Скачать или смотреть Chess Records-WVON RADIO, CHICAGO - Tribute to Leonard Chess - Call-in, October 1969

A special in memoriam for Leonard Chess. (Co-founder of Chess Records)
Introduction by Marshall Chess for this unique phone-in tribute to Leonard Chess which took place after his passing in October 1969. Muddy Waters and many others who knew Len Chess well phoned in to pay tribute.
WVON radio was also owned by the Chess brothers and was the first African American radio station covering mainly the African American community who held Len Chess in high regard.
Leonard Sam Chess, was a Polish-American record company executive and the co-founder of Chess Records together with his brother Phil Chess. He was influential in the development of electric blues, Chicago blues, and rock and roll.
Born: 12 March 1917, Motaĺ, Belarus/Poland
Died: 16 October 1969, Chicago
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