Their father had moved there earlier and ran Chess & Sons Junk Shop at 2979 S. State St. The boys worked at the shop during their school years. Anglicizing their names to Leonard and Phil Chess ...

Here’s how it works. Cadillac Records is a little different than most of the movies on this list because it's really about Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody), who wasn't a musician, but the founder of ...

Chess and his brother, Leonard, founded Chess Records in 1950, a label that not only recorded blues artists, but also the early rock ‘n’ roll of Chuck Berry and Etta James’ rich vocal stylings.

"Cadillac Records" follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.

In 1950s Chicago, ambitious Leonard Chess is at the helm of a small blues recording studio, hoping to launch careers - if the musicians can avoid getting swept up in a life of sex, drugs ...