The movie Cadillac Records enlists an all-star cast — including Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright and Beyonce Knowles — to tell the story of Chess Records, a label synonymous with classic blues and early ...

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 ...

Reporting from Chicago — Phil Chess, co-founder of a Chicago record label that amassed perhaps the most influential blues catalog of all time and launched the careers of Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters, ...

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 amass-ed a catalog of rock and electric ...

Good, bad, or somewhere in between, ‘Cadillac Records’ would be an enjoyable experience for someone not even watching the screen. A film about the rise of Chess Records, which recorded ...

Dave Hoekstra talks with prolific record producer Marshall Chess of Chicago’s landmark R&B label Chess Records, started by his father Leonard, and uncle Phil Chess in 1950. He talks about Chicago’s ...

Phil Chess, the co-founder of Chicago’s great Chess Records who died Tuesday at age 95, was the quieter of the brothers who started the label that launched the careers of Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, ...

The movie “Cadillac Records” tells the story of the artists behind Chicago’s famous Chess Records. Notably, Beyoncé plays Etta James, Jeffrey Wright brings Muddy Waters to life and Mos Def duckwalks ...

The movie “Cadillac Records” tells the story of the artists behind Chicago’s famous Chess Records. Notably, Beyonce plays Etta James, Jeffrey Wright brings Muddy Waters to life and Mos Def duckwalks ...

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