The Chess Records Tribute Channel is a treasure chest of vintage blues, jazz, Soul, rock and roll and gospel video clips in one location.

Established 75 years ago by brothers Leonard and Phil Chess, the record label focused primarily on black musicians and assembled a body of work that would shape the industry for decades to come.

In 1955 a down-and-out blues singer from St. Louis walked into the Chess Records office on South Michigan Avenue and played a country-tinged song called ”Ida Red.” Renamed ”Maybel… ...

THE CHESS PROJECT: (Singing) I'm going down slow. Please write my mother. Tell her the shape I'm in. SIMON: Marshall, you were a small boy when your father and uncle started Chess Records. CHESS: Yep.

Phil Chess, who co-founded the legendary label Chess Records with his brother Leonard and helped make Chicago the epicenter of the blues, died Wednesday at his home in Tucson, Arizona. He was 95 ...

Phil Chess, who co-founded the Chicago-based music label Chess, which brought American blues, soul and early rock music to an international audience and influenced generations of musicians ...

Chess and his brother, Leonard, founded Chess Records in 1950. The label recorded not only blues artists but also the early rock ‘n’ roll of Chuck Berry and Etta James’ rich vocal stylings.

Chicago-based Chess Records helped make stars of Muddy Waters, Etta James and a force of nature named Chuck Berry, who died March 18, 2017, at his home outside St. Louis. He was 90. In 2010, WBEZ ...

“Cadillac Records” is a story about Chess Records. But it is not THE story of the Chicago label that helped birth both electric blues and rock ‘n’ roll.

The legacy of Chess Records, a label synonymous with blues and early rock 'n' roll, is rich enough to have inspired two movies. Cadillac Records follows the musicians, while Who Do You Love ...