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Knowles to rev up 'Cadillac'


February 20, 2008 The 10-time Grammy winner has signed on to executive produce and star in Darnell Martin's "Cadillac Records" for Sony BMG Films. Knowles will play Etta James in the 1950s period film about the Chicago record company Chess Records; its founder, Leonard Chess; and the turbulent lives of some of the label's legends, who included Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf and Chuck Berry. Knowles will record four songs for the soundtrack, which will be released through Music World Entertainment and Columbia Records.

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