Bill Gaither & Gloria - Moments to Remember [VHS]Chordant; Release date: 1996-09-03; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $3.55
Price in other shops:
![Sing Your Blues Away [VHS] Image](/images/Sing-Your-Blues-Away-VHS-630419904X-X.jpg){kind=small}
Sing Your Blues Away [VHS]Chordant Distribution; Release date: 1996-09-03; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $6.18
Price in other shops:
![Rhythm Country & Blues [VHS] Image](/images/Rhythm-Country-Blues-VHS-630303831X-X.jpg){kind=small}
Rhythm Country & Blues [VHS]Mca; Release date: 1994-03-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
Robert Cray - Smoking GunPublished: 1988; Music CD
Top Rated Albums
Etta James - The DreamerRelease date: 2011-11-08; Music CD
Best price: $9.49
Price in other shops:
Etta James - Blues to the BoneRelease date: 2004-06-08; Music CD
Best price: $5.79
Price in other shops:
Son House - Original Delta BluesRelease date: 2008-02-01; Music CD
Best price: $2.56
Price in other shops:
Howlin Wolf - Definitive CollectionRelease date: 2007-04-17; Music CD
Best price: $6.86
Price in other shops:
Chess Blues Classics 1957-67Release date: 1997-03-25; Music CD
Best price: $4.41
Price in other shops:
Cadillac RecordsSONY PICTURES HOME ENT; Release date: 2009-03-10; DVD
Best price: $7.90
Price in other shops:
Willie Dixon - I Am the BluesRelease date: 2008-02-01; Music CD
Best price: $2.80
Price in other shops:
Various - Cadillac Records (Music From the Motion Picture)Release date: 2008-12-02; Music CD
Best price: $8.73
Price in other shops:
Little Walter - His Best :(Little Walter)The Chess 50th Anniversary CollectionLITTLE WALTER; Release date: 1997-06-17; Music CD
Best price: $4.62
Price in other shops:
Etta James - Her Best - The Chess 50th Anniversary CollectionRelease date: 1997-03-25; Music CD
Best price: $6.64
Price in other shops: