“Phil and Leonard Chess were cutting the type of music nobody else was paying attention to — Muddy, Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter, Sonny Boy [Williamson], Jimmy Rogers, I could go on and on ...

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.

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, the co-founder of the influential Chicago record label that was home to Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Etta James, Willie Dixon, Howling’ Wolf and many other blues and R&B heavyweights ...

Phil Chess, who helped capture the sounds of a generation and worked with legendary artists like Muddy Waters, Etta James, and Chuck Berry, passed away last Tuesday at his home in Tucson, ...

By Jason Keyser. Associated Press. 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 ...

Phil Chess was born Fiszel Czyz in Motol, Poland, on April 5, 1921. He changed his name after the family immigrated to the U.S. Phil served in the Army during World War II.

Phil Chess retired from the music industry shortly after. The Chess brothers were inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1995, and Phil Chess won the Recording Academy’s Trustees Award in 2013.

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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – Phil Chess, co-founder of Chicago's Chess Records, a label said to have help invent rock 'n' roll, has died at 95. Chess was one of two Chicago brothers who helped change ...

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