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Continue reading →: 660 And Counting
Hello, I’ve just checked and the site has received 660 Likes from readers since the site began. Thanks for continuing to Like Chess Treasures! Paul
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Continue reading →: More on the History of Chess
101 | 3 March 2025 “Chipped and worn, like frescoes discovered under a blanket of ash in the ancient city of Pompeii, the numbers above the door, “2120,” were the first real indication one was about to step into history,” writes Dan McCue for The Well News, in a thorough…
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Continue reading →: McAllister, Maurice
101 | 5 January 2025 Maurice McAllister and his son Rory | Undated picture | Location Chess Records, Chicago | 312 Soul | tc853 American Doo-wop and Rhythm & Blues singer, songwriter and manager Maurice McAllister was born on April 23, 1934 and was based in Chicago. Sometimes credited as…
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Continue reading →: Sugar Pie DeSanto
101 | 27 December 2024 Our post on Sugar Pie DeSanto has been updated following her death on last Friday, 20 December 2024.
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Continue reading →: Steve Alaimo
Singer, composer and record producer Steve Alaimo, one of the pioneers of the Miami music scene, has died. Our post has been updated.
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Continue reading →: Why The Window Got Changed
101 | 28 October 2024 Photo: Dan McCue | The Well News Janine Judge, executive director of Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven Foundation, which has owned the Chess building at 2120 S. Michegan Avenue, Chicago, since Willie Dixon’s widow purchased it in 1993, was showing “The Well News” around the historic…
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Continue reading →: Leon Huff
101 | 27 August 2024 Leon Huff with one of his Gold Discs | Asbury Park Press | tc850 Composer and Record Producer Leon A. Huff was born in Camden, New Jersey on 8 April 1942. His partnership with Kenny Gamble continues, but Leon Huff Sr. is also well known…
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Continue reading →: Kenny Gamble
101 | 26 August 2024 Kenny Gamble | WBSS Media | tc848 Songwriter and record producer Kenny Gamble was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 11 August, 1943 and is still living. As a child he was fascinated by recordings and recording machines, and became a broadcasting assistant on a local…
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Continue reading →: Alex Atkins
101 | 14 August 2024 Alex Atkins | Public Domain | tc847 Saxophonist and song writer Alex Atkins was active in the 1950s and played on recordings by Memphis Slim, Howlin’ Wolf, J. B. Lenoir and others. We do not have any biographical details for this artist, can anyone help…
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Continue reading →: Don Davis
101 | 11 August 2024 Don Davis (outside the vault of his bank) | Marcin Szczepanski, Detroit Free Press | tc846 Record producer, guitarist, composer and banker Donald “Don” Davis was born in Detroit, Michigan on 25 October 1938. He started playing guitar while at school and on leaving school,…
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