In 1950s Chicago, two Polish Jewish brothers founded the hugely influential Chess Records label. Working with artists like Chuck Berry and Howlin’ Wolf, they released some of the most important blues ...

Waters was a pioneer of urban blues music and a big name on the Chess label. But, Richards wrote, “Whether he was a nice guy or he wasn’t selling records then, I knew what the Chess brothers ...

Exactly a year after his untimely death, Oxnard, California artist Cola Boyy’s sophomore album, Quit to Play Chess, has been ...

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