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14,2 x 19,4 × 2,2 cm digipack. Includes 38 page booklet
Label: Universal Music Group International – 531 770-2
Series: A Complete Introduction To
Format: 4 x CD, Compilation
Country: Europe
Released: 2010
Genre: Funk / Soul, Blues
Style: Chicago Blues, Electric Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Soul
CD NM, omslag NM
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Wikipedia
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 Chess and its subsidiary labels Checker and Argo/Cadet. The Chess catalogue is owned by Universal Music Group and managed by Geffen Records and Universal Music Enterprises.
Leonard Chess bought a stake in Aristocrat Records in 1947 and slowly bought out other owners. The Chess brothers became the sole owners of the company in 1950 by buying out founder Evelyn Aron. They renamed the company Chess Records.
The first release from Chess was "My Foolish Heart", backed with "Bless You", by Gene Ammons, issued as a 78 RPM single in June 1950. It became the label's biggest hit of the year.
In 1951, the Chess brothers began an association with record producer Sam Phillips of the Memphis Recording Service (the forerunner of Sun Records). One of the most important recordings that Phillips gave to Chess was "Rocket 88", which topped Billboard magazine's R&B Records chart and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 in recognition of its influence on rock and roll. Upon release, the record was attributed to Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats, but the band was actually called Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm.
Sam Phillips also brought Howlin' Wolf, one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, to the label in 1951. Howlin' Wolf's first release with Chess was "Moanin' at Midnight"/"How Many More Years", which both charted on the Billboard R&B charts, reaching 4 and 10 respectively. He stayed with Chess until his death in 1976, releasing hits like "Smokestack Lightning", "I asked for Water", and "Spoonful".
Musicians such as Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, Chuck Berry, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, and Buddy Guy released music under Chess that was influential in early rock and roll. Many songs released by Chess were later covered by rock artists including the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Ten Years After, The Beach Boys and Eric Clapton.
In 1952, the brothers started Checker Records as an alternative label for radio play (radio stations had a policy of playing only a limited number of records from any one imprint). In December 1955, they launched a jazz and pop label, Marterry, a name created from the first names of Leonard and Phil's sons, Marshall and Terry. This was quickly renamed Argo Records, but the name was changed again in 1965 to Cadet Records to end confusion with an existing British spoken-word label.
In 1953, Leonard Chess and Gene Goodman set up Arc Music BMI, a publishing company, which published songs by many rhythm and blues artists.
In the mid-1950s, the Chess brothers received two doo-wop groups by Alan Freed, the Coronets and the Moonglows; the former group was not very popular but the latter achieved several major crossover hits including "Sincerely", which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. Several of Chess's releases gave a writing credit to Alan Freed.
During the 1950s, Leonard and Phil Chess handled most of the recording production themselves. They brought in producer Ralph Bass in 1960 to handle the gospel output and some of the blues singers. Bassist and songwriter Willie Dixon was also heavily involved in organizing blues sessions for the label and is now credited retroactively as a producer on some re-releases. During the 1960s, the company's A&R manager and chief producer for soul and R&B recordings was Roquel "Billy" Davis, who had previously worked with Motown founder Berry Gordy on songs for Jackie Wilson, Etta James, Marv Johnson and other early Motown releases.
In May 1957, the Chess brothers moved to a building at 2120 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago. The studio at 2120 was designed by audio engineer and business partner Jack Weiner. Opened in late 1957, it originally operated under the moniker of "Sheldon Recording Studios". Weiner moved out in 1959 and the studio was renamed "Ter-Mar Studios". "Ter-Mar" was an anagram of Leonard Chess' 2 sons names, Terry and Marshall. The studio would operate at this location until 1967 when they relocated to 320 East 21st Street.
In 1958, Chess began producing their first LP records which included such albums as After School Session by Chuck Berry, The Best of Muddy Waters, The Best of Little Walter, and Bo Diddley.
Chess Records was also known for its regular band of session musicians who played on most of the company's Chicago soul recordings, including the drummer Maurice White and the bassist Louis Satterfield, both of whom later shaped the funk group Earth, Wind & Fire; the guitarists Pete Cosey, Gerald Sims and Phil Upchurch; the pianist Leonard Caston, later a producer for Motown; and the organist Sonny Thompson. In 1962, Chess Records was sued by Peacock Records for recording their artists Reverend Robert Ballinger and the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi.
In 1969, Chess Records established a subsidiary label in the U.K., Middle Earth Records, which was distributed by Pye Records. The subsidiary specialized in Psychedelic rock and was a joint venture with the Middle Earth Club in London. The Middle Earth label released only four albums and about a dozen singles before it closed in 1970.
Chess moved to a larger building in 1968, located at 320 East 21st Street in Chicago. The facility housed a pressing plant & new home for Ter-Mar Studios. The company was briefly run by Marshall Chess, Leonard's son, in his position as vice president between January and October 1969 and then as president following its acquisition by GRT, before he went on to found Rolling Stones Records.
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