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The Rolling Stones Play Zydeco
15 Jun 2025 12:54 GMT
… pictured him eagerly leafing through Chess Records LPs and J&M …
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Chess Records, Muddy Waters and the birth of urban blues music
16 Feb 2025 12:52 GMT
… payroll, get to work.”
Chess Records grew from the confluence … on a record myself.”
Chess Records founders Leonard Chess, left, … those days!” Marshall recalled.
Chess Records employees take a break … Riperton, who worked at Chess Records, joined the band as …
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The Shades are back with classic cars
12 Jun 2025 01:52 GMT
… stage when they walked into Chess Records in Chicago to cut their …
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The Secret Fortune of Earth, Wind & Fire: What Are They Really Worth Today?
11 Jun 2025 15:54 GMT
… a former session drummer for Chess Records.
Verdine White remains known for …
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Vee-Jay: The Black-owned record label that brought The Beatles to America
11 Jun 2025 01:39 GMT
… exploits of another local label, Chess Records, tends to get all the …
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Today in Chicago History: Tribune announces contest to build ‘world’s most beautiful office building’
10 Jun 2025 12:39 GMT
… for the first time, at Chess Records studios in Chicago.
Rich Melman …
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Chess Records, Ramova Theatre and University Club of Chicago Among New Sites Announced for Open House Chicago 2024
11 Sep 2024 00:57 GMT
Chess Records studio. (Courtesy Chicago Architecture Center)
… air guitar, Chicagoans.
The famed Chess Records studio has joined the annual …
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Blues legend Buddy Guy brings “Damn Right Encore” tour to Virginia Theatre June 24
09 Jun 2025 18:24 GMT
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From his early days at Chess Records alongside Muddy Waters and Howlin …
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What is blues in 2025? Chicago Blues Festival answers the question
09 Jun 2025 15:30 GMT
… the 75th anniversary celebration of Chess Records by the Willie Dixon Blues …
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“The album took off like a rocket ship. It sold 100,000 right away, it was the biggest Muddy Waters album to date”: how Chess Records and Muddy Waters invented psychedelic blues with Electric Mud
22 Jun 2024 18:03 GMT
… of the ululating jam is Chess records’ fading folk hero and … setting, the brothers formed Chess Records in the early 50s, … all on South Michigan Avenue, Chess Records – and spin-offs Checker, … – Marshall’s friend, and Chess Records’ major staple for 20 years …