Checker Records is an inactive record label that was started in 1952 as a subsidiary of Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois. The label was founded by the...

Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans; October 3, 1941) is an American singer and dancer. He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles, including...

Emma Checker (born 1996), Australian footballer Checker, a game piece in the board game Checkers (UK: draughts) Checker Records, a record label Checker Motors...

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...

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...

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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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...

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...

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...

(Checker, 1960) Bo Diddley Is a Lover (Checker, 1961) Bo Diddley's a Twister (Checker, 1962) Bo Diddley (Checker, 1962) Bo Diddley & Company (Checker,...

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...

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...

The Checker Aerobus is an automobile manufactured on two different wheelbases by the Checker Motors Corporation from 1962 until 1977. Meant primarily to...

She auditioned for Chess Records, who immediately signed her as a recording artist to the subsidiary label Checker Records. Her first works with the...

promotion job, Alaimo landed his first major record deal with Checker Records, a subsidiary of Chess Records, in 1961. There, he struck a minor amount of...

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)...

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...

originally recorded by and released as a single in November 1953 by James Crawford as "Sugar Boy and his Cane Cutters", on Checker Records (Checker 787). The...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

staff songwriter. He was also a producer for the Chess subsidiary Checker Records. His relationship with Chess was sometimes strained, but he stayed...

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...

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...

tastes, she moved to smaller labels, such as Regal, Checker, and J.O.B. Minnie continued to record into the 1950s, but her health began to decline. With...

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...

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...

Berry Gordy, she became a record executive in the mid-to-late 1950s distributing records released on Checker and Gone Records before forming the Anna label...