My aunt Sugar Pie DeSanto {my grandmother's older sister R.I.P.] was an artist on the label and did many songs with Etta James. I love that she's in this doc.

Rest well to my uncle Melvin 'Mel' London.

He was truly an unsung song writer and producer of this time who worked with Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Junior Wells, etc. at Chess records. My uncle later recorded on his own label, Chief records.

He never received his true just due...but many know one of  his most famous work: "Mannish Boy" which has been recorded and re-recorded by multiple greats as well as used in commercials and in movies throughout the years.

Thank you for your contribution to music history 'Unc'🎶🎵🎼🎵🎶🎵🎼

Watching This AFTER Watchin Cadillac Records Is JUST GREAT & REALLY INFORMAL 👍🏾

The Blues will live forever.

Bo Diddley was that Man..

Howlin Wolf is my favorite blues singer of all time.

1955 is the most universally instrumental year for modern music imo

Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Billy Stewart, Little Milton, Etta James & Howling Wolf made Chess Records!

Chess Records, Sun Recording Studio, STAX records, Hitsville,USA (Motown) were the backbone of the music industry in the 1960s

A lot of the blues singers were and still is the originals. Elvis Presley didn't create hound dog. Big Mama Thornton created that sound. Give honor to whom honor is due

Been taking a deep dive into Etta James discography. What a treasure chest😊

If The BBC wants to make some money ,they ought to release the rights to their music documentaries to Blu ray & Dvd.. So the people who live  outside of Britian  can both buy ,watch & enjoy them

It's good that Chess Records has a museum on the South Side of Chicago. Chess Records is music history that's never going to go away  🌃 🚕 🚖

Everybody is talking about SUN, nobody about CHESS...

SAY THAT AGAIN CAUGHT ON TO BLACK MUSIC

from Wikipedia: "The diddley bow is a single-stringed American instrument which influenced the development of the blues sound. It consists of a single string of baling wire tensioned between two nails on a board over a glass bottle, which is used both as a bridge and as a means to magnify the instrument's sound."

Just excellent- one of the great American labels with incredible artists

THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU TUBE FOR THIS GREAT DOCUMENTARY I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT IN 2019! CHI TOWN IN THE HOUSE CHICAGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Cool Doc, thank you. I have loved the blues for over 50 yrs,...... acoustic, electric, and then how it transferred to the British youth in the late 50-early 60's and how they evolved the blues and brought it back to its home, America.  Much of the USA was done with the blues in the 50's and not many wanted to here it anymore because it was all about the bad times they had. To be associated with the blues back then was to be dirty, dumb, and lost in the past.  When the blues electrified it took on a new power, it made you move, dance and you could tell your stories of being held down without a "in your face" protest.  Many southern and white only radio stations wouldn't play the loud blues and the government tried to stop rock and roll, or "jungle music" as it was called.  It was threat to "decent people" and they did have certain success in shutting it down......for a short time, but with Chuck Berry and then when the Brits turned it into something cool, danceable, fun, there was no way to put it back in the can.  Thank you Chess bros.  America will be hearing alot more blues soon thanks to trouble tRump will cause and the depression his regime will bring.

Chess Records Founder  like to say that  Chess and Muddy was  a business partner!. be for some reason the money was made off Waters who was paid Penny's.