The Chess Records label was founded in Chicago in 1950 by brothers Leonard and Phil Chess. Their label recorded many ...

Chicago label Chess Records is best known for releasing music by Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy, but the label also ...

It’s May 1968 and a turbulent age, with the life-changing political events of half a century still unfolding. Riots and revolution circle this third stone from the sun as war, terrorism and civil ...

Dave Hoekstra talks with prolific record producer Marshall Chess of Chicago’s landmark R&B label Chess Records, started by his father Leonard, and uncle Phil Chess in 1950. He talks about Chicago’s ...

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 movie Cadillac Records enlists an all-star cast — including Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright and Beyonce Knowles — to tell the story of Chess Records, a label synonymous with classic blues and early ...

The movie “Cadillac Records” tells the story of the artists behind Chicago’s famous Chess Records. Notably, Beyoncé plays Etta James, Jeffrey Wright brings Muddy Waters to life and Mos Def duckwalks ...

Good, bad, or somewhere in between, ‘Cadillac Records’ would be an enjoyable experience for someone not even watching the screen. A film about the rise of Chess Records, which recorded ...

The Chess Records co-founder was first inspired by music he heard through the walls of a Baptist church, and went on to make an indelible mark on music history Phil Chess, a Polish immigrant who ...

Reporting from Chicago — Phil Chess, co-founder of a Chicago record label that amassed perhaps the most influential blues catalog of all time and launched the careers of Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters, ...