School Days.” I was nine and in the back seat of my father’s beautiful new Lincoln Continental Mark IV. We were in Fresno visiting my mother’s older sister Ruth. Aunt Ruth and Uncle Paul didn’t really ...

With his brother Leonard, Chess championed iconic blues and rock 'n' roll artists like Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry and Etta James. He died Wednesday. Phil Chess, Co-Founder Of Chess Records, Dies At 95 ...

American blues and early rock are often credited with inspiring 1960s British bands, and no label produced more of those must ...

Phil Chess, who co-founded legendary Chicago rhythm and blues label Chess Records, has died at age 95 at his home in Arizona. Chess Records roster included Etta James, Howlin’ Wolf, Ike Turner, Bo ...

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CHICAGO — Chess Records co-founder Phil Chess, who with brother Leonard helped launch the careers of Chuck Berry, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, and others and amass-ed a catalog of rock and electric ...

The Chicago-based label released blues records which helped define rock’n’roll, proving hugely influential to musicians like the Rolling Stones Phil Chess, co-founder of a Chicago’s Chess Records, the ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chess Records co-founder Phil Chess, who with brother Leonard helped launch the careers of Chuck Berry, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and others and amassed a catalog of rock and electric ...

Phil Chess, who started the influential blues label Chess Records with his brother Leonard, has died at age 95. The company, which the siblings founded in Chicago in 1947, was home to such seminal ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – Phil Chess, co-founder of Chicago's Chess Records, a label said to have help invent rock 'n' roll, has died at 95. Chess was one of two Chicago brothers who helped change American ...

Phil Chess, co-founder of the iconic Chicago blues and rock 'n' roll label Chess Records, died Wednesday in Tucson, Ariz. He was 95. Phil and his brother, Leonard Chess, emigrated to the U.S. from ...