The Chess Records logo, as featured on this Memphis Slim single. Chess Records was an American record label, based in Chicago, Illinois at 2120 S. Michigan Avenue. Run by brothers Leonard Chess and Phil Chess, it was an important record label in rock and roll history, as it released many singles and albums now regarded as part of the rock music 'canon', by its blues and rock and roll artists. Image File history File links Chess1491a. ...
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Memphis Slim (1915 in Memphis, Tennessee-1988 Paris, France) was a blues pianist and singer. ...
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Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area - City 234. ...
Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ...
The Michigan Avenue Bridge across the Chicago River. ...
Leonard Chess (March 12, 1917 - October 16, 1969) was a record company executive, founder of Chess Records. ...
Philip Chess (b. ...
Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...
During the 1950s, Leonard and Phil Chess handled most of the production. They brought in legendarly producer Ralph Bass in 1960 to handle the gospel and some of the blues singers. Willie Dixon, as a bassist and prolific songwriter, also assisted with blues production for the label. During the 1960s, the Chess' A&R man and chief producer was Roquel "Billy" Davis. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...
Willie Dixons style of blues was one of the inspirations for a new generation of music, rock and roll. ...
Chess Records was also known for such session musicians as drummer Maurice White and Bassist/Trombonist Louis Satterfield, both of whom would later shape the funk group Earth, Wind, & Fire. Maurice White in Munich, Germany in 1975 Maurice White (born December 19, 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American soul, funk, and R&B singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and bandleader. ...
Funk is an African American musical style. ...
Earth, Wind & Fire is an American funk band, formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1969. ...
History
Leonard bought a stake in a record company called Aristocrat Records in 1947; in 1950 Leonard brought his brother Phil into the operation and they became sole owners of the company and renamed it Chess Records. In 1952 the brothers started Checker Records, as an alternative label for radio play (radio stations would only play a limited number of records for any one imprint). In December 1956 they launched a jazz label called Marterry, which was quickly renamed Argo Records. Argo changed its name in 1965 to Cadet Records to end confusion with an older British classical music label named Argo. There was also Cadet Concept records, for rock and more adventurous music, such as the Rotary Connection. Producer Abner Spector and engineer Dave Purple recorded St. Louis band The Truth (aka The Acid Sette) for the label, the primary members of that group were Bill and Joey Marshall, Rick McMurtry, Jan Marks, and Edward Jenny. Aristocrat Records was started in April 1947 by Charles and Evelyn Aron, together with their partners Fred and Mildred Brount and Art Spiegel. ...
Checker Records was started in 1952 as the gospel subsidiary of Chess Records. ...
Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States around the start of the 20th century. ...
Argo Records was started in 1955 as the jazz subsidiary of Chess Records. ...
1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...
Cadet Records was started as Argo Records in 1955 as the jazz subsidiary of Chess Records. ...
Rotary Connection was a psychedelic soul band formed in Chicago in 1966. ...
In 1969 the Chess brothers sold the label to General Recorded Tape (GRT) for $6.5 million. In October 1969 Leonard Chess died, and by 1972 the only part of Chess Records still operating in Chicago was the recording studio. GRT had moved the label to New York City, operating it as a division of Janus Records. Under GRT, Chess effectively vanished as an important force in the recording industry. In August 1975, GRT sold what remained of Chess Records to All Platinum Records. All Platinum fell into financial difficulties, and the Chess master recordings were eventually acquired by MCA Records. For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ...
Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Janus Records is a record label which distributed Westbound Records from 1970 until 1977. ...
Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
All Platinum Records was one of the labels which was started by Sylvia Robinson before she started Sugar Hill Records. ...
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by Music Corporation of America (MCA). ...
See also The Chicago blues is a form of blues music that developed in Chicago, Illinois by adding electrically amplified guitar, drums, piano, bass guitar and sometimes saxophone to the basic guitar/harmonica Delta blues. ...
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