2008 soundtrack album by various artists
Cadillac Records: Music from the Motion Picture is asoundtrack album for the filmCadillac Records . It features covers of classic songs from Chess Records' singers as performed by the film's actors includingBeyoncé (asEtta James ),Eamonn Walker (asHowlin' Wolf ) andJeffrey Wright (asMuddy Waters ). It also features original songs from contemporary artists such as Beyoncé's sister, R&B singerSolange Knowles and rapperNas . The soundtrack has been released in single and double-disc editions.
The soundtrack was nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award forBest Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media . It lost out to the soundtrack fromSlumdog Millionaire . Additionally, Beyoncé's "At Last ", released as the only single from the soundtrack, won a Grammy for theBest Traditional R&B Vocal Performance . Another one of the songs from the soundtrack, "Once In a Lifetime", also by Beyoncé, was nominated for a Grammy forBest Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media but lost to "Jai Ho " fromSlumdog Millionaire .It was also nominated forBest Original Song at the 2008Golden Globe Awards . Knowles' co-writers for the song were Amanda Ghost,Scott McFarnon , Ian Dench, James Dring and Jody Street.[ 1] At the Golden Globes, "Once In a Lifetime" lost out toBruce Springsteen 's title track for the movieThe Wrestler . The soundtrack spent 48 weeks at number one on theTop Blues Albums and it has sold over 165,000 copies in the US.
"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 "Nadine" -Mos Def "The Sound" -Mary Mary "Last Night" -Little Walter "I'd Rather Go Blind " -Beyoncé "My Babe " -Columbus Short "Bridging the Gap " -Nas featuringOlu Dara [ 2]
Deluxe edition (disc two)[ edit ] "Maybellene " -Mos Def "Forty Days and Forty Nights " -Buddy Guy "Trust in Me " -Beyoncé "Juke " - Soul Seven andKim Wilson "Smokestack Lightnin' " -Eamonn Walker "Promised Land" -Mos Def "All I Could Do Was Cry " -Beyoncé "My Babe" -Elvis Presley "I Can't Be Satisfied" -Jeffrey Wright "Come On" -Mos Def "Country Blues" -Jeffrey Wright andBill Sims "Evolution of a Man" -Q-Tip andAl Kapone "Radio Station" -Terence Blanchard Chart (2009) Position US Top Blues Albums (Billboard )[ 7] 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard )[ 8] 68 US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard )[ 9] 17
Chart (2010) Position US Top Blues Albums (Billboard )[ 10] 6
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