Chess Records’ Acoustic Sounds Series is set to release Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf’s ‘The Real Folk Blues’ albums on ...

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 ...

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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the son of the co-founder of the legendary blues label Chess Records. Marshall Chess has released a new album, "The Chess Project." The blues is a family business for ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Phil Chess, co-founder of a Chicago record label that amassed perhaps the most influential blues catalog, has died. He was 95. Nephew Craig Glicken told the Chicago Sun-Times on ...

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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 ...