Seventy-five years ago, an upstart label called Chess Records began issuing electrified blues, thereby rewiring the sound of American music. Founded in Chicago by two Jewish immigrants from Poland, ...
In 1964, the Rolling Stones took a break from their first American tour to record several songs at Chess Records at 2120 S. Michigan Ave. It was where Chicago’s Black blues performers made the records ...
For many, Chess Records, which Polish brothers Leonard and Phil Chess founded exactly 75 years ago, is the greatest recording ...