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Saturday, 18 October 2025

Checker (IL) 45rpm Volume 4 (1958) - (1960)

 

Checker (IL) 45rpm

Parent : Chess (IL)

Sister Labels : Argo (IL), Fenwick, Marterry (IL), Check-Mate (MI), Cadet (IL)


Main Series


Volume 4 (1958) - (1960)



Track List


Checker (IL) 45 - 900 : Dale Hawkins - La-Do-Dada  (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 900 : Dale Hawkins - Cross-Ties (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 901 : J. B. Lenoir - She Don't Know (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 901 : J. B. Lenoir - Daddy Talk To Your Son (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 902 : Students - Every Day Of The Week (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 902 : Students - I'm So Young (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 903 : L.C. Cook - Do You Remember (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 903 : L.C. Cook - Blue Tears (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 904 : Little Walter - Key To The Highway (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 904 : Little Walter - Rock Bottom (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 905 : Earl Washington - Miserlou (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 905 : Earl Washington - Wolf Call (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 906 : Dale Hawkins - A House, A Car, & A Wedding Ring (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 906 : Dale Hawkins - My Babe (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 907 : Bo Diddley - Willie & Lillie (1958) withdrawn

Checker (IL) 45 - 907 : Bo Diddley - Bo Meets The Monster (1958) withdrawn

Checker (IL) 45 - 908 : Calvin Frazier - Have Blues Must Travel (1958) reissue

Checker (IL) 45 - 908 : Calvin Frazier - Track Down (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 909 : King Bees - Buzzin' (1958) 

Checker (IL) 45 - 909 : King Bees - Good Rockin’ Tonight (1958) 

Checker (IL) 45 - 910 : Sonny Boy Williamson - Dissatisfied (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 910 : Sonny Boy Williamson - Cross My Heart (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 911 : Piano Red - Get Up Mare (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 911 : Piano Red - So Worried (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 912 : Moonbeems - Teen Age Baby (1959) reissue

Checker (IL) 45 - 912 : Moonbeems - Cryin' The Blues (1959) reissue

Checker (IL) 45 - 913 : Dale Hawkins - Take My Heart (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 913 : Dale Hawkins - Someday One Day (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 914 : Bo Diddley - Oh Yea (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 914 : Bo Diddley - I'm Sorry (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 915 : Flamingos - Dream Of A Life Time (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 915 : Flamingos - Whispering Stars (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 916 : Dale Hawkins - Yea-Yea (Class Cutter) (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 916 : Dale Hawkins - Lonely Nights (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 917 : Youngsters - Piel Canela (Cinnamon Skin) (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 917 : Youngsters - Lucky Sixteen (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 918 : Baby Washington - I Hate To See You Go (1959) reissue

Checker (IL) 45 - 918 : Baby Washington - Knock Yourself Out (1959) reissue

Checker (IL) 45 - 919 : Little Walter - My Baby Is Sweeter (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 919 : Little Walter - Crazy Mixed Up World (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 920 : Ideals - Knee Socks (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 920 : Ideals - Mary's Lamb (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 921 : Bobby Lester - Am I The Man (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 921 : Bobby Lester - Lonely Hearts (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 922 : Sonics - This Broken Heart (1959) reissue

Checker (IL) 45 - 922 : Sonics - You Made Me Cry (1959) reissue

Checker (IL) 45 - 923 : Dale Hawkins - Ain't That Lovin' You Baby (1959) 

Checker (IL) 45 - 923 : Dale Hawkins - My Dream (1959) 

Checker (IL) 45 - 924 : Bo Diddley - Crackin' Up (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 924 : Bo Diddley - The Great Grandfather (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 925 : L.C. Cooke - Please Think Of Me (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 925 : L.C. Cooke - I'm Falling (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 926 : Earl Brown - Courtin' In The Rain (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 926 : Earl Brown - Why Why Why (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 927 : Sonny Boy Williamson - Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 927 : Sonny Boy Williamson - Unseeing Eye (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 928 : Calvaes - Anna Macora (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 928 : Oscar Boyd With The Calvaes - So Bad (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 929 : Dale Hawkins - Our Turn (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 929 : Dale Hawkins - Lifeguard Man (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 930 : Little Walter - Everything Gonna Be All Right (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 930 : Little Walter - Back Track (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 931 : Bo Diddley - Say Man  (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 931 : Bo Diddley - The Clock Strikes Twelve (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 932 : Gross Sisters - Oom Baby? (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 932 : Gross Sisters - My Baby Ain't Nothing But Bad (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 933 : Tab Smith - Because Of You (1959) sample only

Checker (IL) 45 - 933 : Tab Smith - Nearness Of You (1959) sample only

Checker (IL) 45 - 934 : Dale Hawkins - Liza Jane (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 934 : Dale Hawkins - Back To School Blues (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 935 : L.C. Cooke - If I Could Only Hear (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 935 : L.C. Cooke - No! I'll Never (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 936 : Bo Diddley - Say Man, Back Again (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 936 : Bo Diddley - She's Alright (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 937 : Lowell Fulson - That's Alright (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 937 : Lowell Fulson - It Took A Long Time (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 938 : Little Walter - Me & Piney Brown (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 938 : Little Walter - Break It Up (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 939 : Clifton Chenier - Bajou Drive (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 939 : Clifton Chenier - My Soul (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 940 : Dale Hawkins - Hot Dog (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 940 : Dale Hawkins - Don't Break Your Promise To Me (1959)

Checker (IL) 45 - 941 : Aretha Franklin - Precious Lord, Part 1 (1960)

Checker (IL) 45 - 941 : Aretha Franklin - Precious Lord, Part 2 (1960)

Checker (IL) 45 - 942 : Bo Diddley - Road Runner (1960)

Checker (IL) 45 - 942 : Bo Diddley - My Story (1960)

Checker (IL) 45 - 943 : Sonny Boy Williamson - The Goat (1960)

Checker (IL) 45 - 943 : Sonny Boy Williamson - It's Sad To Be Alone (1960)

Checker (IL) 45 - 944 : Dale Hawkins - Poor Little Rhode Island (1960)

Checker (IL) 45 - 944 : Dale Hawkins - Every Little Girl (1960)

Checker (IL) 45 - 945 : Little Walter - Ah'w Baby (1960)

Checker (IL) 45 - 945 : Little Walter - I Had My Fun (1960)

Checker (IL) 45 - 946 : Jimmy Swan - Little Fine Healthy Thing (1960)

Checker (IL) 45 - 946 : Jimmy Swan - Joy, Joy, Joy (1960)

Checker (IL) 45 - 947 : Bobby Saxton - Trying To Make A Living (1960) reissue

Checker (IL) 45 - 947 : Earl Hooker - Dynamite (1960) reissue

Checker (IL) 45 - 948 : Gene Simmons - Bad Boy Willie (1960)

Checker (IL) 45 - 948 : Gene Simmons - Goin' Back To Memphis (1960)

Checker (IL) 45 - 949 : Jerry Glenn - Holy One (1960)

Checker (IL) 45 - 949 : Jerry Glenn - Just Take Me As I Am (1960)


Note


Checker (IL) 45 - 902 = (1958) Note (IN) 45 - 10012

Checker (IL) 45 - 902 = (1958) Note (IN) 45 - 10012

Checker (IL) 45 - 908 = (1957) J-V-B (MI) 45 - 86

Checker (IL) 45 - 912 = (1958) Sapphire (LA) 45 - 2250

Checker (IL) 45 - 912 = (1958) Sapphire (LA) 45 - 2250

Checker (IL) 45 - 918 + (1959) J&S (NY) 45 - 1632/1633

Checker (IL) 45 - 918 + (1959) J&S (NY) 45 - 1632/1633

Checker (IL) 45 - 922 = (1959) Harvard (NY) 45 - 801 (1959) Harvard (NY) 45 - 922

Checker (IL) 45 - 922 = (1959) Harvard (NY) 45 - 801 (1959) Harvard (NY) 45 - 922

Checker (IL) 45 - 947 = (1960) Bea & Baby (IL) 45 - 106

Checker (IL) 45 - 947 = (1960) Bea & Baby (IL) 45 - 106


GET Checker (IL) 45rpm Volume 4 (1958) - (1960) HERE
















Thursday, 9 October 2025

Checker (IL) 45rpm Volume 3 (1956) - (1958)

 

Checker (IL) 45rpm

Parent : Chess (IL)

Sister Labels : Argo (IL), Fenwick, Marterry (IL), Check-Mate (MI), Cadet (IL)


Location :


(August 1952) 4858 S. Cottage Groove Ave. Chicago , IL 

(November 1952) 790 E. 49th St. Chicago, IL 

(May 1954) 4750 S. Cottage Grove Ave. Chicago, IL 

(May 1957) 2120 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL


Owners : Leonard & Philip Chess


Main Series


Volume 3 (1956) - (1958)


Track List


Checker (IL) 45 - 850 : Bo Diddley - Cops & Robbers (1956)

Checker (IL) 45 - 850 : Bo Diddley - Down Home Special (1956)

Checker (IL) 45 - 851 : Willie Dixon - 29 Ways  (1956)

Checker (IL) 45 - 851 : Willie Dixon - The Pain in My Heart (1956)

Checker (IL) 45 - 852 : Little Walter - It's Too Late Brother (1956)

Checker (IL) 45 - 852 : Little Walter - Take Me Back (1956)

Checker (IL) 45 - 853 : Flamingos - Would I Be Crying (1956)

Checker (IL) 45 - 853 : Flamingos - Just For A Kick (1956)

Checker (IL) 45 - 854 : Lowell Fulson - Blues Rhumba (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 854 : Lowell Fulson - Please Don't Go (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 855 : Eddie Jefferson - Billie's Bounce (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 855 : Eddie Jefferson - I'm In The Mood For Love (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 856 : J. B. Lenoir - Don't Touch My Head!!! (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 856 : J. B. Lenoir - I've Been Down So Long (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 857 : Floyd Dixon - Alarm Clock Blues (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 857 : Floyd Dixon - I'm Ashamed Of Myself (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 858 : Dream Kings - M.T.Y.L.T.T. (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 858 : Dream Kings - Oh What A Baby (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 859 : Little Walter - Nobody But You (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 859 : Little Walter - Everybody Needs Somebody (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 860 : Bo Diddley - Hey! Bo Diddley (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 860 : Bo Diddley - Mona (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 861 : Aretha Franklin - Never Grow Old (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 861 : Aretha Franklin - You Grow Closer (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 862 : Bernie Allen - You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide (1957) missing

Checker (IL) 45 - 862 : Bernie Allen - Too Late For Love (1957) missing

Checker (IL) 45 - 863 : Dale Hawkins - Susie - Q (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 863 : Dale Hawkins - Don't Treat Me This Way (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 864 : Sonny Boy Williamson - Fattening Frogs For Snakes (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 864 : Sonny Boy Williamson - I Don't Know (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 865 : Lowell Fulson - Don't Drive Me Baby (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 865 : Lowell Fulson - You're Gonna Miss Me (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 866 : Charles Williams - Darling (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 866 : Charles Williams - So Worried (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 867 : Little Walter - Boom, Boom Out Goes The Lights (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 867 : Little Walter - Temperature (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 868 : Not Issued

Checker (IL) 45 - 868 : Not Issued

Checker (IL) 45 - 869 : Johnny Kay's Aristocrats - Maid Of The Mist (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 869 : Aristocrats - Vagabonds (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 870  : T.V. Slim & His Heartbreakers - Flatfoot Sam  (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 870  : T.V. Slim & His Heartbreakers - Darling Remember (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 871 : Ravens - Dear One (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 871 : Ravens - That'll Be The Day (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 872 : Tune Weavers - Happy, Happy Birthday Baby (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 872 : Tune Weavers - Ol' Man River (1957) (1st press only)

Checker (IL) 45 - 872 : Paul Gayten - Yo Yo Walk (1957) (2nd press only) reissue

Checker (IL) 45 - 873 : Hal Paige - Pour The Corn (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 873 : Hal Paige - Don't Have To Cry No More (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 874 : J. B. Lenoir - What About Your Daughter? (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 874 : J. B. Lenoir - 5 Years (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 875 : Sentimentals - I Want To Love You (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 875 : Sentimentals - Teenie Teenager (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 876 : Dale Hawkins - Baby, Baby (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 876 : Dale Hawkins - Mrs. Merguitory's Daughter (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 877 : Eddie Bo - Every Day & Every Night (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 877 : Eddie Bo - Indeed I Do (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 878 : Bo Diddley - Say! Boss Man (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 878 : Bo Diddley - Before You Accuse Me (Take A Look At Yourself) (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 879 : Katie Watkins - Trying To Get You Off My Mind (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 879 : Texas Red - Snake Blues (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 880 : Tune Weavers - Ol' Man River (1957) reissue

Checker (IL) 45 - 880 : Paul Gayten - Tough Enough (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 881 : Al Kent - Dat's Why (I Love You So) (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 881 : Al Kent - Am I The Man (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 882 : Lowell Fulson - Rock This Morning (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 882 : Lowell Fulson - I Wanna Make Love To You (1957)

Checker (IL) 45 - 883 : Sonny Boy Williamson - Born Blind (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 883 : Sonny Boy Williamson - Ninety Nine (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 884 : Bill Hall & The Sonnets - Make It Soon (1958) need label 

Checker (IL) 45 - 884 : Bill Hall & The Sonnets - Three Wishes (1958) need label 

Checker (IL) 45 - 885 : Jimmy McCracklin - The Walk (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 885 : Jimmy McCracklin - I'm To Blame (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 886 : Sonny Day & The Versatiles - Speedillac (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 886 : Sonny Day & The Versatiles - Half Moon (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 887 : Tony March - Cousin Rockin' Roll Blues (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 887 : Tony March - Stompen Rock (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 888 : Artie Singer - Point of No Return (1958) missing

Checker (IL) 45 - 888 : Artie Singer - Café Concertina (1958) missing

Checker (IL) 45 - 889 : Kendall Sisters - Yea, Yea (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 889 : Kendall Sisters - Won't You Be My Baby (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 890 : Little Walter - The Toddle (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 890 : Little Walter - Confessin' The Blues (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 891 : Satellites - Blast Off (1958) 

Checker (IL) 45 - 891 : Satellites - Double Bubble (1958) missing

Checker (IL) 45 - 892 : Dale Hawkins - Tornado (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 892 : Dale Hawkins - Little Pig (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 893 : Jimmy McCracklin - Get Tough (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 893 : Jimmy McCracklin - Everybody Rock (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 894 : Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral & My Trial (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 894 : Sonny Boy Williamson - Wake Up, Baby  (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 895 : Starlettes - Jungle Love (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 895 : Starlettes - Please Ring My Phone (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 896 : Bo Diddley - Hush Your Mouth (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 896 : Bo Diddley - Dearest Darling (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 897 : Del Saint & The Devils - Tangy (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 897 : Del Saint & The Devils - Rock Yea (1958)

Checker (IL) 45 - 898 : Emmitt Slay & Sweetie Delores - Honey Bun (1958) missing

Checker (IL) 45 - 898 : Emmitt Slay & Sweetie Delores - Ko Pow (1958) missing

Checker (IL) 45 - 899 : Johnny Fuller - You Got Me Whistling (1958) reissue

Checker (IL) 45 - 899 : Johnny Fuller - All Night Long (1958) reissue


Note


Checker (IL) 45 - 861 = (1957) J-V-B (MI) 45 - 47

Checker (IL) 45 - 861 = (1957) J-V-B (MI) 45 - 47

Checker (IL) 45 - 870 = (1957) Clif (LA) 45 - 103

Checker (IL) 45 - 870 = (1957) Clif (LA) 45 - 103

Checker (IL) 45 - 872 = (1957) Casa Grande (MA) 45 - 4037

Checker (IL) 45 - 872 = (1957) Casa Grande (MA) 45 - 4037

Checker (IL) 45 - 872 = (1956) Checker (IL) 45 - 836

Checker (IL) 45 - 873 = (1957) Fury (NY) 45 - 1002

Checker (IL) 45 - 873 = (1957) Fury (NY) 45 - 1002

Checker (IL) 45 - 875 = (1957) Mint (NY) 45 - 801

Checker (IL) 45 - 875 = (1957) Mint (NY) 45 - 801

Checker (IL) 45 - 879 = (1957) Viceroy (IL) 45 - 3333

Checker (IL) 45 - 879 = (1957) Viceroy (IL) 45 - 3333

Checker (IL) 45 - 880 = (1957) Casa Grande (MA) 45 - 4037

Checker (IL) 45 - 889 = (1958) Argo (IL) 45 - 5291

Checker (IL) 45 - 889 = (1958) Argo (IL) 45 - 5291

Checker (IL) 45 - 899 = (1957) Irma (CA) 45 - 112

Checker (IL) 45 - 899 = (1957) Irma (CA) 45 - 112


GET Checker (IL) 45rpm Volume 3 (1956) - (1958) HERE