The Moonglows were formed in 1953. However, the origins of the group went back to 1949, when Harvey Fuqua and...

Chuck Berry was one of the best-known of the Chess artists in the fifties and sixties. He joined the Johnny...

The Radiants were formed in 1960, set up by a group of young men who met at the Greater Harvest...

Laura Lee Newton was born in Chicago in 1945 but grew up in Detroit. In 1956 she joined a Gospel...

Jo Ann Garrett was probably the youngest artist signed to Chess Records. She was just fifteen years old when she...

Mitty Collier was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1941. She developed her musical ability in church choirs and joined the...

Sugar Pie DeSantowas born in Brooklyn in 1935. Her real name was Umpeylia Marcema Balinton, but she was usually called...

Jan Bradley was born Addie Bradley in Byhalia, Mississippi, in 1943. The family moved to Robbins, a Chicago suburb, when...

In the development of Soul and R&B at Chess Records, there was a group of female artists, who all had...

Fontella Bass was born in 1940 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was a gifted musician from an early age, singing...