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

Ramsey Lewis was born in Chicago in 1935. He studied piano from a very young age and was attracted to...

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...