Cadillac Records, the new movie on the rise of Chicago's Chess Records and it's associated artists, is set to premier on December 5. The soundtrack album will hit stores on December 2 via Music World/Columbia as either a 1-CD, 2-CD or Vinyl LP set.
The movie stars Adrien Brody as Leonard Chess and includes a wide array of modern artists playing the greats of the Chess stable, including Mos Def as Chuck Berry, Beyonce as Etta James, Cedric the Entertainer as Willie Dixon, Columbus Short as Little Walter, Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters and Eamonn Walker as Howlin' Wolf.
While the majority of the album is made up of new recordings of the classic Chess songs, a few originals are included by artists like Little Walter, Buddy Guy and Elvis Presley.
The track list:
Disc 1
I'm a Man - Jeffrey Wright
At Last - Beyoncé
No Particular Place to Go - Mos Def
I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Jeffrey Wright
Once in a Lifetime - Beyoncé
Let's Take a Walk - Raphael Saadiq
6 O'Clock Blues - Solange Knowles
Nadine - Mos Def
The Sound - Mary Mary
Last Night - Little Walter
I'd Rather Go Blind - Beyoncé
My Babe - Coco Short
Bridging the Gap - Nas
Disc 2
Maybellene - Mos Def
Forty Days and Forty Nights - Buddy Guy
Trust in Me - Beyoncé
Juke - SOUL7
Smokestack Lightnin' - Eamonn Walker
Promised Land - Mos Def
All I Could Do Was Cry - Beyoncé
Surfin' U.S.A. - Will Lee Voices
My Babe - Elvis Presley
I Can't Be Satisfied - Jeffrey Wright
Come On - Mos Def
Country Blues - Bill Sims
Evolution of a Man - Al Kapone
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