the best of little walter is the first lp record by american blues performer little walter. first released in 1958, the compilation album contains ten little walter songs that appeared in the top 10 of the billboard r&b chart from 1952 to 1955, plus two b-sides. the album was first released by checker records as lp-1428, which was the first lp record released by checker, and then released on chess records with the same catalog number.