Checker Records is a defunct record label that was started in 1952 as a subsidiary of Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois. The label was founded by the...
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Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans; October 3, 1941) is an American singer and dancer. He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles, including...
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Emma Checker (born 1996), Australian footballer Checker, a game piece in the board game Checkers (UK: draughts) Checker Records, a record label Checker Motors...
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Working". Little Walter recorded at a time when blues musicians were primarily singles artists. His records were released on Checker Records, run by the Chess...
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brothers started Checker Records as an alternative label for radio play (radio stations had a policy of only playing a limited number of records from any one...
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In software, a spell checker (or spelling checker or spell check) is a software feature that checks for misspellings in a text. Spell-checking features...
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Twist with Chubby Checker is the debut album by Chubby Checker and was released in 1960 by Parkway Records. "Twistin' U.S.A." (Kal Mann) "The "Ooh Poo...
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Sonny Boy Williamson II (category Checker Records artists)
subsidiary Checker Records from 1955 to 1964. His first LP record was a compilation of previously released singles. Titled Down and Out Blues, Checker released...
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Aretha Franklin (category Checker Records artists)
album, Spirituals. This was reissued by Battle Records in 1962, under the same title. In 1965, Checker Records released Songs of Faith, featuring the five...
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Bo Diddley (category Checker Records artists)
(Checker, 1960) Bo Diddley Is a Lover (Checker, 1961) Bo Diddley's a Twister (Checker, 1962) Bo Diddley (Checker, 1962) Bo Diddley & Company (Checker,...
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Little Milton (category Checker Records artists)
1953 at Sun Records before relocating to St. Louis and co-founding Bobbin Records in 1958. It wasn't until Milton signed to Checker Records that he achieved...
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Tammi Terrell (category Checker Records artists)
for Brown's Try Me label. After attending college, Terrell recorded briefly for Checker Records before signing with Motown in 1965. With Gaye, she scored...
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Down and Out Blues (category Checker Records compilation albums)
Blues is the first LP record by American blues musician Sonny Boy Williamson. The album was released in 1959 by Checker Records (see 1959 in music). The...
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Little Walter (category Checker Records artists)
but he stepped out front again when he recorded as a bandleader for Chess' subsidiary label Checker Records on May 12, 1952. The first completed take...
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Susie Q (song) (category Checker Records singles)
Sometime after the recording, the master tape of "Susie Q" was sold to Checker Records in Chicago, which released it as a 45 RPM single in May 1957. The single...
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I'm a Man (Bo Diddley song) (category Checker Records singles)
one of the first songs Bo Diddley recorded for Checker Records. Unlike his self-titled "Bo Diddley" that was recorded the same day (March 2, 1955 in Chicago)...
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Aretha Franklin. It was released in 1965 by Checker Records. The album was recorded in 1956 by J-V-B Records at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan...
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to blues music. Started in 1980, it honors people who have performed, recorded, or documented blues. The museum opened to the public on May 8, 2015. "Award...
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Fontella Bass (category Checker Records artists)
She auditioned for Chess Records, who immediately signed her as a recording artist to the subsidiary label Checker Records. Her first works with the...
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J. B. Lenoir (category Checker Records artists)
During the 1950s Lenoir recorded for various record labels in the Chicago area, including J.O.B., Chess, Parrot, and Checker. The labels often spelled...
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The Best of Little Walter (category Checker Records compilation albums)
first released by Checker Records as LP-1428, which was the first LP record released by Checker, and then released on Chess Records with the same catalog...
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Bobby Rush (musician) (category Checker Records artists)
My Love for You (Deep Rush) 1967 "Sock Boo Ga Loo" / "Much Too Much" (Checker) 1968 "Camel Walk" / "Gotta Have Money" (ABC) 1969 "Wake Up" / "The Things...
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The Twist (song) (redirect from Checker twist)
in 1960. By 1962, the record sold in excess of one million copies, becoming Ballard's fourth million seller. Chubby Checker's 1960 cover version of the...
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recording contract with Checker Records, they renamed themselves the Students, and it was under this name that Tyus's two songs were recorded. On May 29, 1961...
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Koko Taylor (category Checker Records artists)
USA Records, and in 1964 a cut on a Chicago blues collection on Spivey Records, called Chicago Blues. In 1964 Dixon brought Taylor to Checker Records, a...
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Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger (category Checker Records albums)
American rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley released in December 1960 by Checker Records. The album title comes from the album's first track called "Gunslinger"...
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Gene Chandler (category Checker Records artists)
"Duke of Earl" in Don't Knock the Twist, a 1962 film featuring Chubby Checker. Chandler's concerts became popular, and he performed encores – usually...
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Who Do You Love? (Bo Diddley song) (category Checker Records singles)
the song was released as a single by Checker Records, a Chess Records subsidiary, but did not reach the record charts. It reached a bigger audience when...
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Willie Dixon (category Checker Records artists)
staff songwriter. He was also a producer for the Chess subsidiary Checker Records. His relationship with Chess was sometimes strained, but he stayed...
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Hi-Heel Sneakers (category Checker Records singles)
Atlantic Records. Abramson operated A-1 Sound Studios in New York, where many popular R&B artists recorded; he leased Tucker's recording to Checker Records, which...
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