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Dec 18, 2007 · Location: Toronto, Ontario. This is one of those instances where different interests overlap. Going over my notebooks, I've scribbled something down about a building at 630 North McClurg Court in Chicago. It was built in 1924 as a horse stable, and by 1937 it was an ice arena with 4,000 seats.
Aug 2, 2021 · So in the '50's: - East Coast: 799 Seventh Avenue (4 studios), 207 West 30th Street; both New York - West Coast: Radio Recorders Annex, 1032 N. Sycamore Road, Hollywood - Midwest: (pre-1956) 410 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago; (1956- ) 630 North McClurg Court, Chicago (organist Ken Griffin would have recorded the bulk of his Columbia sides at ...
Jan 23, 2024 · Chicago has tons of record stores, old and new. We break down the 20 best places to get your vinyl fix, no matter what music you like. The vinyl revival isn't going anywhere.
Apr 16, 2024 · 1. Reckless Records. Shopping. Music and entertainment. Wicker Park. With locations in the Loop, Lakeview and Wicker Park, Reckless is the biggest record retailer in town, which means that you ...
- The Story of Chess Records in Chicago
- The Success
- The Impact
- The Legacy
It began in 1946 when the Chess brothers were operating a dingy bar at 3905 S. Cottage Grove called the Macamba, which was a dark, smoky lounge where musicians often hung out. Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker and Ella Fitzgerald sat in the house band. Leonard Chess, acting on a hunch, left the club to establish his own record company...
Among the legendary musicians who climbed the long flight of stairs to Chess’ second floor recording studios on Michigan Avenue were Howlin’ Wolf, Bo Diddley, Sonny Boy Williamson, Ramsey Lewis, Etta James, Frontella Bass, Willie Dixon, the Rev. C.L. Franklin and his daughter Aretha and Chicago’s legendary Muddy Waters. By the late 1950s, business ...
And the sounds coming out of the Michigan Avenue studios were extremely influential, particularly in Britain. In Liverpool, rhythm and blues records were in great demand among local youth and particularly among two young rock band members named Lennon and McCartney. In London, another rock-star-to-be, Keith Richards, met a young musician by the nam...
Although Chess Records in Chicago vanished from the local scene when the company was purchased by GRT in 1968, the building where it all took place on south Michigan Avenue still stands today. It achieved landmark status from the City of Chicago in 1990. Today the building is owned by the estate of legendary blues artist Willie “Wang Dang Doodle” D...
Chess Records Office And Studio – Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry And Willie Dixon Recorded Here. Chess Records was located at several different locations on the south side of Chicago, but this is the most famous location and was immortalized by the Rolling Stones in the song “ 2120 South Michigan Avenue “, which was an instrumental recorded at ...
Apr 29, 2016 · Permanent Records. Location: 1914 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622. Go For: Your dream record collection? What’s the story? A store that values quality over quantity in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood, it’s walking distance from Reckless and much less crowded.
