Chess

For bootlegs/unofficial releases, see [l130717]. Also appears as "Chess Record Corp." on earliest releases and as "Chess Records" from 1967/68. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Chess was one of the premier blues labels of the 1950s and 60s, also releasing R&B, soul, jazz, gospel and rock. They released records by every major blues artist in Chicago, including [a=John Lee Hooker], [a=Howlin' Wolf], [a=Muddy Waters], [a=Elmore James], [a=Bo Diddley], [a=Chuck Berry], [a=Little Walter] and many other