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Spinning blues into gold
the Chess brothers and the legendary Chess Records
By Cohodas, Nadine
- ISBN
- 978-0-31226-133-7
- Publisher
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2000
As boys in the 1920s, Leonard and Phil Chess left Poland and immigrated to the Jewish section of Chicago. After an unhappy apprenticeship in their father's junk business, the Chess brothers began operating the Macomba Lounge, which catered to rural blacks recently arrived in the city. Grasping the profitability of the music business, they eventually formed...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
