Phil Chess

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American businessperson music executive record producer

Phil Chess was a pioneering American record producer and co-founder of Chess Records, instrumental in popularizing blues, R&B, and early rock and roll.

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Label	Occurrences
Phil Chess canonical	22

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American ⓘ businessperson ⓘ music executive ⓘ record producer ⓘ
activeYearsInMusic	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ
associatedWith	Bo Diddley NERFINISHED ⓘ Chuck Berry NERFINISHED ⓘ Etta James NERFINISHED ⓘ Howlin' Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Muddy Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Dixon NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1921-03-27 ⓘ
birthPlace	Częstochowa, Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	United States (exact cemetery not widely cited) ⓘ
businessPartner	Leonard Chess NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
coFounded	Chess Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	2016-10-18 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jewish ⓘ
familyName	Chess NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Philip Chess NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	blues ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ
givenName	Philip NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritage	Polish-born American ⓘ
industry	music industry ⓘ
influenced	British blues and rock bands via Chess Records catalog ⓘ development of rock music ⓘ
knownFor	helping shape early rock and roll sound ⓘ popularizing Chicago blues ⓘ popularizing electric blues ⓘ
migration	emigrated from Poland to the United States ⓘ
notableAchievement	built one of the most influential independent labels in American music ⓘ
notableWork	development of Chess Records catalog ⓘ
occupation	businessperson in the music industry ⓘ music executive ⓘ record producer ⓘ
positionHeld	co-owner of Chess Records ⓘ producer at Chess Records ⓘ
recordLabelFounded	Chess Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
sibling	Leonard Chess NERFINISHED ⓘ
workedAt	Chess Records NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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Chess Records → foundedBy → Phil Chess ⓘ

Johnny B. Goode → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ

At Last → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ

All I Could Do Was Cry → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ

The Second Time Around → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ

Leonard Chess → sibling → Phil Chess ⓘ

Leonard Chess → businessPartner → Phil Chess ⓘ

Leonard Chess → foundedWith → Phil Chess ⓘ

Maybellene → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ

Roll Over Beethoven → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ

Rock and Roll Music → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ

Sweet Little Sixteen → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ

School Days → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ

No Particular Place to Go → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ

You Never Can Tell → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ

After School Session → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ

One Dozen Berrys → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ

Chuck Berry Is on Top → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ

St. Louis to Liverpool → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ

Little Queenie → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ

Moanin' in the Moonlight → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ

Howlin' Wolf (1962 album) → producer → Phil Chess ⓘ