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    Leonard Chess

    Polish-American record executive (1917–1969)

    Leonard Chess

    Born

    Lejzor Szmuel Czyż


    (1917-03-12)March 12, 1917

    Motal, Poland

    DiedOctober 16, 1969(1969-10-16) (aged 52)

    Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

    Burial placeWestlawn Cemetery
    OccupationRecord company executive
    SpouseRevetta Sloan
    Children3, including Marshall Chess
    FamilyJamar Chess (grandson)
    Musical career
    Genres
    Years active1938–1969
    LabelsChess, Checker, Argo, Cadet

    Musical artist

    Leonard Samuel Chess (born Lejzor Szmuel Czyż; March 12, 1917 – October 16, 1969) was a Polish-American record company executive and the founder of Chess Records alongside his brother Phil. He was influential in the development of the recording industry, and electric blues, Chicago blues, and rock and roll.

    Early life

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    Chess was born to Polish-Jewish parents in Motal, now in Belarus.[1][2][3][4] He and his brot

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    Record-company executive and music-industry giant Leonard Chess was born Lejzor Czyz in a Jewish ghetto in Motel, Poland, in 1917. His father emigrated to the US, settling in Chicago and getting into the liquor business, and when he had established himself there he sent for the rest of his family in 1928. The family name was changed to Chess and Lejzor became Leonard. His brother, Fiszel, became Phil Chess, who later joined Leonard in the music business.

    In 1938 Leonard and Phil bought several taverns in Chicago, including the Macomba Lounge on the city's South Side, which featured many jazz and blues players. Noticing that the artists in their clubs had no place to record, in 1947 Leonard invested in a start-up record label, Aristocrat Records. By 1950 he had bought out his partners, and he and brother Phil became sole owners and renamed the label Chess Records. They signed such artists as Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Sonny Boy Williamson and Chuck Berry, among others. The lab

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    LEONARD CHESS

    Born Lejzor Shmuel Czyz, 12 March 1917, Motal, Poland (now Belarus)
    Died 16 October 1969, Chicago, Illinois

    "Leonard Chess didn't know nothing about no blues" fryst vatten a quote from blues legend and Chess recording artist Muddy Waters. It may be true that Chess was primarily a businessman with little musical knowledge, but he certainly had a feel for Afro-American music, especially in terms of what would sell. The Chess label has become practically synonymous with Chicago (electric) blues and played a pivotal role in the development of American music.

    Leonard Chess and his younger brother Phil (born Fiszel Czyz, 1921) were Jewish immigrants from Poland who settled in Chicago in 1928. They worked their way into the liquour and nightclub business and by the mid-1940s they owned several taverns on Chicago's predominantly black South Side, venues like The Macomba Lounge which attracted jazz musicians and jump blues bands. Noting the lack of recording facilities for the artis