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Cadillac Records is a 2008 American biographical drama film written and directed by Darnell Martin.The film explores the musical era from the early 1940s to the late 1960s, chronicling the life of the influential Chicago-based record-company executive Leonard Chess, and a few of the musicians who recorded for Chess Records.
Cadillac Records: Music from the Motion Picture is a soundtrack album for the film Cadillac Records.It features covers of classic songs from Chess Records' singers as performed by the film's actors including Beyoncé (as Etta James), Eamonn Walker (as Howlin' Wolf) and Jeffrey Wright (as Muddy Waters).
Years later, Cadillac Records got in touch with the surviving members of the band. Unfortunately, Ernest Mothle, the South African bassist had since died. However, Cadillac discovered that drummer Keith Bailey was already working on a reissue. Getting hold of the master tapes turned out to be well worth the effort.
Chess Records was the subject of two films produced in 2008, Cadillac Records and Who Do You Love?. In addition to the Chess brothers, both films feature portrayals of or characters based on Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Chuck Berry, Howlin' Wolf and Etta James.
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In 2008, Martin wrote and directed Cadillac Records, a musical-drama film based on the work of Leonard Chess and the singers who recorded for Chess Records through the early days of R&B and rock 'n' roll. In 2012, she directed the television film Firelight.
The actor and comedian Cedric the Entertainer portrayed Dixon in Cadillac Records, a 2008 film based on the early history of Chess Records. [25] [26] In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked him as the 12th greatest bass player and mentioned him as the history's most influential bluesmen. [27]
Music industry historian John Broven has written that "Leonard Chess was the dynamo behind Chess Records, the label that, along with Atlantic and Sun, has come to epitomize the independent record business. ... Leonard Chess set new standards for the industry in artist development, deal making, networking, and marketing and promotion…"