Phil Chess
Phil Chess · Arts & Literature
Co-founded Chess Records with his brother Leonard; born Fiszel Czyż in Motal, Poland
1921, Motal, Poland (now Belarus) — 2016, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Poland · United States (Chicago)
Phil Chess is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Co-founded Chess Records with his brother Leonard; born Fiszel Czyż in Motal, Poland
Phil Chess, born Fiszel Czyż, co-founded Chess Records in Chicago with his brother Leonard, a label that became central to postwar Chicago blues and early rock and roll, recording Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. Born into a Jewish family in Motal, then Poland, he emigrated with his family to the United States as a child. He was Jewish.
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Co-founded Chess Records with his brother Leonard; born Fiszel Czyż in Motal, Poland
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