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 ...

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 including ...

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.

The monthly series kicks off in October with the release of albums by blues pioneers Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. By Melinda Newman Legendary blues and rock label Chess Records will celebrate its 75 ...

Phil Chess, who started the influential blues label Chess Records with his brother Leonard, has died at age 95. The company, which the siblings founded in Chicago in 1947, was home to such seminal ...

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, Bo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like just about everything Marshall Chess discusses during a 45-minute zoom, the story behind his upcoming album New Moves is long ...

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 ...

Approaching the blues with the enthusiasm of an overcaffeinated brass band, helmer Darnell Martin nonetheless makes some kind of music with the percolating '50s biopic "Cadillac Records" -- mostly ...

Seventy-five years ago, an upstart label called Chess Records began issuing electrified blues, thereby rewiring the sound of American music.