Many of the actors portraying the musicians are singers in their own right and they can sing many of these classic songs. In between all the drama, Cadillac Records features a lot of popular, classic music and it is full of musical performances. The musicians themselves are not perfect and they get into a lot of trouble with drinking, drugs, and affairs.
This time period was full of a lot of overt racism in the country and many of the musicians had trouble getting gigs or treated with respect. Much of the film shows the challenges that Chess and his musicians faced getting the label started and selling records. The film shows the tensions between the artists as well as they work in the small recording studio and try to come up with music that will sell.
We see Leonard and Phil try and get their artists’ careers moving by booking them in small Chicago clubs.
CADILLAC RECORDS MOVIE
The movie shows the growth of the company from a small label to an industry powerhouse. The film is called Cadillac Records because Leonard Chess began his career in the music industry by selling records out of the trunk of his Cadillac, although the real name of the company is Chess Records. Some of the artists featured in the film include Chuck Berry and Etta James. He signs a lot of blues and jazz artists and introduces them to much of America. The chief executive, Leonard Chess, is a white man who decides to open a record label that caters to black musicians. The film tells the story of a record company and its charismatic chief executive from the 1940’s to the 1960’s. The film is told in the style of a biography and it is narrated through flashbacks. Cadillac Records is a musical film based loosely on a real life story.
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