Chess matrix 7873. Walking the blues / The Allstars ; Willie Dixon

TitleSource
Walking the blues (Primary title)Disc label
Unverified composer information: Dupree-Baer
Composer information source: Disc label..
PersonnelNotes
The Allstars (Musical group)
Willie Dixon (vocalist)
Harold Ashby (instrumentalist : tenor saxophone)
Fred Below (instrumentalist : drums)
Willie Dixon (instrumentalist : string bass)
Willie Dixon (leader)
Additional Information
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Information on this recording derives from Holzer, Steven; Black, Jack Jr.; and Settlemier, Tyrone. "Checker Records 78rpm numerical listing discography." The Online Discographical Project. The Online Discographical Project, 12 February. 2017. Web. {accessed Aug. 2024} and from the disc label; and from "The Chess labels : A discography" / Michel Ruppli (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983), as well as disc labels examined by DAHR editors..
Label has "Arc... BMI" printed by the matrix number. Ruppli notes another, unnamed, tenor sax performer. Ruppli also has the matrix number being with "U-", which the label does not.
Source(s): disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
7/31/1955 Chicago, Illinois unknown Master Checker 822 10-in.

Walking the blues / The Allstars ; Willie Dixon

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Walking the blues / The Allstars ; Willie Dixon - Checker 822 - Take unknown - 7/31/1955
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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Chess matrix 7873. Walking the blues / The Allstars ; Willie Dixon," accessed December 28, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000645938/7873-Walking_the_blues.

Chess matrix 7873. Walking the blues / The Allstars ; Willie Dixon. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 28, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000645938/7873-Walking_the_blues.

"Chess matrix 7873. Walking the blues / The Allstars ; Willie Dixon." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 28 December 2025.

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