Chess (IL) 45rpm Vol. 49 Hillbilly / Rockabilly series

Track List

01 : Chess (IL) 45 - 4858 : Jack Ford - I Understand (Just How You Feel) (1954) 

02 : Chess (IL) 45 - 4858 : Jack Ford - That's All You Gotta Do (1954)

03 : Chess (IL) 45 - 4859 : Jimmy Lee & Johnny Mathis - If You Don't Somebody Else Will (1954)

04 : Chess (IL) 45 - 4859 : Jimmy Lee & Johnny Mathis - I'm Beginning To Remember (1954)

05 : Chess (IL) 45 - 4860 : Wayne Walker - You Got The Best Of Me (I Got The Worst Of You) (1954)

06 : Chess (IL) 45 - 4860 : Wayne Walker - Now Is The Time For Love (1954)

07 : Chess (IL) 45 - 4861 : Carolyn Bradshaw - Oh! I Like It (1954)

08 : Chess (IL) 45 - 4861 : Carolyn Bradshaw - This Is The Night (1954)

09 : Chess (IL) 45 - 4862 : Jimmy Lee & Johnny Mathis - Can't You-Won't You? (1955)

10 : Chess (IL) 45 - 4862 : Jimmy Lee & Johnny Mathis - The Fun Is Over (1955)

11 : Chess (IL) 45 - 4863 : Jimmy Lee & Wayne Walker - Lips That Kiss So Sweetly (DJ Copy) (1955)

12 : Chess (IL) 45 - 4863 : Jimmy Lee & Wayne Walker - Love Me (DJ Copy) (1955)

13 : Chess (IL) 45 - 4863 : Jimmy Lee & Wayne Walker - Lips That Kiss So Sweetly (Stock) (1955)

14 : Chess (IL) 45 - 4865 : Jimmy Lee & Wayne Walker - Love Me (Stock) (1955)

15 : Chess (IL) 45 - 4864 : Jack Ford - Yankee Dime (1955)

16 : Chess (IL) 45 - 4864 : Jack Ford - Teach Me To Love (1955)

 The Chess brothers had never been committed to "hillbilly" or "country and Western." We have no idea whether Leonard Chess was in the studio when Dick Hiorns cut his four sides—the only country offerings for Aristrocrat — back in December 1947. In the early days of Chess and Checker, they obtained a handful of sides from Sam Phillips in Memphis (such as the Bob Price single), plus the Tommy Trent single from an unknown source on the East Coast. In May or June 1954, however, Leonard and Phil Chess entered into a deal with their friend and long-time distributor Stan Lewis, who was located in Shreveport, Louisiana, to issue singles that he produced himself or obtained from sources in the area.

The Shreveport items were given a special series, starting at 4858 (the first address of Checker Records), and (for the 78s) a special label scheme. The first release in the new series came out in June 1954; Cash Box mentioned the release of Chess 4858 on June 26 (p. 23). The 78 labels were usually printed in blue on pink instead of the standard blue on white; the 45-rpm labels stuck with the "silver top" format.

After This Chess Drop Hillbilly but took on R'N'R & Rockabilly with more gusto to become one of the great labels of all time. If only They had stuck to Chuck Berry instead of moving toward Northern Soul & killing the label with crap funk & disco!

Information found all over the w.w.w. so Thank you to everybody who has covered Chess in the past, or anybody who sent in missing tracks or missing labels.

I have not covered the many bootleg 45rpm or the Re-issues  CH-100 series  / CH-9100 series That where issued in the Between 1982 & 1985.

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Chess (IL) 78rpm Vol. 48 (1955)

Track List

01 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1589 : Moonglows - Most Of All (1955)

02 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1589 : Moonglows - She's Gone (1955)

03 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1590 : Rev. Ballenger - This Train (1955)

04 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1590 : Rev. Ballenger - How I Got Over (1955)

05 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1591 : Hawkettes - Mardi Gras Mambo (1955)

06 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1591 : Hawkettes - Your Time's Up (1955)

07 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1592 : Willie Mabon - Come On Baby (1955)

08 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1592 : Willie Mabon - Wow I Feel So Good (1955)

09 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1593 : Howlin’ Wolf - Who Will Be Next (1955)

10 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1593 : Howlin’ Wolf - I Have A Little Girl (1955)

11 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1594 : Larry Liggett - The Turtle (1955)

12 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1594 : Larry Liggett - My Wild Irish Rose (1955)

13 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1595 : Eddie Boyd - The Nightmare Is Over (1955)

14 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1595 : Eddie Boyd - Real Good Feeling (1955)

15 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1596 : Muddy Waters - I Want To Be Loved (1955)

16 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1596 : Muddy Waters - My Eyes (Keep Me In Trouble) (1955)

17 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1597 : Buddy & Claudia - You Keep Me Guessing (1955)

18 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1597 : Buddy & Claudia - I Got A Secret "I Ain't Gonna Keep" (1955)

19 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1598 : Moonglows - Foolish Me (1955)

20 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1598 : Moonglows - Slow Down (1955)

21 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1599 : Percy Mayfield - Are You Out There? (1955)

22 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1599 : Percy Mayfield - Double Dealing (1955)

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And where back at the start of Vol.1 
 (Chess 1600 + 1603 where still 78rpm only. Which I missed off vol. 1 & you may want to retag.)

BUT THATS Not THE END! We still have the Hillbilly / Rockabilly  4800 series to come

"Chess emphatically not being an early adopter of the 7-inch 45, 1469 is highly significant, as the first release from the label to appear on 78 and 45 simultaneously. (Chess 1458 and 1461 would be reissued on 45 rpm, in 1954.) Chess did not return to the 7-inch format until Chess 1487 came out, would not pick up the frequency of 45-rpm releases till Chess 1499, and would not make 45 rpm releases on every title until Chess 1604— which came out in 1955."

Chess (IL) 78rpm Vol. 46 (1954)

Track List

01 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1559 : Chesterfields - All Messed Up (1954) (78rpm only)

02 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1559 : Chesterfields - I'm In Heaven (1954)

03 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1560 : Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Kooche Man (1954)

04 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1560 : Muddy Waters - She's So Pretty (1954)

05 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1561 : Eddie Boyd - Nothing But Trouble (1954)

06 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1561 : Eddie Boyd - Picture In The Frame (1954)

07 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1562 : John Lee Hooker - It's My Own Fault (1954)

08 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1562 : John Lee Hooker - Women & Money (1954)

09 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1563 : Slim Saunders - Let's Have Some Fun (1954)

10 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1563 : Slim Saunders - Get Away (1954)

11 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1564 : Willie Mabon - Would You Baby? (1954)

12 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1564 : Willie Mabon - Late Again (1954)

13 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1565 : Bobo Jenkins - Democrat Blues (1954)

14 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1565 : Bobo Jenkins - Bad Luck & Trouble (1954)

15 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1566 : Howlin’ Wolf - No Place To Go (1954)

16 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1566 : Howlin’ Wolf - Rockin' Daddy (1954)

17 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1567 : Elder Charles Beck - When (1954) (78rpm only)

18 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1567 : Elder Charles Beck - I'm Walking With Jesus At My Side (1954)

19 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1568 : Southern Stars - Weep Little Children (1954) (78rpm only)

20 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1568 : Southern Stars - Jesus Will Be Waiting (1954)

21 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1569 : Al Hibbler - Poor Butterfly (1954)

22 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1569 : Al Hibbler - Fat & Forty (1954)

23 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1570 : Larry Ligett - Jumpin' At The Woodside Mambo (1954)

24 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1570 : Larry Ligett - Junior's Mambo (1954)

25 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1571 : Muddy Waters - Just Make Love To Me (1954)

26 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1571 : Muddy Waters - Oh! Yeh (1954)

27 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1572 : Calvin Bostick - Four Eleven Boogie (1954) (re-issue) (need chess label)

28 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1572 : Calvin Bostick - Bang Bang Blues (missing)

29 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1573 : Eddie Boyd - Hush Baby, Don't You Cry (1954)

30 : Chess (IL) 78 - 1573 : Eddie Boyd - Came Home This Morning (1954)

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