| LC control no. | n 00064528 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Chess, Phil, 1921-2016 |
| Variant(s) | Czyz, Fiszel, 1921-2016 Chess, Philip, 1921-2016 |
| Associated country | Poland United States |
| Located | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Birth date | 1921-03-27 |
| Death date | 2016-10-18 |
| Place of birth | Motalʹ (Belarus) |
| Place of death | Tucson (Ariz.) |
| Affiliation | Chess Records (Firm) |
| Profession or occupation | Sound recording executives and producers |
| Found in | Cohodas, Nadine. Spinning blues into gold, 2000: CIP galley (Phil Chess; b. Fiszel Czyz, Motele, Poland, 1921; immigrated to Chicago in 1928) New York times WWW site, viewed Oct. 24, 2016 (in obituary published Oct. 19: Phil Chess; b. Fiszel Czyz, March 27, 1921, Motal, Poland (now in Belarus); emigrated to Chicago, 1928; name changed to Philip Chess; d. Tuesday [Oct. 18, 2016], Tucson, Ariz., aged 95; with his brother Leonard founded Chess Records, a storied Chicago label that captured great blues musicians like Muddy Waters in their prime and helped power the musical fusillade of rock 'n' roll with vibrant recordings by the likes of Chuck Berry) |
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