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Chess Records was an American record company established in 1950 in Chicago, specializing in blues and rhythm and blues. It was the successor to Aristocrat Records , founded in 1947. It expanded into soul music , gospel music , early rock and roll , and jazz and comedy recordings, released on the Chess and its subsidiary labels Checker and Argo ...
It was released on June 12, 2011 by the label Capitol Records. [1] [2] The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Blues Albums chart. [3] The title refers to the address of the offices and recording studios of Chess Records in Chicago. [4] [5] The album itself is a tribute to Chess Records. [1] [6]
The following singles were released by Chicago-based record label Chess Records. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. A.
In 2011, George Thorogood and the Destroyers released an album called 2120 South Michigan Ave., which includes a cover of the Stones' piece as well as covers of other Chess Records artists. [ 2 ] The song "Space Rock Pt. 2" which came out in 1967 by the Cleveland , Ohio band, The Baskerville Hounds , was based on this track, although ...
Robert Lockwood Jr., a.k.a. Robert Jr. Lockwood, (March 27, 1915 – November 21, 2006) [1] was an American Delta blues guitarist, [2] who recorded for Chess Records and other Chicago labels in the 1950s and 1960s. He was the only guitarist to have learned to play directly from Robert Johnson.
Date Label Format Catalog United States: May 1957 Chess Records: LP: LP-1426 United States August 27, 1966 Chess Records Stereo-Pak: 21-383A United States 1990 Chess Records CD: CHD-9284 United States May 9, 1995 MCA Special Products: CD MCAD-20873 United States March 23, 2004 Geffen Records/Chess Records Cassette: B0001685 CD B0001685-02
The label's first release was the self-titled debut album of the psychedelic band Rotary Connection, whose members Chess described as "the hottest, most avant garde rock guys in Chicago". [2] As a result of the album's success, Chess felt that he could revive the career of bluesmen Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf by recording two albums of ...
Two different dates and recording locations are given. Wyman recalled that the song was recorded September 2, 1964, at Regent Sound in London, [ 48 ] while the session information for the 1989 Rolling Stones box set Singles Collection: The London Years lists "November 1964 Chess Studios, Chicago". [ 49 ]