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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]
Leonard Samuel Chess (born Lejzor Szmuel Czyż; March 12, 1917 – October 16, 1969), was a Polish-American record company executive and the co-founder of Chess Records. He was influential in the development of the recording industry, and electric blues , Chicago blues , and rock and roll .
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[5] The Daughters of Eve, the all-female band from Chicago managed by Carl Bonafede got to record at Chess and Malo was the engineer for those sessions. [6] [7] [8] In the 1970s, he worked with Billy Joel, and engineered the lost tapes of "The Brothres" in 1973 at Bolic Sound Studio in Los Angeles (featuring the Kirk brothers from Missouri).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 February 2025. English rock band This article is about the band. For the magazine, see Rolling Stone. For other uses, see Rolling Stone (disambiguation). The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones performing at Summerfest in Milwaukee in June 2015. Left to right: Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, and ...
Argo Records was a record label in Chicago that was established in 1955 as a division of Chess Records. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Originally the label was called Marterry, but bandleader Ralph Marterie objected, and within a couple of months the imprint was renamed Argo.