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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 ...
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 electric blues , Chicago blues , and rock and roll .
British Chess Magazine (January 1978) – Your Hundred Best Chess Tournaments To 1960 (by Ken Whyld) British Chess Magazine (August 1979) – Reflections on Montreal (by Raymond Keene ) British Chess Magazine (November 1987) – The 'Super-tournaments' in chess history (by Romelio Milian Gonzalez)
Blues Jam in Chicago is a studio recording by the British rock band Fleetwood Mac, originally released in two single-LP volumes by Blue Horizon in December 1969. [1] [2] It was the result of a recording session in early 1969 at Chess Records in Chicago with Fleetwood Mac, then a young British blues band, and a number of famous Chicago blues artists from whom they drew inspiration.
[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).
Her early affiliation with the Chicago-based Chess Records afforded her the opportunity to sing backing vocals for various established artists such as Etta James, Fontella Bass, Ramsey Lewis, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters. While at Chess, Riperton also sang lead for the psychedelic soul band Rotary Connection from 1967 to 1971.
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.
Chess Records artists (1 C, 106 P) S. Chess Records singles (2 C, 65 P) Pages in category "Chess Records" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.