![]() ![]() ![]() In his final narration, Dixon explains how the royalties from his songs allowed him to buy a recording studio where they continued to support musicians, be they rhythm and blues, rock and roll, or hip-hop. In the final scenes, Dixon and Muddy fly to London where their airplane is met by scores of reporters, and a red carpet is laid at their feet. When Muddy tells Etta that Leonard didn't leave a will, she reveals that Leonard gave her the deed to her house just that morning. As he is driving down the street, he suffers a fatal heart attack. trashes the room, and leaves, tears in his eyes. He goes to his office, packs up the photos on his wall. In the middle of the song, Leonard walks out. When Etta learns about the sale, she sings her final song to him, tears in her eyes. Once Leonard realizes that, thanks to his backing, black musicians can now write their own tickets, he arranges to sell Chess Records. Etta James: (1) All I Could Do Was Cry (written by Billy Davis, Berry Gordy, and Gwen Gordy) (2) At Last (written by Harry Warren and Mark Gordon) (3) Trust in Me (written by Milton Ager, Ned Weaver, and Jean Schwartz) (4) I'd Rather Go Blind (written by Billy Foster and Ellington Jordan) and (5) Once in a Lifetime (written by Beyonce Knowles and others). Chuck Berry: (1) Nadine (Is It You?) (2) Maybellene (3) No Particular Place to Go and (4) Promised Land (all songs written by Chuck Berry). Howlin' Wolf: Smokestack Lightnin' (written by Chester Burnett). Little Walter: (1) Juke (written by Walter Jacobs) (2) My Babe (written by Willie Dixon) and (3) Last Night (written by Walter Jacobs). Following are the songs that each of the five featured artists perform: Muddy Waters: (1) I'm a Man (written by Elias McDaniel) (2) Country Blues (written by Robert Johnson and McKinley Morganfield) (3) I Can't Be Satisfied (written by McKinley Morganfield) (4) Forty Days and Forty Nights (written by Bernard Roth) and (5) I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (written by Willie Dixon).
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