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The Story of Chess Records

Author : John Collis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1582340056
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Chess Records written by John Collis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1998-10-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If one man can be credited with creating the language of rock 'n' roll it is Chuck Berry. In the early 1950's he was just an ambitious Nat "King" Cole imitator gigging in St Louis, but ten years after moving to Chicago and cutting is first hit, "Maybelline", in 1955, he built a catalogue of classics that inspired the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and every rock musician since. Meanwhile his Chicago rival Bo Diddley, the earthiest and arguably the most exciting of the rock 'n' roll performers, was reminding us that this music was just a step away from the blues. Although he was raised in Chicago, his music was a bizarre, electric version of the blues of his birthplace, Mississippi. Between them Chuck and Bo caused a revolution in Chicago blues, hitherto largely unknown to white America and the mass market. Both were signed to Chess Records, established by Eastern European immigrants, the Chess brothers, who provided the shop window for Chicago bluesmen, while also conforming to a now all-too-familiar pattern, as white entrepreneurs exploiting black talent. Chess Records both examines the subject of exploitation within the record business and celebrated the music of two unique and important artists and the extraordinarily fertile blues environment out of which they grew.

Spinning Blues Into Gold

Author : Nadine Cohodas
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312261337
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Spinning Blues Into Gold written by Nadine Cohodas and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-05-22 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chess Records--and later Checker, Argo, and Cadet--where crucial in bringing blues artists like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf to a wider audience.

The Record Men: The Chess Brothers and the Birth of Rock & Roll (Enterprise)

Author : Rich Cohen
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393352501
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book The Record Men: The Chess Brothers and the Birth of Rock & Roll (Enterprise) written by Rich Cohen and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2005-10-17 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brilliant; the best book I have ever read about the recording industry; a classic."--Larry King On the south side of Chicago in the late 1940s, two immigrants; one a Jew born in Russia, the other a black blues singer from Mississippi; met and changed the course of musical history. Muddy Waters electrified the blues, and Leonard Chess recorded it. Soon Bo Diddly and Chuck Berry added a dose of pulsating rhythm, and Chess Records captured that, too. Rock & roll had arrived, and an industry was born. In a book as vibrantly and exuberantly written as the music and people it portrays, Rich Cohen tells the engrossing story of how Leonard Chess, with the other record men, made this new sound into a multi-billion-dollar business; aggressively acquiring artists, hard-selling distributors, riding the crest of a wave that would crash over a whole generation. Originally published in hardcover as Machers and Rockers. About the series: Enterprise pairs distinguished writers with stories of the economic forces that have shaped the modern worlds; the institutions, the entrepreneurs, the ideas. Enterprise introduces a new genre; the business book as literature.

Machers and Rockers: Chess Records and the Business of Rock & Roll

Author : Rich Cohen
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393052800
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (528 download)

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Download or read book Machers and Rockers: Chess Records and the Business of Rock & Roll written by Rich Cohen and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Record Makers and Breakers

Author : John Broven
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252094018
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Record Makers and Breakers written by John Broven and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an engaging and exceptional history of the independent rock 'n' roll record industry from its raw regional beginnings in the 1940s with R & B and hillbilly music through its peak in the 1950s and decline in the 1960s. John Broven combines narrative history with extensive oral history material from numerous recording pioneers including Joe Bihari of Modern Records; Marshall Chess of Chess Records; Jerry Wexler, Ahmet Ertegun, and Miriam Bienstock of Atlantic Records; Sam Phillips of Sun Records; Art Rupe of Specialty Records; and many more.

Blindfold Chess

Author : Eliot Hearst
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786452927
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Blindfold Chess written by Eliot Hearst and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-04-03 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, blindfold chess--the art of playing without sight of the board or pieces--has produced some of the greatest feats of human memory, progressing to the extent that the world record in 2009 was 45 [and is now 46] simultaneous blindfold games. This work describes the personalities and achievements of some of blindfold chess's greatest players--including Philidor, Morphy, Blackburne, Zukertort, Pillsbury, Reti, Alekhine, Koltanowski, Najdorf and Fine, as well as present-day grandmasters such as Anand and Kramnik. Including some never before published, 444 games scores are presented, peppered with diagrams and annotations. Hints for playing blindfold, and its practical value, are also included.

Respect Yourself

Author : Robert Gordon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1608194167
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Respect Yourself written by Robert Gordon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the rise and fall of the original Stax Records, touching upon the racial politics in Memphis in the 1960s, the personal histories of the sibling founders, and the prominent musicians they featured.

50 Licks

Author : Peter Fornatale
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408833824
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book 50 Licks written by Peter Fornatale and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behold the Rolling Stones: run-ins with the law, chart-topping successes, and now the World's Greatest Continually Operating Rock and Roll Band. It tells the story of the Stones, right from its very origins.

Willie Dixon

Author : Mitsutoshi Inaba
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810869934
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Willie Dixon written by Mitsutoshi Inaba and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greats of blues music, Willie Dixon was a recording artist whose abilities extended beyond that of bass player. A singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer, Dixon's work influenced countless artists across the music spectrum. In Willie Dixon: Preacher of the Blues, Mitsutoshi Inaba examines Dixon's career, from his earliest recordings with the Five Breezes through his major work with Chess Records and Cobra Records. Focusing on Dixon's work on the Chicago blues from the 1940s to the early 1970s, this book details the development of Dixon's songwriting techniques from his early professional career to his mature period and compares the compositions he provided for different artists. This volume also explores Dixon's philosophy of songwriting and its social, historical, and cultural background. This is the first study to discuss his compositions in an African American cultural context, drawing upon interviews with his family and former band members. This volume also includes a detailed list of Dixon's session work, in which his compositions are chronologically organized.

A History of Chess

Author : Harold James Ruthven Murray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 966 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Chess written by Harold James Ruthven Murray and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 966 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Windy City Blues

Author : Renée Rosen
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101991127
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Windy City Blues written by Renée Rosen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1960s Chicago, a young woman stands in the middle of a musical and social revolution. A new historical novel from the bestselling author of White Collar Girl and What the Lady Wants. “The rise of the Chicago Blues scene fairly shimmers with verve and intensity, and the large, diverse cast of characters is indelibly portrayed with the perfect pitch of a true artist.” —Melanie Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue Leeba Groski doesn’t exactly fit in, but her love of music is not lost on her childhood friend and neighbor, Leonard Chess, who offers her a job at his new record company in Chicago. What starts as answering phones and filing becomes more than Leeba ever dreamed of, as she comes into her own as a songwriter and crosses paths with legendary performers like Chuck Berry and Etta James. But it’s Red Dupree, a black blues guitarist from Louisiana, who captures her heart and changes her life. Their relationship is unwelcome in segregated Chicago and they are shunned by Leeba’s Orthodox Jewish family. Yet in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement, Leeba and Red discover that, in times of struggle, music can bring people together. READERS GUIDE INSIDE

Every Record Tells a Story

Author : Steve Carr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781913663384
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (633 download)

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Download or read book Every Record Tells a Story written by Steve Carr and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

THE RECORD MEN.

Author : RICH. COHEN
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book THE RECORD MEN. written by RICH. COHEN and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Can't Be Satisfied

Author : Robert Gordon
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 0857868705
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Can't Be Satisfied written by Robert Gordon and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can't Be Satisfied is that rare thing in musical biographies: a book that maps out not just a single, extraordinary life but the cultural forces that shaped it' Sean O'Hagan, Observer Muddy Waters was the greatest blues musician ever, and the most influential. He invented electric blues, inspired the Rolling Stones and created the template for the rock 'n' roll band and its wild lifestyle. Robert Gordon's definitive biography vividly chronicles the extraordinary life and personality of the musical legend who changed the course of modern popular music.

I Am the Blues

Author : Willie Dixon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book I Am the Blues written by Willie Dixon and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Spinning Blues Into Gold

Author : Nadine Cohodas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781854107817
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Spinning Blues Into Gold written by Nadine Cohodas and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nadine Cohodas traces the history and development of the legendary record label, Chess Records. This is a biographical account of the success of the founders, Polish immigrants Leonard and Phil Chess and the story of a blending of cultures.

Spinning Blues Into Gold

Author : Nadine Cohodas
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312284947
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book Spinning Blues Into Gold written by Nadine Cohodas and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-09-28 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sun Records gave us rock and roll, Motown Records gave us pop soul, and Chess Records gave us the blues. Chess was label for Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Etta James, and Bo Diddley--and in this critcially acclaimed history we learn the full story of this legendary label. The greatest artists who sang and played the blues made their mark with Leonard and Phil Chess, whose Chicago-based record company was synonymous with the sound that swept up from the South, embraced the Windy City, and spread out like wildfire into mid-century America. Spinning Blues into Gold is the impeccably researched story of the men behind the music and the remarkable company they created. Chess Records--and later Checkers, Argo, and Cadet Records--was built by Polish immigrant Jews, brothers who saw the blues as a unique business opportunity. From their first ventures, a liquor store and then a nightclub, they promoted live entertainment. And parlayed that into the first pressings sold out of car trunks on long junkets through the midsection of the country, ultimately expanding their empire to include influential radio stations. The story of the Chess brothers is a very American story of commerce in the service of culture. Long on chutzpah, Leonard and Phil Chess went far beyond their childhoods as the sons of a scrap-metal dealer. They changed what America listened to; the artists they promoted planted the seeds of rock 'n' roll--and are still influencing music today. In this book, Cohodas expertly captures the rich and volatile mix of race, money, and recorded music. She also takes us deep into the world of independent record producers, sometimes abrasive and always aggressive men striving to succeed. Leonard and Phil Chess worked hand-in-glove with disenfranchised black artists, the intermittent charges of exploitation balanced by the reality of a common purpose that eventually brought fame to many if not most of the parties concerned. From beginning to end, as we find in these pages, the lives of the Chess brothers were socially, financially, and creatively entwined with those of the artists they believed in.