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Leonard Chess (12 Mar 1917 - 16 Oct 1969)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Relationships (1)

Children

  1. Marshall Chess

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Maybellene 2:21 Chuck Berry (Jul 1955) maracas
  2. Thirty Days (to Come Back Home) 2:23 Chuck Berry (Sep 1955) maracas

Produced

  1. Girl of My Dreams 2:20 Etta James (15 Nov 1960)
  2. All I Could Do Was Cry 2:56 Etta James (15 Nov 1960)
  3. My Dearest Darling 3:02 Etta James (15 Nov 1960)
  4. At Last 3:01 Etta James (15 Nov 1960)
  5. Anything to Say You’re Mine 2:36 Etta James (15 Nov 1960)
  6. A Sunday Kind of Love 3:17 Etta James (15 Nov 1960)
  7. Trust in Me 2:59 Etta James (15 Nov 1960)
  8. Stormy Weather 3:08 Etta James (15 Nov 1960)
  9. I Just Want to Make Love to You 3:06 Etta James (15 Nov 1960)
  10. Tough Mary 2:26 Etta James (15 Nov 1960)
  11. Don’t Cry Baby 2:26 Etta James (Jul 1961)
  12. Cielito lindo 2:35 The Ramsey Lewis Trio (1961)
  13. Waterboy 3:00 The Ramsey Lewis Trio (1961)
  14. Thanks for the Memory 3:32 The Ramsey Lewis Trio (1961)
  15. The Ripper 1:59 The Ramsey Lewis Trio (1961)
  16. The Breeze and I 2:36 The Ramsey Lewis Trio (1961)
  17. I Got Plenty of Nothing 3:39 The Ramsey Lewis Trio (1961)
  18. You Just Don’t Care 3:08 The Ramsey Lewis Trio (1961)
  19. Never on Sunday 2:10 The Ramsey Lewis Trio (1961)
  20. You’ve Changed 4:09 The Ramsey Lewis Trio (1961)
  21. Exactly Like You 2:34 The Ramsey Lewis Trio (1961)
  22. You're Blasé 3:28 Ahmad Jamal (1962)
  23. You Go to My Head 11:12 Ahmad Jamal (1962)
  24. Angel Eyes 4:15 Ahmad Jamal (1962)
  25. Time on My Hands 6:20 The Ahmad Jamal Trio (1962)
  26. What Is This Thing Called Love 6:12 The Ahmad Jamal Trio (1962)
  27. Star Eyes 5:56 The Ahmad Jamal Trio (1962)
  28. Spoonful 2:49 Etta James duet with Harvey Fuqua (1988)
  29. If I Can’t Have You 2:48 Etta James (1988)
  30. If I Can’t Have You 2:50 Etta James with Harvey Fuqua (25 Mar 1997)
  31. Impeccable 4:22 Clark Terry feat. Paul Gonsalves (1998)
  32. Clark's Bars 3:40 Clark Terry feat. Paul Gonsalves (1998)
  33. Festival 6:56 Clark Terry feat. Paul Gonsalves (1998)
  34. Blues 5:03 Clark Terry feat. Paul Gonsalves (1998)
  35. The Girl I Call Baby 3:32 Clark Terry feat. Paul Gonsalves (1998)
  36. Milli Terry 2:35 Clark Terry feat. Paul Gonsalves (1998)
  37. Funky 4:05 Clark Terry feat. Paul Gonsalves (1998)
  38. Daddy-O's Patio 2:18 Clark Terry feat. Paul Gonsalves (1998)
  39. Paul's Idea 2:50 Clark Terry feat. Paul Gonsalves (1998)
  40. Phat Bach 3:20 Clark Terry feat. Paul Gonsalves (1998)
  41. My Heart Cries 2:36 Etta James duet with Harvey Fuqua (27 Jul 1999)
  42. It’s a Cryin’ Shame 2:52 Etta James (27 Jul 1999)
  43. Girl of My Dreams (rendered as “Boy of My Dreams”) 2:25 Etta James (27 Jul 1999)
  44. The Party’s Over 3:59 The Ahmad Jamal Trio (2002)
  45. Willow Weep for Me 3:58 The Ahmad Jamal Trio (2002)
  46. Isn’t It Romantic 4:27 The Ahmad Jamal Trio (2002)
  47. The Lady Is a Tramp 3:09 The Ahmad Jamal Trio (2010)
  48. Don't You Know I Love You (You Know I Love You) 2:30 Bobby Charles (2010)

Credited as (3)

  1. Chuck Berry, Lafayette Leake, Fred Below, Phil Chess, Leonard Chess, Willie Dixon
  2. Bo Diddley, Lester Davenport, Clifton James, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Lester Davenport, Clifton James, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
  3. Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett, Hubert Sumlin, Freddie King, Fred Below, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon & Howlin’ Wolf

Links (3)

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/386813

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1818980

Biographies

  1. http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/leonard_chess.htm