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Chicago, Ill.  [source: an original label]

A subsidiary of Chess.

Original Releases

Number	Date & Source	V	Artists	Titles {& References to LP/CD List}	Matrix Numbers
843	1956/July 7 Bb r&b rev.		Dale Hawkins	Four Letter Word {c,e,v,w, A,E} See You Soon Baboon {c,e,v,w, A,E,P}	8128 8127
863	1957/May 6 Bb r&b rev.		Dale Hawkins	Susie-Q {a,c,e,g,h,o,p,q,t,u,v,w,x, A,B,C,E,G,O,P,V, 1b} Don't Treat Me This Way {a,e,v,w, A,E,P}	8437 8438
876	1957/Oct. 7 Bb r&b rev.		Dale Hawkins	Baby, Baby {e,v,w, A,P,Q,R} Mrs. Merguitory's Daughter {e,v,w, E}	8547 8548
892	1958/Apr. 7 Bb pop rev.		Dale Hawkins	Tornado {a,e,l,n,v,w, A,E,F,G,P, 1a} Little Pig {a,c,e,v,w, A,D,E,P,Q,W}	8665 8667-R
897	1958/June 16 Bb r&b rev.		Del Saint	Tangy  [instr.] {X} Rock Yea {d,j,q,x,z, G,K,V, 1b}	8778 8779
899	1958/July (Bb est.)		Johnny Fuller	All Night Long {d,q,x, K,T,V, 1b} You Got Me Whistling	8806 8805
900	1958/July 21 Bb pop rev.		Dale Hawkins	La-Do-Dada {a,m,v, A,E,K,P,S} Crossties  [instr.] {m,v, A,E}	8843 8844
906	1958/Oct. 20 Bb pop rev.		Dale Hawkins	My Babe {a,c,m,v,w, A,E,G,P} A House, A Car, And A Wedding Ring {f}	U-9066 9080
913	1959/Jan. (Bb est.)		Dale Hawkins	Take My Heart {c,e,v,w, P,Q} Someday One Day {f, E,P}	U-9200 U-9199
916	1959/Feb. 16 Bb pop rev.		Dale Hawkins	Yea-Yea (Class Cutter) {m, E,U} Lonely Nights {a,m,v,w, E}	9225 9224
923	1959/May 11 Bb pop rev.		Dale Hawkins	Ain't That Lovin' You Baby {a,m,v,w, A,P} My Dream	9226 9330
929	1959/July 6 Bb pop rev.		Dale Hawkins	Lifeguard Man {m,v, E,P} Our Turn	9562 9560
934	1959/Sept. 14 Bb pop rev.		Dale Hawkins	Back To School Blues {f,m,v, E,P} Liza Jane {a,m,v,w, A,E,P}	9700 9699
940	1959/Dec. 21 Bb pop rev.		Dale Hawkins	Hot Dog {f,v, E} Don't Break Your Promise To Me	9902 9561
944	1960/Feb. 22 Bb pop rev.		Dale Hawkins	Every Little Girl {a,m,v,w,y, P} Poor Little Rhode Island	10002 10001
948	1960/May 2 Bb pop rev.		Gene Simmons	Bad Boy Willie {Y,Z} Goin' Back To Memphis {r, I,L,Y,Z}	9942 9943
962	1960/Oct. 24 Bb pop rev.		Dale Hawkins	Linda {P} Who {P}	U-10290 U-10291
970	1961/Feb. 13 Bb pop rev.		Dale Hawkins	I Want To Love You {f, E,P} Grandma's House {a,v, E}	U-10612 U-10611
995	1961/Nov. (Bb est.)		The Brothers	My True Love One Lonely Heart	10696 10697
1023	1962/Aug. (Bb est.)		Baker Knight	Hungry For Love {M,N} House Next Door	U-11799 U-11798
1121	1965/Oct. 16 Bb r&b rev.		G.L. Crockett	Look Out Mabel {b,d,i,k,q,s,x, H,J,K,Q,V, 1b} Did You Ever Love Somebody	4970-02-B 4970-02-A

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

Acknowledgments:   Richard Baxter, CMF Library, Tom Carey, Marc Coulavin, Bill Davis, Will Derrington, Tom Fallon, Udo Frank, Andy Gallagher, Conway Kehoe, Tom Krajina, Gerd Miller, John Neal, Michel Proost, Mark Seganish, Don Stilton, Perica Sucevic, Peter van Wilsem, Jos Wouters