Chess

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Chess Records was one of the premier blues labels of the 1950s and 60s, also releasing R&B, soul, jazz, gospel and rock. Chess released records by every major blues artist in Chicago, including John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Bo Diddley, Jimmy Reed, Chuck Berry and many others.

Brothers Leonard and Phil Chess emigrated from Poland to the United States in 1928. In the 1940s they owned the upscale Macomba nightclub in Chicago's Southside neighborhood and several other bars. Blues artists performed regularly at The Macomba, and the Chess brothers realized they were not being recorded. They bought in to the small R&B label Aristocrat Records in 1947, then bought out the remaining partners in 1949 and changed the name to Chess in 1950. In 1969 they sold the label to General Recorded Tape (GRT) for $6.5 million.

Company: Chess Producing Corp.

Labelcode: LC 0156
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2ACH-9001 Ramsey Lewis Solid Ivory: His Greatest Hits (2xLP) 1976
2ACMB 201 Howlin' Wolf Chess Blues Masters Series (2xLP, Comp) 1976
2ACMB-202 Little Walter Chess Blues Master Series (2xLP, Comp, Gat) 1976
2ACMB-203 Muddy Waters Chess Blues Masters Series (2xLP, Comp) 1976
2-ACMB-204 Little Milton Little Milton - Chess Blues Masters Series (2xLP, Comp) 1976
2-ACMB-205 Lowell Fulson Chess Blues Masters Series (Comp) (2 versions) 1976
2ACMB-206 Sonny Boy Williamson (2) Sonny Boy Williamson (2xLP, Comp, Gat) 1976
2ACMB-207 Jimmy Rogers Chess Blues Masters Series (2xLP, Comp, Gat) 1976
2ACMJ-401 John Klemmer Magic Moments (2xLP, Comp) 1976
2ACMJ-402 Woody Herman Double Exposure (2xLP, Comp) 1976
2ACMJ-403 James Moody Moody's Mood (2xLP, Comp) 1984
2-ACMJ-404 Oliver Nelson / Lou Donaldson Backtalk (2xLP, Comp) 1976
2ACMJ-405 Max Roach / Art Blakey Percussion Discussion (2xLP) 1976
2ACMJ-406 Sonny Stitt And Zoot Sims Interaction (LP, Comp)  
2ACMJ-407 Ahmad Jamal Sun Set (2xLP) 1976
2ACMJ-409 Al Grey Basic Grey (2xLP, Comp) 1976
2CA 60017 Jack McDuff* The Heatin' System (2xLP, Album, Promo) 1972
2CH-1514 Chuck Berry Chuck Berry's Golden Decade (The Original Two Albums) (Album) (2 versions) 1972
2CH-9190 Chuck Berry The Great Twenty-Eight (Comp) (2 versions) 1984
2CH 50027 Sonny Boy Williamson (2) This Is My Story (2xLP, Comp, Gat) 1972
2CH 50033 Muddy Waters / Otis Spann / Michael Bloomfield* / Paul Butterfield / Donald "Duck" Dunn / Sam Lay / Buddy Miles Fathers And Sons (2xLP, Album) 1972
2CH 60004 Etta James Peaches (2xLP, Comp) 1971
2CH60005 Bo Diddley Got My Own Bag Of Tricks (2xLP, Comp) 1972
2CH-60006 McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters (2xLP, Com) 1971
2CH 60011 John Lee Hooker Mad Man Blues (2xLP) 1973
2CH 60014 Little Walter Boss Blues Harmonica (2xLP, Comp, Gat) 1972
2CH-60016 Howlin' Wolf Chester Burnett A.K.A. Howlin' Wolf (2xLP, Comp) 1972
2CH 60028 Chuck Berry Golden Decade Volume 3 (2xLP, Comp) 1974
30 CV 1394 Paul Anka Live (LP)  
40 CH 501 Etta James All The Way Down / Leave Your Hat On (7", Single) 1973
407 Jimmy Rogers Chicago Bound (LP) 1970
408 Lowell Fulson Hung Down Head (Comp) (2 versions) 1970
410 J.B. Lenoir Natural Man (LP, Comp) 1970
411 Various Drop Down Mama (LP) 1970
1138 Little Milton When Does Heartache End (7") 1966
1219 Andre Williams (2) Girdle Up (7", Single)  
1432 Chuck Berry One Dozen Berries (LP, Mono) 1958
1473 Falcons, The This Heart Of Mine (7")  
1475-A Harmonica Frank Swamp Root / Step It Up And Go (7") 1951
1489 Jackie Ross Full Bloom Miss Jackie Ross Singing "Selfish One" And Her Newest Hit "I've Got The Skill" (LP, Album) 1964
1531 Willie Mabon And His Combo I Don't Know / Worry Blues (10", Single) 1953
1549 Coronets, The Nadine / I'm All Alone (10", Single) 1953
1562 John Lee Hooker It's My Own Fault / Women And Money (7") 1956
1566 Howlin' Wolf, The* No Place To Go / Rockin' Daddy (Shellac, 10") 1954
1571 Muddy Waters And His Guitar* Just Make Love To Me / Oh! Yeh (7", Single) 1954
1585 Muddy Waters And His Guitar* I'm A Natural Born Lover / Loving Man (10", Single) 1954
1589 Moonglows, The She's Gone/Most Of All (7", Single) 1955
1594 Larry Liggett The Turtle / My Wild Irish Rose (7", Single) 1955
1602 Muddy Waters And His Guitar* Manish Boy (7", Single) 1955
1604 Chuck Berry Maybellene (2 versions) 1955
1609 Bobby Charles Later Alligator / On Bended Knee (7", Single) 1955
1610 Chuck Berry Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) (7", Mono) 1955
1613 Rays, The (2) Tippity Top / Moo-Goo-Gai-Pan (7") 1956
1615 Chuck Berry No Money Down (7") 1956
1615 Chuck Berry The Downbound Train / You Can't Catch Me (7", Unofficial)  
1618 Howlin' Wolf Smokestack Lightning / You Can't Be Beat (Shellac, 10") 1956
1620 Muddy Waters Forty Days & Forty Nights (7")  
1624 John Brim & His Gary Kings I Would Hate To See You Go / You Got Me Where You Want Me (7", Unofficial)  
1625 Billy Stewart Billy's Blues Part 1/Billy's Blues Part 2 (7") 1956
1626 Chuck Berry And His Combo* Rock & Roll Music / Blue Feeling (7", Single) 1956
1626 Chuck Berry And His Combo* Roll Over Beethoven / Drifting Heart (2 versions) 1956
1628 Bobby Charles Take It Easy Greasy / Time Will Tell (7", Single) 1956
1630 Muddy Waters Sugar Sweet/Diamonds At Your Feet (7", RP) 2010
1635 Chuck Berry And His Combo* Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Too Much Monkey Business (7", Mono) 1956
1636 Chanceteers, The Night Beat / The Flame (7")  
1641 Johnnie & Joe Feel Alright / I'll Be Spinning (7") 1956
1645 Chuck Berry You Can't Catch Me (7", Mono) 1956
1653 Chuck Berry School Day Ring, Ring, Goes The Bell / Deep Feeling (7", RE)  
1653 Chuck Berry School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell) / Deep Feeling (Single) (3 versions) 1957
1654 Johnnie & Joe Over The Mountain; Across The Sea / My Baby's Gone, On, On (2 versions) 1957
1664 Chuck Berry Oh Baby Doll (7") 1957
1665 Lee Andrews And The Hearts* Long Lonely Nights / The Clock (7") 1957
1666 Bette Laine Rock A Bye Rock / A Broken Heart (7", Single) 1957
1671 Chuck Berry Rock & Roll Music / Blue Feeling (7", Single) 1957
1671 Chuck Berry Rock & Roll Music / Blue Feeling (7")  
1675 Lee Andrews And The Hearts* Teardrops / The Girl Around The Corner (7", Single) 1957
1683 Chuck Berry Sweet Little Sixteen (7", Single) 1958
1691 Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode / Around & Around (7", Single) 1957
1692 Muddy Waters She's Got It / I Won't Go On (7") 1958
1697 Chuck Berry Beautiful Delilah (7", Mono) 1958
1700 Chuck Berry Carol (7") 1958
1703 Eddie Bo Walk That Walk / Hep Hep Hooray (7", Single) 1958
1704 Muddy Waters She's Nineteen Years Old / Close To You (7") 1958
1705 Harvey & The Moonglows* Ten Commandments Of Love / Mean Old Blues (2 versions) 1958
1709 Chuck Berry Sweet Little Rock And Roll (7", Mono) 1958
1712 Howlin' Wolf I'm Leaving You (7")  
1713 Harvey* I Want Somebody / Da Da Goo Goo (7") 1959
1714 Chuck Berry Run Rudolph Run (7", Promo) 1958
1716 Chuck Berry Anthony Boy (3 versions) 1959
1717 Moonglows, The I'll Never Stop Wanting You / Love Is A River (2 versions) 1959
1722 Chuck Berry Almost Grown (7", Mono) 1959
1723 Rocky Olson / Jet Tones* Kansas City / Jet Tone Boogie (7", Single, Promo) 1959
1728 Billy Emerson Holy Mackerel Baby / Believe Me (7")  
1729 Chuck Berry Back In USA / Memphis, Tenn. (7", RE)  
1729 Chuck Berry Back In The U.S.A. (Single) (2 versions) 1959
1733 Muddy Waters Take The Bitter With The Sweet / She's Into Something (7", Single, Promo)  
1733 Muddy Waters Take The Bitter With The Sweet / She's Into Something (7")  
1734 Miracles, The Bad Girl / I Love Your Baby (7", Single) 1959
1737 Chuck Berry Broken Arrow (7", Mono) 1959
1742 Benny Goodman Orchestra* Mission To Moscow (7") 1959
1747 Chuck Berry Too Pooped To Pop ("Casey") (7", Mono) 1960
1748 Muddy Waters I Feel So Good (7", Single) 1960
1751 Otis Rush So Many Road, So Many Trains / I´m Satisfied (7", RE, Unofficial)  
1752 Muddy Waters Read Way Back / I'm Your Doctor (7", Single, Promo) 1960
1754 Chuck Berry Bye Bye Johnny (7") 1960
1760 Etta* And Harvey* If I Can't Have You / My Heart Cries (7", Single) 1959
1763 Chuck Berry I Got To Find My Baby (7", Mono) 1960
1767 Chuck Berry Our Little Rendezvous (7", Mono) 1960
1768 Miracles, The All I Want (Is You) / I Need A Change (7") 1959
1771 Etta* And Harvey* Spoonful (7", Single) 1960
1774 Muddy Waters Got My Mojo Working / Woman Wanted (7", Single) 1960
1778 T-Birds, The Come On Dance With Me / Green Stamps (7") 1961
1791 Mitty Collier With Riley Hampton's Orchestra I've Got Love / I Got To Get Away From It All (7")  
1799 Chuck Berry Come On (7", Single) 1961
1801 Betty James I'm A Little Mixed Up / Help Me To Find My Love (7", Single) 1961
1804 Howlin' Wolf Shake For Me / The Red Rooster (7", Promo) 1961
1819 Muddy Waters Tough Times / Going Home (7") 1962
1820 Billy Stewart Reap What You Sow / Fat Boy (7", Single) 1962
1820 / U-11460 Billy Stewart Reap What You Sow / Fat Boy (7", Single) 1962
1827 Muddy Waters You Shook Me / Muddy Waters Twist (7", Single) 1962
1829 Baby Cortez* Rinky Dink / Getting Right (Single) (2 versions) 1962
1831 J.C. Davis The Chicken Scratch / Shake With Me (7", Single) 1962
1832 Radiants, The One Day I'll Show You / Father Knows Best (7") 1962
1834 Dave "Baby" Cortez Fiddle Sticks (Single) (2 versions) 1962
1842 Baby Cortez* Tweedlee Dee (7", Single) 1962
1845 Jan Bradley Mama Didn't Lie / Lovers Like Me (Single) (2 versions) 1963
1850 Dave "Baby" Cortez Hot Cakes! (7", Single) 1963
1853 Chuck Berry I'm Talking About You (7", Mono) 1963
1856 Mitty Collier My Babe / Miss Loneliness (7", Promo) 1963
1857 Ty Hunter Darling, Darling, Darling / In Time (Single) (2 versions) 1963
1858 Ty Hunter Darling, Darling, Darling / In Time (7")  
1861 Dave "Baby" Cortez Organ Shout / Precious You (2 versions) 1963
1864 Prince Curtis* Mama's Little Girl (7") 1963
1866 Chuck Berry Sweet Little Sixteen (7", Single) 1963
1868 Billy Stewart Sugar And Spice / Strange Feeling (7", Single) 1963
1871 Mitty Collier I'm Your Part Time Love / Don't You Forget It (7", Promo) 1963
1872 Maurice McAlister & Radiants, The I'm In Love / Shy Guy (7")  
1874 Dave "Baby" Cortez Happy Feet / Gettin' To The Point (7", Single, RE) 1964
1880 Tony Clarke (2) (The Story Of) Woman, Love And A Man (7", Single) 1964
1882 Gems* A Love Of Mine (7") 1964
1883 Chuck Berry Nadine (7", Mono) 1964
1889 Mitty Collier Pain / Let Them Talk (7") 1963
1893 Ty Hunter Bad Loser / Something Like A Storm (7") 1964
1894 Tony Clarke (2) Ain't Love Good - Ain't Love Proud / Coming Back Strong (7") 1964
1895 Muddy Waters The Same Thing / You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (7") 1964
1897 Jan Bradley Please Mr. DJ / Two Of A Kind (7") 1964
1898 Chuck Berry No Particular Place To Go / You Two (7") 1964
1899 Buddy Guy I Dig Your Wig / My Time After While (7", Single) 1964
1903 Jackie Ross Selfish One / Everything But Love (Single) (3 versions) 1963
1904 Radiants, The If I Only Had You / Voice Your Choice (7")  
1906 Chuck Berry You Never Can Tell (Single) (2 versions) 1964
1907 Mitty Collier I Had A Talk With My Man / Free Girl (In The Morning) (7") 1964
1911 Howlin' Wolf Love Me Darling / My Country Sugar Mama (7") 1965
1912 Chuck Berry Little Marie / Go, Bobby Soxer (7", Single) 1964
1912 Chuck Berry Little Marie/Go Bobby Soxer (7", Promo) 1964
1913 Jackie Ross Change Your Ways / I've Got The Skill (7") 1964
1915 Jackie Ross Haste Makes Waste (Single) (2 versions) 1964
1916 Chuck Berry Promised Land (7", Mono, Single) 1964
1917 Gems* Love For Christmas (7", Single) 1964
1918 Mitty Collier Together / No Faith, No Love (7", Single) 1964
1919 Jan Bradley I'm Over You / The Brush Off (2 versions)  
1920 Jackie Ross Jerk And Twine / New Lover (7")  
1922 Billy Stewart I Do Love You / Keep Loving (7") 1965
1923 Howlin' Wolf Killing Floor / Louise (7") 1965
1924 Tony Clarke (2) The Entertainer / This Heart Of Mine (7") 1965
1925 Radiants, The I Got A Girl/ It Ain't No Big Thing (7")  
1926 Chuck Berry Dear Dad (7", Mono) 1965
1928 Howlin' Wolf Ooh Baby / Tell Me What I've Wrong (7")  
1929 Jackie Ross Dynamite Lovin' / You Really Know How To Hurt A Girl (7") 1965
1930 Gems* Happy New Love (7")  
1932 Billy Stewart Sitting In The Park / Once Again (Vinyl) 1966
1934 Mitty Collier Come Back Baby (7") 1965
1935 Tony Clarke (2) Poor Boy / The Fugitive Kind (7", Promo)  
1938 Jackie Ross Take Me For A Little While / Honey Dear (Single) (2 versions) 1965
1939 Radiants, The Tomorrow / Whole Lot Of Woman (7") 1965
1940 Jackie Ross We Can Do It / Honey Dear (7") 1965
1941 Billy Stewart How Nice It Is / No Girl (7", Single) 1965
1942 Mitty Collier For My Man / Help Me (2 versions) 1965
1943 Chuck Berry It Wasn't Me (7", Mono) 1965
1944 Tony Clarke (2) Joyce Elaine / You're A Star (7") 1965
1944 Tony Clarke (2) Joyce Elaine / You're A Star (7", W/Lbl, Promo) 1965
1948 Billy Stewart Because I Love You (7", Single) 1965
1951 Entertainers* Too Much (7")  
1953 Mitty Collier Sharing You / Walk Away (7", Single) 1966
1954 Maurice & The Radiants Baby You've Got It (7") 1964
1959 Jo Ann Garrett Stay By My Side / A Whole New Plan (7")  
1961 Billy Young (2) You Left The Water Running / Have Pity On Me (7")  
1962 Baby John Hinds Wild About My Lovin' (7") 1966
1963 Chuck Berry Ramona, Say Yes (7") 1966
1964 Mitty Collier My Party / I'm Satisfied (7") 1966
1966 Billy Stewart Summertime / To Love To Love (Single) (3 versions) 1966
1967 Big Maybelle It's A Man's Man's World / Maybelle Sings The Blues (7")  
1970 Betty James I Like The Way You Walk (7", Sin) 1966
1971 Jamo Thomas Must I Holler (7") 1966
1978 Billy Stewart Secret Love / Look Back And Smile (2 versions) 1966
1979 Wade Flemons / Tony Clarke (2) Jeanette / Landslide (7", RE)  
1979 Tony Clarke (2) Landslide (7") 1965
1980 Andrea Davis Lonely Girl / You Gave Me Soul (7")  
1986 Radiants, The Anything You Do Is Alright / (Don't It Make You) Feel Kind Of Bad (7", Single) 1967
1987 Mitty Collier Like Only Yesterday / (Lookin' Out The Window) Watching And Waiting (7") 1966
1989 Laura Lee You Need Me / Stop Giving Your Man Away (7") 1967
1991 Billy Stewart Ol' Man River (7")  
1992 Jo Ann Garrett You Can't Come In (Big Bad Wolf) (7") 1967
1993 Shaprels, The Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn (7", Single, S/Sided, DJ )  
1994 William Bollinger You Can Lead Your Woman To The Altar (7", Single, DJ ) 1967
1995 James Dudley & Dee Jay's, The* What A Man Will Do (When He Loves A Woman) / Have Faith (3 versions) 1967
1997 Starlets, The (6) My Baby's Real / Loving You Is Something New (7", Single) 1967
1997 Starlets, The (6) My Baby's Real (7", Promo, S/Sided) 1967
1998 Monk Higgins How Come ? / Different Strokes (For Different Folks) (7") 1967
2002 Billy Stewart Cross My Heart (7") 1967
2009 Howlin' Wolf Pop It To Me (7")  
2013 Laura Lee Dirty Man / It's Mighty Hard (7") 1967
2015 Mitty Collier Do It With Confidence (7", Single) 1967
2017 Irma Thomas A Woman Will Do Wrong / I Gave You Everything (7") 1968
2020 Wayne Cochran When My Baby Cries / Some-A' Your Sweet Love (7")  
2021 Radiants, The The Clown Is Clever / Don't Take Your Love (7") 1967
2022 Buddy Guy I Suffer With The Blues / I'm Gonna Keep It To Myself (7") 1967
2024 Vontastics, The I'll Always Love You / Why Must We Part (2 versions) 1967
2026 Joe Cato* I'm So Glad (7", Single) 1967
2029 Wayne Cochran Get Ready (7") 1967
2030 Laura Lee Wanted: Lover, No Experience Necessary / Up Tight, Good Man (7", Single) 1967
2031 Jo Ann Garrett Just Say When / Thousand Miles Away (7") 1967
2032 Greg Perry Love Control / Head Over Heels (7") 1967
2034 Monk Higgins Yesterday / The Look Of Love (7") 1967
2035 Mitty Collier Git Out / That'll Be Good Enough For Me (7") 1967
2036 Irma Thomas Good To Me (7")  
2037 Radiants* I'm Glad I'm The Loser / Hold On (Single) (2 versions) 1968
2040 Charles Chalmers Poppin' / Judy In Disguise (7") 1968
2041 Laura Lee As Long As I Got You / A Man With Some Backbone (7") 1968
2043 Jan Bradley You Gave Me What's Missing / Nights In New York City (7") 1968
2049 Pigmeat Markham Here Comes The Judge / The Trial (Single) (2 versions) 1968
2051 Ben Branch & Operation Breadbasket Orch. & Choir, The Precious Lord, Take My Hand / Motherless Child (7") 1968
2053 Billy Stewart What Have I Done (7") 1968
2055 Kittens, The (2) How Long ( Can I Go On ) / I've Got To Get Over You (7") 1968
2056 Lee Webber Party Time / Good Day Sunshine (7")  
2059 Pigmeat Markham The Hip Judge / Sock It To 'Em Judge (7") 1968
2062 Laura Lee Hang It Up / It's How You Make It Good (7", Single) 1969
2063 Billy Stewart I´m In Love (Oh, Yes I Am) / Crazy ´Bout You Baby (7") 1969
2066 Radiants, The Choo Choo (7", Single) 1969
2067 Buddy Guy Buddy's Groove (7")  
2068 Laura Lee Love More Than Pride (7", Single, Promo) 1967
2073 Tenison Stephens* Where Would You Be / Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Single) (2 versions) 1969
2075 Chicago Cubs, The / Chicago Cubs Clark St. Band, The Pennant Fever / Slide (7") 1969
2077 Chuck Corby Complete Opposites / Soul Brother (7", Promo) 1969
2078 Radiants, The Book Of Love / Another Mule Is Kicking In Your Stall (7") 1969
2080 Billy Stewart By The Time I Get To Phoenix / We'll Always Be Together (Single) (2 versions) 1969
2085 Muddy Waters I Feel So Good / Going Home (7") 1970
2087 Pigmeat Markham Pig's Popcorn / Who Got The Number (7", Single) 1969
2088 Honey And The Bees Jing Jing A Ling / Auld Lang Syne (7") 1969
2089 Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds The Funky Yolk / The Yolk (7", Single) 1970
2089 Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds The Funky Yolk / The Yolk (7", Single, Promo) 1970
2090 Chuck Berry Tulane (2 versions) 1970
2093 Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds Get Down 1970 / Funky Football (7", Single) 1970
2097 Jo Ann Garrett We Can Learn Together/Unforgettable (7")  
2099 Baby Washington Is It Worth It (7", Single) 1974
2103 Johnny Lemac Sippin' Wine (7", Promo)  
5478 Lou Donaldson Possum Head (7") 1964
5571 Marlena Shaw Brother Where Are You / Waiting For Charlie To Come Home (7", Single) 1967
9002 Little Milton Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around The World) / I Can't Quit You Baby (7", Single, RE)  
9003 Billy Stewart Summertime (7", Single, RE)  
9005 Andre Williams (2) The Stroke / Cadillac Jack (7", Single)  
9010 Chuck Berry Nadine / Roll Over Beethoven (7", Single)  
9011 Muddy Waters Got My Mojo Working / Tiger In Your Tank (7", Single)  
9015 Jimmy McCracklin The Walk / I'm To Blame (7", Single, RE)  
9016 Ahmad Jamal Poinciana / Music, Music, Music (7", Single, RP) 1972
9020 Chuck Berry Maybellene/Rock And Roll Music (7", Single)  
9042 Vibrations, The / Tommy Tucker Watusi / Hi-Heel Sneakers (7", Single, RE)  
9059 Ramsey Lewis Wade In The Water / Travel On (7", Single)  
9187 Bo Diddley Have Guitar, Will Travel (LP, RE) 1985
9309 Reverend C.L. Franklin The Twenty Third Psalm (LP)  
12814 Tony Clarke (2) (The Story Of) Woman, Love And A Man (7")  
16260-S, 16261-S Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters & Bo Diddley The Super Super Blues Band (LP, Album) 1967
50 013 Chuck Berry Rock'N Roll With Chuck Berry (2xLP) 1972
50028 Chuck Berry Golden Decade Vol.2 (2x12") 1972
60012 Various Chicago Blues Anthology (2xLP) 1972
60023 Chuck Berry Chuck Berry's Golden Decade Vol.2 (2xLP, Comp) 1972
69502 P Chuck Berry Rock Revival (LP)  
69504 Various Rhythm & Blues Remarquable Vol.3 (LP, Comp) 1968
75 001 Pigmeat Markham Here Comes The Judge (7", Single) 1968
75006 Dells, The Love Is Blue (7", Single) 1969
75009 Dells, The Oh What A Night / The Glory Of Love (7")  
75 010 Dells, The On The Dock Of The Bay / When I'm In Your Arms (7", Single) 1969
109 577 Various Blues News (LP, Comp, Whi) 1969
112 027-2 Muddy Waters The Folk Singer (CD, Album, RE) 2000
112 985-2 Howlin' Wolf The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (Deluxe Edition) (2xCD, Album, RM, RE) 2002
169 502 Irma Thomas Cheater Man (7")  
169503 Bobby Moore Chained To Your Heart (7", Single) 1967
169.504 Maurice & Mac So Much Love (7")  
169 506 Ramsey Lewis Soul Man (7", Single) 1968
169507 Laura Lee Dirty Man (7") 1967
169.508 Dells, The There Is/ I Love You (7")  
169.510 Etta James Security (7") 1968
169.511 Dells, The Wear It On Our Face / Please Don't Change Me Now (7") 1968
169512 Chuck Berry Rock'N'Roll Music (7")  
169514 Chuck Berry Maybellene (7")  
169515 Chuck Berry Roll Over Beethoven (7")  
169518 Pigmeat Markham Here Comes The Judge / The Trial (7", Single) 1968
169.519 Etta James I Got You Babe (7") 1968
169 520 Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley The Red Rooster - Part 1 & 2 (7")  
169.521 Sonny Boy Williamson (2) Don't Start Me Talkin' / Help Me (7")  
169 522 Muddy Waters Going Back To Memphis / Black Night (7")  
169.523 John Lee Hooker One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer / Stella Mae (7", Single)  
169.524 Little Milton Feel So Bad / Please, Please, Please (7", Single)  
169525 Dells, The Stay In My Corner / Love Is So Simple (7", Single)  
169 529 Etta James Fire / You Got It (7")  
169.534 Big Bill Broonzy Little City Woman / Romance Without Finance (7")  
169.535 Memphis Slim My Baby / Trouble, Trouble (7")  
169 536 John Lee Hooker In The Mood (7")  
275001 Ray Bryant The Ray Bryant Touch (LP) 1967
275 002 Ray Bryant Take A Bryant-Step (LP, Album) 1968
275 005 Ramsey Lewis Maiden Voyage (LP) 1968
275 006 Ramsey Lewis Up Pops Ramsey Lewis (LP, Album) 1967
275 007 Ahmad Jamal The Bright, The Blue And The Beautiful (LP, Album) 1968
275 009 Soulful Strings, The Another Exposure (LP, Album) 1968
275 010 Brother Jack McDuff The Natural Thing (LP) 1968
275011 Wayne Cochran Get Ready For Wayne Cochran! (LP)  
275 013 Muddy Waters Electric Mud (LP, Album)  
275 019 Woody Herman Light My Fire (LP, Album) 1969
275 020 Ramsey Lewis Mother Nature's Son (LP, Album) 1969
275 024 Dells, The Love Is Blue (LP, Album) 1969
326 021-2 Ramsey Lewis Trio* The Greatest Hits (CD, Comp) 1997
329 367-2 Etta James Her Best (CD, Comp, RM) 1997
427001 Little Walter Chicago Golden Years Double Album: Boss Blues Harmonica (2xLP, Comp, Gat) 1976
427005 Muddy Waters Chicago Golden Years 5 (2xLP, Comp)  
427007 Lowell Fulson Chicago Golden Years "Double Album" 7 (2xLP, Comp) 1976
427013 Little Milton Little Milton - Chicago Golden Years 13 (2xLP, Comp) 1976
427014 Etta James Peaches (2xLP, Comp) 1971
427015 Muddy Waters Fathers And Sons (2xLP, Album) 1972
427016 Howlin' Wolf Chicago Golden Years "Double Album" 16 (2xLP) 1976
45-5402 Etta James / Terry Callier Seven Day Fool / Look At Me Now (7", Single, Unofficial)  
515004 Howlin' Wolf London Sessions (LP, Album, Gat) 1971
515008 Muddy Waters The Real Folk Blues (LP, Comp) 1969
515010 Sonny Boy Williamson (2) The Real Folk Blues (LP, Album) 1966
515011 Howlin' Wolf The Real Folk Blues (LP, Album, RE) 1973
515012 Bo Diddley Where It All Began (LP) 1972
515013 Howlin' Wolf The Back Door Wolf (LP, Album, RE)  
515018 Sonny Boy Williamson (2) More Real Folk Blues (LP, Album) 1967
515020 Muddy Waters More Real Folk Blues (LP) 1967
515025 John Lee Hooker House Of The Blues (LP, Album, RE)  
515026 Howlin' Wolf Howlin' Wolf (LP, RE)  
515027 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley (LP, Album) 1965
515027 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley (LP, Album)  
515030 Chuck Berry After School Session (LP, RE) 1978
515031 Chuck Berry One Dozen Berrys (LP, RE) 1968
515032 Chuck Berry New Juke Box Hits (LP, Album, RP)  
515035 Chuck Berry The London Chuck Berry Sessions (LP, Album)  
525036 Muddy Waters They Call Me Muddy Waters (LP, Comp) 1970
569515 Ramsey Lewis Wade In The Water (LP, Album)  
569516 Ramsey Lewis Them Changes (LP) 1970
569 517 Black Merda Black Merda (LP) 1970
600114 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley (CD, Comp)  
6.13008 AC Donnie Elbert / Dells, The Where Did Our Love Go / I Can Sing A Rainbow / Love Is Blue (7", Single) 1981
6.13 011 AC Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode / Maybelline (7") 1981
6.13 012 AC Chuck Berry Rock And Roll Music / Roll Over Beethoven (7") 1981
6.13013 Chuck Berry Sweet Little Sixteen / My Ding-A-Ling (7", Single, RE) 1981
6.13 014 AC Clarence "Frogman" Henry I Don't Know Why I Love You / You Always Hurt The One You Love (7") 1981
6.13 016 Ramsey Lewis Trio* / Billy Stewart Wade In The Water / Summertime (7", Single)  
6.13016 AC Ramsey Lewis Trio* / Billy Stewart Wade In The Water / Summertime (7") 1981
6.24372 Chuck Berry 20 Super Hits (LP, Comp) 1980
6.24403 AQ Various Oldies But Goldies (LP, Comp) 1981
6.24472 AL Chuck Berry Chuck Berry (LP, Comp) 1981
6.24473 AL Ramsey Lewis Ramsey Lewis (LP, Album, RE) 1981
6.24 474 Muddy Waters Profile (LP, Comp) 1981
6.24723 AS Howlin' Wolf The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (LP, Album) 1971
6.24801 AG Muddy Waters Blues Roots Vol. 11 - I'm A Country Boy (LP, Comp) 1982
6.28537 Various Black & White Blues - The Little Red Rooster (2xLP) 1981
6.28588 Various Black Blues Box (2xLP, Comp) 1982
6.28593 Muddy Waters / Otis Spann / Mike Bloomfield / Paul Butterfield / Donald "Duck" Dunn / Sam Lay and Buddy Miles Fathers And Sons (2xLP, Album, RE, Gat)  
660 530 Various Black & Blues Volume 2 (2xCD, Comp) 1991
668002 Muddy Waters The Chess Box (3xCD, Comp) 1990
8.24372 Chuck Berry 20 Super Hits (CD)  
983 015-3 Various Chess Northern Soul (CD, Comp, RM) 2005
983 229-4 Laura Lee The Chess Collection (CD, RM) 2006
983 437-9 Rotary Connection Black Gold: The Very Best Of (2xCD, Comp) 2006
983 521-2 Fontella Bass The Very Best Of Fontella Bass (CD, Comp, RM) 2006
2221829 John Lee Hooker The Real Folk Blues (LP, Album) 1983
2420074 Bo Diddley Where It All Began (LP, Album) 1983
2420082 Howlin' Wolf London Sessions (LP, Album, Gat) 1983
275 0180 Brother Jack McDuff Getting Our Thing Together (LP) 1968
3220109 Muddy Waters / Otis Spann / Michael Bloomfield* / Paul Butterfield / Donald "Duck" Dunn / Sam Lay / Buddy Miles Fathers And Sons (2xLP, Album) 1982
6078700 Reuben Wilson Got To Get Your Own (7") 1974
6078 701 Ramsey Lewis Trio, The The "In" Crowd / Jade East (Single) (2 versions) 1972
6078 704 Fontella Bass / Dave "Baby" Cortez Rescue Me / Rinky Dink (7") 1977
6078 707 Chuck Berry Sweet Little Sixteen (7") 1958
6145 001 Dells, The The Love We Had Stays On My Mind / Freedom Means (7", Single) 1971
6145 004 Ramsey Lewis Wade In The Water (Single) (3 versions) 1972
6145 007 Chuck Berry Rock And Roll Music (7") 1972
6145 009 Fontella Bass Rescue Me (7", RE)  
6145 010 Joy Lovejoy In Orbit (7") 1972
6145 013 Ramsey Lewis The "In" Crowd (7") 1972
6145 018 Koko Taylor Violent Love (7", RE) 1972
6145 019 Chuck Berry My Ding-A-Ling (7", Blu) 1972
6145 019 Chuck Berry My Ding-A-Ling (7", Single) 1972
6145 020 Chuck Berry Reelin' And Rockin' (7") 1972
6145 022 Dells, The Run For Cover / Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation (7") 1973
6145 027 Chuck Berry South Of The Border (7") 1973
6145 029 Dells, The I Miss You (7") 1973
6145 030 Tony Clarke (2) Landslide (7") 1974
6145 033 Etta James Out On The Streets Again (7", Single) 1974
6145 036 Al Downing I'll Be Holding On (7", Single) 1975
6145 037 Dells, The Bring Back The Love Of Yesterday (7", Single) 1975
6146 201 Ray Stevens The Streak (7", Single) 1974
6310102 Dells, The Freedom Means (LP, Album) 1971
6310106 Ramsey Lewis Back To The Roots (LP, Album) 1971
6310 114 Ramsey Lewis The Best Of Ramsey Lewis (LP, Comp) 1972
6310 115 Chuck Berry San Francisco Dues (LP, Album) 1972
6310 122 Chuck Berry The London Chuck Berry Sessions (LP, Album) 1972
6310 123 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley's Golden Decade (LP, Comp) 1972
6310 124 Ramsey Lewis Tobacco Road (LP, Album) 1970
6310 128 Various The Chess/Janus Mobile Discotheque - Volume 1 (LP, Comp) 1972
6445 202 Various Chess Golden Decade Volume 6 - Talkin' Trash (LP, Comp)  
6499 650 Chuck Berry Bio (LP) 1973
6641 018 Chuck Berry Chuck Berry's Golden Decade (The Original Two Albums) (2xLP, Comp) 1967
6641 047 Various Genesis: The Beginnings Of Rock (4xLP, Comp + Box) 1972
6641 058 Chuck Berry Chuck Berry's Golden Decade Vol.2 (2xLP, Mono, Comp) 1972
6641 174 Various Genesis 4: Sweet Home Chicage (4xLP, Comp + Box) 1972
6641 538 Howlin' Wolf Chess Blues Masters Series (2xLP, Comp) 1976
6641 543 Little Walter Little Walter (2xLP, Comp, Gat)  
6641 547 Various The Chess Rhythm And Blues Collection (2xLP, Comp) 1975
9033-417 Sonny Boy Williamson (2) One Way Out (LP, Comp) 1975
9109 100 Dells, The The Mighty Mighty Dells (LP) 1973
9109 101 Chuck Berry Chuck Berry '75 (Vinyl, Album) 1975
9109 102 Solomon Burke Music To Make Love By (LP, Album) 1975
9124 213 Various Chess Rockabillies (LP) 1978
9124 214 Chuck Berry Berry Is On Top (Vinyl, Mono) 1959
9124 216 Chuck Berry One Dozen Berrys (Vinyl, Mono) 1958
9124 218 Chuck Berry Rockin' At The Hops (LP, Mono, RE, Alb) 1976
9124 226 Chuck Berry St. Louis To Liverpool (LP, Album, RE) 1980
9124 228 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley (LP, Album, RE, Mono)  
9283 001 Ramsey Lewis The Best Of Ramsey Lewis (LP, Comp)  
9283 003 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley's Greatest Hits (Comp) (2 versions) 1977
9283 007 Muddy Waters Electric Muddy (LP, Album) 1968
9283 020 Chuck Berry Motorvatin' (Comp) (2 versions) 1977
9283 047 Benny Goodman & His Orchestra* / Benny Goodman Quintet* Fascinating Rhythm (LP, Album) 1980
9286 690 Chuck Berry Motorvatin' (LP, Comp) 1977
9299 650 Ramsey Lewis Solid Ivory: His Greatest Hits (2xLP, Comp) 1976
9830034 Chuck Berry Maybellene / Wee Wee Hours (7") 2005
9830035 Chuck Berry Maybellene / Wee Wee Hours (CD, Single, Car) 2005
9830155 Various Soul Sisters (CD, Comp, RM) 2005
9832296 Bo Diddley The Story Of Bo Diddley - The Very Best Of (2xCD, Comp, RM) 2006
9832354 Chuck Berry Reelin' And Rockin' - The Very Best Of (2xCD, Comp, RM) 2006
1033-2131 Chuck Berry My Ding-A-Ling / Johnny B. Goode (7") 1972
1033-2136 Chuck Berry Reelin' And Rockin' / Let's Boogie (7", Single)  
1033-2144 Etta James All The Way Down (7", Single) 1973
1033-2168 Jimmy Ruffin What You See (Ain't Always What You Get) (7")  
6.28 622-1/2 Muddy Waters In Memoriam (2xLP, Comp) 1983
8033 1501 Muddy Waters The Real Folk Blues (8-Trk, Comp)  
088 112 515-2 Muddy Waters At Newport 1960 (CD, Album) 2001
088 112 518-2 Etta James Tell Mama - The Complete Muscle Shoals Sessions (CD) 2001
088 112 648-2 Muddy Waters / Otis Spann / Michael Bloomfield* / Paul Butterfield / Donald "Duck" Dunn / Sam Lay Fathers And Sons (CD, Album, RE, RM) 2001
088 112 736-2 Buddy Guy 20th Century Masters: The Best Of Buddy Guy (Millennium Collection) (CD, Comp, RM) 2001
088 112 820-2 Howlin' Wolf The Real Folk Blues/More Real Folk Blues (CD) 2002
088 112 940-2 Muddy Waters Folk Singer (SACD) 1999
088 112 985-2 Howlin' Wolf The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (Deluxe Edition) (CD, Album, RM, RE + CD, Comp) 2002
9033-1485 Chuck Berry Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits (LP, Comp, RE)  
2018 - 15843 Muddy Waters When The Eagle Flies / Birdnest On The Ground (7")  
9033 50012 Muddy Waters Live At Mister Kelly's (LP)  
9033-50023 Muddy Waters Can't Get No Grindin' (LP, Album) 1973
9033-60005 Bo Diddley Got My Own Bag Of Tricks (2xLP, Gat) 1972
9033-60020 Chuck Berry The London Chuck Berry Sessions (LP, Album, Gat) 1972
9033-60029 Etta James Come A Little Closer (LP, Album) 1974
9033 60031 Muddy Waters "Unk" In Funk (LP, Album) 1974
9033-60032 Chuck Berry Chuck Berry (LP, Album) 1975
9033-60034 American Gypsy American Gypsy (LP, Album) 1975
9033-60035 Muddy Waters The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album (LP, Album, Gat) 1975
2292-55764-2 YG John Lee Hooker The Real Folk Blues (CD, Album, RE) 1987
275025; 275026 Muddy Waters / Otis Spann / Michael Bloomfield* / Paul Butterfield / Donald "Duck" Dunn / Sam Lay Fathers And Sons (2xLP, Album) 1969
0602498805589 Chuck Berry Gold (2xCD, Comp, RM) 2005
ACH-401 Solomon Burke I'll Never Stop Loving You (Never Ever Song) (7", Single) 1976
ACH-19002 Solomon Burke Back To My Roots (LP, Album) 1976
ACH-19003 Etta James Etta Is Betta Than Evvah (LP) 1976
ACH-19004 Jack McDuff* Sophisticated Funk (Album) (2 versions) 1976
ACH-30004 Jack McDuff* Ju Ju (7") 1977
AR 25.442 Billy Stewart Secret Love / Look Back And Smile (7") 1966
AR 25.823 Etta James I Got You Babe / I Worship The Ground You Walk On (7") 1968
Ar 25.861 Jack McDuff & His Hammond Organ Soul* Let My People Go (7") 1968
B0001685-2 Chuck Berry After School Session (CD, Album, RM, RE) 2004
B000061702 J.B. Lenoir Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues - J.B. Lenoir (CD, Comp) 2003
B0001687-02 Chuck Berry St. Louis To Liverpool (CD, Album, RM, RE) 2004
B0001761-02 Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger (CD, Album, RM, RE) 2004
B0002758-02 Muddy Waters Hoochie Coochie Man: The Complete Chess Masters Volume 2, 1952-1958 (2xCD, Comp, RM, Ltd) 2004
B0008284-02 Howlin' Wolf The Definitive Collection (CD, Comp, RM) 2007
B00112650-02 Muddy Waters Live / Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco 11/04-06/1966 (CD, Album) 2009
BE 169549 Marlena Shaw Woman Of The Ghetto (7")  
BF 18138 Chuck Berry My Ding-A-Ling (7") 1972
BF 18151 Chuck Berry Reelin' And Rockin' / Let's Do Our Thing Together (7", Single) 1972
BF 18266 Etta James Out On The Streets Again (7", Single) 1974
BF 18313 Al Downing I´ll Be Holding On / Baby Let´s Talk It Over (7", Single) 1975
BI 1547 Chuck Berry Original Oldies (LP, Comp)  
BI 1549 Ramsey Lewis, Ramsey Lewis Trio, The The Best Of Ramsey Lewis (Comp) (2 versions)  
BI 1551 Chuck Berry Original Oldies Vol. 2 (LP, Comp)  
BI 15150 Bo Diddley The Best Of Bo Diddley (LP, Comp) 1976
BLPS 19038 Billy Stewart Summertime (LP, Album)  
BLPS 19157 Dells, The Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation (LP, Album) 1973
BLPS 19204 Chuck Berry Chuck Berry (LP) 1975
BLST 6503 Muddy Waters Experiment In Blues (2xLP, Comp) 1973
BO 104 Howlin' Wolf Smokestack Lightning / Red Rooster (7", Single) 1973
BRP 2014 J.B. Lenoir Natural Man (LP, Comp, RE) 1981
BRP 2015 Sonny Boy Williamson (2) One Way Out (LP, Comp) 1981
BRP 2025 Little Walter Confessin' The Blues (LP, Comp) 1982

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