Mike Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Reported in the msm the sad news that Phil Chess has passed on at the age of 95 Clip and link below Phil Chess, co-founder of Chicago’s Chess Records, the label that amassed the most influential blues catalogue and has been credited with helping to invent rock’n’roll, has died at home in Tuscon, Arizona. He was 95. Nephew Craig Glicken told the Chicago Sun-Times on Wednesday that Chess died overnight at his 30-acre ranch and said his uncle had been in good health. Chess and his brother, Leonard, who were both Jewish immigrants from Poland, founded Chess Records in 1950 on the Southside of Chicago. It went on to become a label that served as a launchpad for the likes of Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Chuck Berry and Etta James, bringing their blues sounds to the world. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/19/phil-chess-dies-chess-records Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winsford Soul Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 One of the labels that changed the world of music. What a legend. R.I.P Steve Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dayo Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Now this is sad, sad news. Chess was arguably the greatest label in the history of black music. RIP Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Max Morrison Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Sad news indeed RIP Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve S 60 Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 What a legacy the Chess brothers have left the music world. RIP. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Smudger Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Always loved Chicago soul right from the off, Chess brothers are legends R.I.P. Trying to think what would have been my first vinyl chess 7" probably one of these Uk singles Summertime Billy Stewart Wade in the water Ramsey Lewis Rescue me Fontella Bass Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Frankie Crocker Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Obituary in the Times today, page 54. Plenty of interesting points raised. The label Phil established has to be one of the best with so many good sounds from a host of artists. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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