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The game of chess is played everywhere, of course. In public parks, in schools — you might even come across a couple of folks hunched over a chess board at your favorite coffee shop. Last month, we ...
In 1955 a down-and-out blues singer from St. Louis walked into the Chess Records office on South Michigan Avenue and played a country-tinged song called ”Ida Red.” Renamed ”Maybelline,” the song made ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Indeed, CHESS is an strange bird and a rare beast when it comes to casting, so to ...
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the son of the co-founder of the legendary blues label Chess Records. Marshall Chess has released a new album, "The Chess Project." The blues is a family business for ...
The blues is a family business for Marshall Chess. His father, Leonard Chess, co-founded the legendary Chess Records label of Chicago in 1950. And, boy, did they release music - Chuck Berry, Muddy ...