Brody starred as record-company executive Leonard Chess opposite Beyoncé as Etta James in the 2008 film ...

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Also nearby is a set built to resemble a union hall, and another that will stand in as the office of Chess Records co-founder Leonard Chess. Once the film goes through post-production -- which, Baynes ...

The blues is a family business for Marshall Chess. His father, Leonard Chess, co-founded the legendary Chess Records label of Chicago in 1950. And, boy, did they release music - Chuck Berry, Muddy ...

Seventy-five years ago, an upstart label called Chess Records began issuing electrified blues, thereby rewiring the sound of American music. Founded in Chicago by two Jewish immigrants from Poland, ...