into the rockabilly market with Dale Hawkins, who had a crossover hit with "Susie Q", although he could not repeat the single's success. In 1958, Checker released its first 12" 33⅓ rpm LP record, The Best of Little Walter, which was released as Checker LP-1428. Discography The original Checker LP series started with six albums released as part of the Chess 1425 album series before switching to the 2970 series in 1959 and continued until 1970. See also List of record labels Checker Records albums Checker Records singles References External links Checker Records on the Internet Archive's Great 78 Project American record labels Record labels established in 1952 Record labels disestablished in 1971 Pop record labels 1969 mergers and acquisitions 1952 establishments in Illinois Chess Records