Leonard Chess
Biography
Leonard Samuel Chess (born Lejzor Szmuel Czyż; March 12, 1917 – October 16, 1969) was a Polish-American record company executive and the founder of Chess Records alongside his brother Phil. He was influential in the development of the recording industry, and electric blues, Chicago blues, and rock and roll.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
At Last!
1960
The Great Twenty-Eight
1982
Moanin' In The Moonlight
1959
Chuck Berry's Golden Decade (The Original Two Albums)
1967
The Best Of Muddy Waters
1958
Berry Is On Top
1959
Boss Blues Harmonica
1972
Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra
1961
Whose Muddy Shoes
1969
St. Louis To Liverpool
1964
Bo Diddley
1958
After School Session
1957
Confessin' The Blues
1974
I Was Walking Through The Woods
1970
All Of You
1962
Rockin' At The Hops
1960
His Greatest Sides: Volume One
1983
His Greatest Sides, Volume One
1983
Chester Burnett A.K.A. Howlin' Wolf
1972
McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters
1971
Hate To See You Go
1969
Plays & Sings The Blues
1961
First Time I Met The Blues 1958-1963 Recordings
2015
Rock And Roll Music - Any Old Way You Choose It (The Complete Studio Recordings ... Plus!)
2014
Credited work
558 releases · 103 albums · active 1961–2025
- Production · 445
- Performance · 148
- Other credits · 75
- Engineering · 9
Studios: Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra · Chess Studios · MCA Recording Studios · Penguin Recording
Frequent collaborators
- Muddy Waters
- Chuck Berry
- Various
- Howlin' Wolf
- Bo Diddley
- Ahmad Jamal
- Buddy Guy
- Sonny Boy Williamson (2)