Chess Records, Checkmate
Chess Records, label légendaire du Chicago Blues, dirigé par les frères Leonard et Phil Chess, est un des labels les plus importants de l'histoire de la musique blues, ayant eu en plus une grande influence sur la soul et le rock'n'roll.
Devant le succès grandissant de Chess, les frères Chess ...
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créee il y a environ 9 ans · modifiée il y a environ 9 ansBilly Stewart
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I Do Love You (1965)
Unbelievable (1965)
Billy Stewart Teaches Old Standards New Tricks (1967)
Remembered (1969)
The Greatest Sides (1982 - Sugar Hill/Chess)
Billy “The Kid” Emerson
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Aucun album, mais a joué pour Chess Records et enregistré quelques chansons.
Bo Diddley
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Bo Diddley (1958)
Go Bo Diddley (1959 - Checker)
Have Guitar Will Travel (1960 - Checker)
Bo Diddley in the Spotlight (1960 - Checker)
Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger (1960 - Checker)
Bo Diddley Is a Lover (1961 - Checker)
Bo Diddley's a Twister (1962 - Checker)
Bo Diddley (1962 - Checker)
Bo Diddley & Company (1963 - Checker)
Surfin' with Bo Diddley (1963 - Checker)
Two Great Guitars (1964 - avec Chuck Berry - Checker)
Hey! Good Lookin' (1965 - Checker)
500% More Man (1965 - Checker)
The Originator (1966 - Checker)
Super Blues (1967 - avec Muddy Waters et Little Walter - Checker)
The Super Super Blues Band (1968 - avec Muddy Waters et Howlin' Wolf - Checker)
The Black Gladiator (1970 - Checker)
Another Dimension (1971)
Where It All Began (1972)
The London Bo Diddley Sessions (1973)
Big Bad Bo (1974)
Buddy Guy
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Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)
I Was Walking Through the Woods (1974)
Buddy Guy (1983)
Chess Masters (1987)
Buddy's Blues (1997)
Chuck Berry
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Rock, Rock, Rock (1956)
After School Session (1957)
One Dozen Berrys (1958)
Chuck Berry Is on Top (1959)
Rockin' at the Hops (1960)
New Juke-Box Hits (1961)
Two Great Guitars - Bo Diddley & Chuck Berry (1964)
St. Louis to Liverpool (1964)
Chuck Berry in London (1965)
Fresh Berry's (1965)
Concerto In B. Goode (1969)
Back Home (1970)
San Francisco Dues (1971)
The London Chuck Berry Sessions (1972) (Face 1)
Bio (1973)
Chuck Berry (1975)
Etta James
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Etta James Top Ten (1963 - Argo)
Etta James Rocks The House (1964 - Argo)
Come a little closer (1974)
Howlin’ Wolf
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Surtout des 78 et 45 tours de 1951 à 1971 :
Moanin' At Midnight / How Many More Years (1951)
The Wolf Is At Your Door / Howlin' Wolf Boogie (1951)
Getting Old And Grey / Mr. Highway Man (1952)
Saddle My Pony / Worried All The Time (1952)
Oh, Red!! / My Last Affair (1952)
All Night Boogie / I Love My Baby (1953)
No Place To Go / Rockin' Daddy (1954)
Evil Is Goin' On / Baby How Long? (1954)
I'll Be Around / Forty Four(1954)
Who Will Be Next / I Have A Little Girl (1955)
Come To Me Baby / Don't Mess With My Baby (1955)
Smokestack Lightning / You Can't Be Beat (1955)
I Asked For Water / So Glad (1956)
Going Back Home / My Life (1956)
Somebody In My Home / Nature (1957)
Poor Boy / Sittin' On Top Of The World (1957)
I Didn't Know / Moanin' For My Baby (1958)
I'm Leaving You / My Life (1958)
Howlin' Blues / I Better Go Now (1958)
I've Been Abused / Mr. Airplane Man (1959)
You Gonna Wreck My Life / The Natchez Burning (1959)
Who's Been Talking? / Tell Me (1959)
Spoonful / Howlin' For My Darling (1960)
Back Door Man / Wang Dang Doodle (1960)
Little Baby / Down In The Bottom (1961)
Shake For Me / The Red Rooster (1961)
You'll Be Mine / Goin' Down Slow (1961)
Just Like I Treat You / I Ain't Superstitious (1961)
Mama's Baby / Do The Do (1962)
Love Me Darlin' / My Country Sugar Mama (1964)
Killing Floor / Louise (1964)
I Walked From Dallas / Don't Laugh At Me (1964)
Tell Me What I've Done / Ooh Baby, Hold Me (1965)
New Crawlin' King Snake / My Mind Is Ramblin' (1966)
Pop It To Me / I Had A Dream (1967)
Tail Dragger / Evil (1969- Chess Cadet)
Mary Sue / Hard Luck (1969)
I Smell A Rat / Just As Long (1969)
Do The Do / The Red Rooster (1971)
Et pour les albums :
Rhythm and Blues with Howlin' Wolf (1957)
The Howlin' Wolf Album (1969 - Cadet Concept)
Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf: We Three Kings (1971, 3 titres de Howlin' Wolf)
Jimmy Rogers
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Sloppy Drunk (1973)
Jimmy Rogers (1984)
Ludella (1990)
Jimmy Rogers with Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters (1991)
Feelin' Good (1994)
John Lee Hooker
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House Of The Blues (1959)
Plays And Sings The Blues (1961)
Mad Man Blues (1973)
Blues For Big Town (1981)
Johnnie Johnson
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Pianiste ayant beaucoup travaillé avec Chuck Berry, sans album publié par Chess, mais avec de nombreux enregistrements ré-utilisés par d'autres labels plus tard.
King Fleming's Quintette
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Walter "King" Fleming
Misty Night - King Fleming Trio (1961)
Stand By (1962)
Weary Traveler (1965)
Little Milton
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We're Gonna Make It (1965)
Sings Big Blues (1966 - Checker)
If Walls Could Talk (1970 - MCA/Chess)
Little Walter
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Uniquement des singles chez Checker entre 1952 et 1959, plusieurs compilations de ses singles existent.
Muddy Waters
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En plus des nombreux singles, on trouve :
Muddy Waters Sings Big Bill (1960)
At Newport 1960 (1960 Live)
Folk Singer (1964)
Brass and the Blues (1966)
Electric Mud (1968 - Cadet Concept)
After the Rain (1969 - Cadet Concept)
Fathers and Sons (1969)
Fathers and Sons (1969 Live)
Muddy Waters Live (At Mr. Kelly's) (1971 Live)
The London Muddy Waters Sessions (1972)
Can't Get No Grindin' (1973)
"Unk" in Funk (1974)
The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album (1975)
Sonny Boy Williamson
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Don't Start Me Talkin' / All My Love In Vain (1955 - Checker)
Keep It To Yourself / The Key (To Your Door) (1956 - Checker)
Let Me Explain / Your Imagination (1956 - Checker)
Fattening Frogs For Snakes / I Don't Know (1957 - Checker)
Cross My Heart / Dissatisfied (1958 - Checker)
Born Blind / Ninety-Nine (1958 - Checker)
Your Funeral & My Trial / Wake Up Baby (1958 - Checker)
Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide / Unseeing Eye (1959 - Checker)
Temperature 110 / Lonesome Cabin (1960 - Checker)
Trust My Baby / Too Close Together (1960 - Checker)
The Goat / It's Sad To Be Alone (1960 - Checker)
Stop Right Now / The Hunt (1961 - Checker)
The Hunt / Little Village (1961 - Checker)
One Way Out / Nine Below Zero (1962 - Checker)
Trying To Get Back On My Feet / Decoration Day (1963 - Checker)
Bye Bye Bird / Help Me (1963 - Checker)
My Younger Days / I Want You Close To Me (1964 - Checker)
Bring It On Home / Down Child (1965 - Checker)
Willie Dixon
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Il a peu enregistré pour Chess Records et Checker, étant plus impliqué dans l'écriture, la composition, l'administratif... Mais il est à l'origine de nombreux succès de Little Walter notamment, et a aussi enregistré quelques singles en son nom.