Leonard and Phillip Chess change the name of their fledgling Chicago record label
to Chess…
Right out of the box they record
Muddy Waters!!!
"I Can't Be Satisfied"
"Feel Like Going Home"
GREAT START, HUH!?!
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Way back in 1949, before anybody knew that ROCK and ROLL went together, Brother Amos Milburn was tearin’ up
the R ‘n B Chart,
coming in at NUMBER TWO with
HOLD ME BABY…
In 1956, Those white girls who’d been puttin’ out Pop hits like “Mr.Sandman”and “Lollipop,” put on their Doo-Wop stilettos and
"Eddie My Love" hits #14…
So March 31, 1964 rolls along…
and a LOT of us realize that this JAZZ cat, John Coltrane is really layin’ it down with his release of
A LOVE SUPREME…
Six years down the road and
Brother Sly and his Family Stone
hit the top of the Charts
(on March 31, 1970)
with
"Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"…
March 31, 1973: It was all comin’ together when TRAFFIC hit #6 on the Chart with
SHOOT-OUT AT THE FANTASY FACTORY…
On that same date—SAME YEAR—Lou Reed had an unlikely, yet smash, hit with
WALK ON THE WILD SIDE…
And on this date in 1973,
Loudon Wainwright III
hits #16 with
DEAD SKUNK…
Eclectic for sure,
BUT IT’S ALL ROCK ‘n ROLL TO ME…
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1965: The Who's "I Can't Explain" enters the charts…
1965: The Supremes' "Stop! In The Name of Love" hits #1…
1971: Three Dog Night's "Joy To The World" enters the charts…
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Leonard and Phillip Chess change the name of their fledgling Chicago record label 
