On this day in 1917, Leonard Chess was born in Poland. His family moved to Chicago, where he eventually co-founded, along with his brother Phil, one of the greatest blues labels of all times, Chess Records. He apparently didn’t take his birthday off because on this very day in 1952, he recorded a song sung by Arby Stidham, called “Mr. Commissioner.”
Today’s show features music performed by Hank Marr and Arbee Stidham
On this day in Blues history is published every day in video format on Bluesland (on Facebook) and on Threads, as well as BlueSky
