Chess Records (Firm)
Chess, Leonard
1917-1969
Chess, Phil
1921-2016
Cadet Records (Firm)
Checker Records (Firm)
The story of Chess Records, c1998: t.p. (Chess Records) jkt. (1950, Leonard & Phil Chess became sole owners, changed Aristocrat label to Chess Records)
Wikipedia, May 22, 2019 (Chess Records was an American record company, founded in 1950 in Chicago and specializing in blues and rhythm and blues; founded by Leonard and Phil Chess)
Wikipedia, October 29, 2020 (Checker Records, inactive record label started 1952 as subsidiary of Chess Records in Chicago; released recordings mostly by African American artists; discontinued 1971)
Wikipedia, October 29, 2020 (Cadet Records, American record label; subsidiary of Chess Records; began as Argo records 1955, name changed to Chess Records 1965; stopped producing records 1974)
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