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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