Leonard Chess

  • male, deceased (1969)
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Leonard Chess (March 12, 1917 - October 16, 1969) was a record company executive, founder of Chess Records. Chess was influential in the development of electric blues. He was born Lejzor Czyz in a Jewish community in Motal, Poland (but now within Belarus). He and his brother Fiszel, sister Malka and mother followed their father to Chicago, Illinois in 1928. The family name was changed to Chess, with Lejzor becoming Leonard and Fiszel becoming Philip. Wikipedia
Born:
March 12, 1917
Died:
October 16, 1969
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  • Wikipedia

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    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Chess

  • All Music Guide

    www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jzkxu3y5an4k~T1

  • Spinning Blues Into Gold

    www.bluestogold.com/index2.html

  • The Chess Story

    Brothers Leonard and Philip Chess were two Jewish immigrants from Poland who came to Chicago in 1928.
    www.bsnpubs.com/chess/chesscheck.html

  • Biography

    Leonard Chess and his younger brother Phil (born Fiszel Czyz, 1921) were Jewish immigrants from Poland who settled in Chicago in 1928.
    www.geocities.com/shakin_stacks/leonardchess.txt

  • Chess Records

    Brothers Phil and Leonard Chess owned the upscale Macamba.night club on Chicago's Southside.
    www.history-of-rock.com/chess_records.htm