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R.I.P. Phil Chess of Chess Records 1921-2016

Phil Chess

R.I.P. Phil Chess of Chess Records 1921-2016

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Phil Chess, the man who co-founded one of the most important labels of the first half of the rock era, Chess Records, died last night in his home in Tuscon, AZ at the age of 95.

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