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Her first chart hit on Chess was "If I can't have you" in August 1960.
Yes she did. Check out Etta James, Her Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary
Chess Records was created in 1950.
Chess Records ended in 1975.
In music, there are two different people behind the Chess Records. In music, the people behind the Chess Records include Leonard Chess and Phil Chess.
Leonard Chess is attributed with discovering Etta James and putting her the Chess Record label. They never had and children together. James had 2 children of her own and Chess had a son that eventually took over the record label.
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James Thompson - chess player - died in 1870.
James Thompson - chess player - was born in 1804.
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They were the biggest in Chicago, but not the first. Look into Miracle or Hy-Tone.
Bo originally recorded for Chess Records in the 1950s and 60s, with some releases coming out on Chess's "Checker" Label. In the late 1980s, Bo Diddley's Chess catalog of recordings was purchased by MCA Records, which was later purchased by Universal Music Group (UMG). Most of Bo's current releases (as of 2010) come from UMG's "Geffen" and "Hip-O-Select" labels.