| LC control no. | no 98122666 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Chess Records (Firm) |
| See also | Founder: Chess, Leonard, 1917-1969 Founder: Chess, Phil, 1921-2016 Hierarchical subordinate: Cadet Records (Firm) Hierarchical subordinate: Checker Records (Firm) |
| Beginning date | 1950 |
| Located | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Field of activity | Sound recording industry |
| Found in | 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) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Records> 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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