- published: 08 Jan 2013
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The Chess Records Story 01
First of four parts chronicling the incredible story of Chess Records. Home of Muddy Water...
published: 08 Jan 2013
The Chess Records Story 01
First of four parts chronicling the incredible story of Chess Records. Home of Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and many more great blues artists.
- published: 08 Jan 2013
- views: 1232
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The Chess Records Story 02
Second part of this documentary telling the story of how Leonard Chess brought together a ...
published: 11 Jan 2013
The Chess Records Story 02
Second part of this documentary telling the story of how Leonard Chess brought together a host of legendary Blues musicians to form his record company. Featuring Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Sonny Boy Williamson and others.
- published: 11 Jan 2013
- views: 887
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Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years
Originally recorded for Chess Records in August 1951, this is a performance from 1966. Whe...
published: 10 Jun 2007
Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years
Originally recorded for Chess Records in August 1951, this is a performance from 1966. When the Devil drives...
- published: 10 Jun 2007
- views: 3492874
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The Chess Records Story 03
The third part of the story of Chess Records.. The label that brought you Muddy Waters, Wi...
published: 13 Jan 2013
The Chess Records Story 03
The third part of the story of Chess Records.. The label that brought you Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter, Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry
- published: 13 Jan 2013
- views: 686
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Spinning Blues Into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records
Sun Records gave us rock and roll, Motown Records gave us pop soul, and Chess Records gave...
published: 15 May 2012
Spinning Blues Into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records
Sun Records gave us rock and roll, Motown Records gave us pop soul, and Chess Records gave us the blues. Chess was label for Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Etta James, and Bo Diddley--and in this critcially acclaimed history we learn the full story of this legendary label. The greatest artists who sang and played the blues made their mark with Leonard and Phil Chess, whose Chicago-based record company was synonymous with the sound that swept up from the South, embraced the Windy City, and spread out like wildfire into mid-century America. Spinning Blues into Gold is the impeccably researched story of the men behind the music and the remarkable company they created. Chess Records--and later Checkers, Argo, and Cadet Records--was built by Polish immigrant Jews, brothers who saw the blues as a unique business opportunity. From their first ventures, a liquor store and then a nightclub, they promoted live entertainment. And parlayed that into the first pressings sold out of car trunks on long junkets through the midsection of the country, ultimately expanding their empire to include influential radio stations. The story of the Chess brothers is a very American story of commerce in the service of culture. Long on chutzpah, Leonard and Phil Chess went far beyond their childhoods as the sons of a scrap-metal dealer. They changed what America listened to; the artists they promoted planted the seeds of rock 'n' roll--and are still influencing music today.
In the new illustrated eBook version, Cohodas expertly captures the rich and volatile mix of race, money, and recorded music. She also takes us deep into the world of independent record producers, sometimes abrasive and always aggressive men striving to succeed. Leonard and Phil Chess worked hand-in-glove with disenfranchised black artists, the intermittent charges of exploitation balanced by the reality of a common purpose that eventually brought fame to many if not most of the parties concerned. From beginning to end, as we find in these pages, the lives of the Chess brothers were socially, financially, and creatively entwined with those of the artists they believed in. Includes active links for all songs and albums still in-print, giving the reader the ability to sample and purchase some of the most important music of 20th century America.
- published: 15 May 2012
- views: 927
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Muddy Waters - Manish Boy
Muddy Water doing Manish Boy, a 1955 Chess Records release. This tune was written by Wate...
published: 16 Jan 2010
Muddy Waters - Manish Boy
Muddy Water doing Manish Boy, a 1955 Chess Records release. This tune was written by Waters, Mel London, and Bo Diddley and is Water's answer to Diddley's "I'm a Man." This is another H.O.F. blues release and has been covered by just about everyone.
- published: 16 Jan 2010
- views: 670252
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2120 South Michigan Avenue -- Rolling Stones (in HD)
"2120 South Michigan Avenue" is an original, instrumental R&B; song by The Rolling Stones, ...
published: 22 Jul 2010
2120 South Michigan Avenue -- Rolling Stones (in HD)
"2120 South Michigan Avenue" is an original, instrumental R&B; song by The Rolling Stones, recorded for their second EP Five by Five. It was also released on their second US album 12 X 5 in 1964. Composer credit goes to Nanker Phelge, a title giving credit equally to all members of the band.
The title refers to the address of the offices and recording studios of Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois where the five songs for the EP were recorded in June 1964.
- published: 22 Jul 2010
- views: 23399
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The Chess Records Story 04
The final part of this great film about Chess Records. This tells how Chess branched out i...
published: 25 Jan 2013
The Chess Records Story 04
The final part of this great film about Chess Records. This tells how Chess branched out into soul music and experimented with psychedelia. Featuring the Rolling Stones, Fontella Bass and Rotary Connection. Check out my playlists for the full Chess Records Story. corporalhenshaw, giving you the best in classic soul, blues,gospel, country and jazz.
- published: 25 Jan 2013
- views: 484
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Record Row Pt.1 Documentary of major Chicago Soul labels.
This particular video features the early beginnings of both Chess Records and Vee Jay Reco...
published: 25 Jul 2011
Record Row Pt.1 Documentary of major Chicago Soul labels.
This particular video features the early beginnings of both Chess Records and Vee Jay Records.
Record Row was where the Chicago music industry developed into a world class institutions of great impact and influenced the careers of the the Rolling Stones, The Who, The Beatles and Eric Clapton.
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- published: 25 Jul 2011
- views: 2989
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Chuck Berry - Maybellene + Wee Wee Hours Chess Records
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Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (bor...
published: 08 Jan 2012
Chuck Berry - Maybellene + Wee Wee Hours Chess Records
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Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Chuck Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics focusing on teen life and consumerism and utilizing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music.[1]
Born into a middle-class family in St. Louis, Missouri, Berry had an interest in music from an early age and gave his first public performance at Sumner High School. While still a high school student he served a prison sentence for armed robbery between 1944 and 1947. On his release, Berry settled into married life and worked at an automobile assembly plant. By early 1953, influenced by the guitar riffs and showmanship techniques of blues player T-Bone Walker, he was performing in the evenings with the Johnnie Johnson Trio.[2] His break came when he traveled to Chicago in May 1955, and met Muddy Waters, who suggested he contact Leonard Chess of Chess Records. With Chess he recorded "Maybellene" — Berry's adaptation of the country song "Ida Red" — which sold over a million copies, reaching No. 1 on Billboard's Rhythm and Blues chart. By the end of the 1950s, Berry was an established star with several hit records and film appearances to his name as well as a lucrative touring career. He had also established his own St. Louis-based nightclub, called Berry's Club Bandstand. But in January 1962, Berry was sentenced to three years in prison for offenses under the Mann Act — he had transported a 14-year-old girl across state lines.[2][3][4]
After his release in 1963, Berry had several more hits, including "No Particular Place to Go," "You Never Can Tell," and "Nadine," but these did not achieve the same success, or lasting impact, of his 1950s songs, and by the 1970s he was more in demand as a nostalgic live performer, playing his past hits with local backup bands of variable quality.[2] His insistence on being paid in cash led to a jail sentence in 1979 — four months and community service for tax evasion.
Berry was among the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on its opening in 1986, with the comment that he "laid the groundwork for not only a rock and roll sound but a rock and roll stance."[5] Berry is included in several Rolling Stone "Greatest of All Time" lists, including being ranked fifth on their 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[6] The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll included three of Chuck Berry's songs: "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene," and "Rock and Roll Music."[7] Today, at the age of 86, Berry continues to play live
- published: 08 Jan 2012
- views: 2945
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Dancing In The Street - Whole Lotta Shakin' (BBC Documentary 2/4)
Chess Records was an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It specialized in b...
published: 28 Aug 2011
Dancing In The Street - Whole Lotta Shakin' (BBC Documentary 2/4)
Chess Records was an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It specialized in blues, R&B;, soul, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz releases.
Run by brothers Leonard and Phil Chess, the company produced and released many important singles and albums, which are now regarded as central to the rock music canon. Musician and critic Cub Koda described Chess Records as "America's greatest blues label."
The Chess Records catalogue is now owned by Universal Music Group and managed by Geffen Records.
Chess Records was based at several different locations on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, initially at two different locations on South Cottage Grove Ave. The most famous location was 2120 S. Michigan Avenue from around 1956 to 1965, immortalized by British rock group The Rolling Stones in "2120 South Michigan Avenue", an instrumental recorded at that address during their first U.S. tour in 1964; the Stones would record at Chess Studios on two more occasions. The building is now home to Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation. In the mid-60s, Chess re-located to a much larger building at 320 E. 21st. St, the label's final Chicago home.
(extract from Wikipedia 2011)
- published: 28 Aug 2011
- views: 4056
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Cadillac Records - Etta Sings 'Church Bells'
Release Date: December 05, 2008
Genre: Drama
Cast: Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyon...
published: 07 Feb 2009
Cadillac Records - Etta Sings 'Church Bells'
Release Date: December 05, 2008
Genre: Drama
Cast: Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyoncé Knowles, Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Cedric the Entertainer
Director: Darnell Martin
Producers: Andrew Lack, Sofia Sondervan
Studio: Sony Pictures
Plot:
CADILLAC RECORDS chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists. In this tale of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in Chicago of the 1950s and 60s, the film follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's greatest musical legends.
The story of how the blues became popular and gave birth to rock and roll begins at a dingy bar on the rough South Side of Chicago in 1947, where an ambitious young Polish émigré, bar owner Leonard Chess (Academy Award-winner ADRIEN BRODY), hires a talented but undisciplined blues combo that includes quiet and thoughtful guitar prodigy Muddy Waters (JEFFREY WRIGHT) and impulsive and colorful harmonica player Little Walter (COLUMBUS SHORT). Fascinated by the sound of the music and eager to cash in on the burgeoning record business, Chess arranges a recording session for Waters. Waters' early recordings start moving up the R&B; charts and receiving heavy play.
Chess treats his musicians like family - he buys them a Cadillac when they record their first hit record - although the line between business and personal sometimes causes conflict with his increasingly talented and successful stable of artists. After backing up Muddy on his early recordings, Little Walter becomes a star in his own right, but his quick temper and loud manner often run him afoul of friends and the law. He also finds that the only woman he can talk to is Muddy's girl, Geneva (GABRIELLE UNION), who struggles to remain loyal despite Muddy's poorly concealed affairs. Big Willie Dixon (CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER), a songwriter and bandleader, also is a key member of the Chess Records family, as is Howlin Wolf (EAMONN WALKER), an intense and proud blues singer who develops a musical rivalry with Muddy.
But it's not until 1955 when a Chess artist finally crosses over into the realm of mainstream (white) America - a skinny guy from St. Louis named Chuck Berry (MOS DEF), whose dynamic duck walk and catchy, country-tinged tunes mark the birth of rock-and-roll. When Berry is arrested and jailed at the height of his career, Chess finds another talented performer to cross over - singer Etta James (BEYONCÉ KNOWLES), an emotionally scarred young woman whose vulnerability tempts Chess' loyalty and concern in unexpected ways.
As rock-and-roll grows more popular, the Chess artists find themselves revered by a new generation of musicians, but they have also each earned and lost a small fortune on booze, women and the high life, and their addictions begin to take their toll. Even as tragedy befalls, their music and their spirit remain strong: as the sixties wind down and Leonard Chess gets out of the record business, the blues live on.
- published: 07 Feb 2009
- views: 300285
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A Tour of Chess Records
Back in 2003, Shirli Dixon, daughter of blues legend Willie Dixon and then-president of th...
published: 02 Dec 2008
A Tour of Chess Records
Back in 2003, Shirli Dixon, daughter of blues legend Willie Dixon and then-president of the Blues Heaven Foundation, took us on an audio tour of Chess Records. Features music samples and interview clips from Chess Records artists.
Make sure to go see Cadillac Records, the story of Chess Records, in theaters December 5th!
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- published: 02 Dec 2008
- views: 39140